Studying Tax Law at Oxford

Tax law has a long and prestigious history at the University of Oxford. It was first taught as a specialised subject in the 1960s, when Professor Ash Wheatcroft introduced the Personal Tax course onto the BCL, a course which continues to be offered today under the name of Trusts and Global Wealth Taxation. Since 2001, with the appointment of professor Judith Freedman as the inaugural Professor of Taxation Law and Policy, Oxford has also offered the Business Taxation in a Global Economy course within the BCL. A Taxation Law and Jurisprudence Mini-Option on Tax and Justice are also offered at FHS level.

September 2016 saw the launch of the MSc in Taxation taught jointly by the Faculty of Law and the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation. The course offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of taxation which encompasses perspectives drawn from the fields of law, economics and accounting.  The course is part-time only and undertaken over a period of 24 months. It comprises three compulsory courses and six electives, typically three per year. The courses are taught by Oxford based researchers as well as internationally renowned scholars. The past 5 years have created a vibrant global community of alumni who regularly join our academic events (especially since these went online). Many of the program’s students and graduates are academics themselves and quite a few have pursued a research degree at Oxford following their studies.