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Colleges of the University of Oxford

Aerial view of many of the colleges of the University of Oxford

The University of Oxford has 38 Colleges and six Permanent Private Halls (PPHs) of religious foundation. Colleges and PPHs are autonomous self-governing corporations within the university, and all teaching staff and students studying for a degree at the university must belong to one of the colleges or PPHs. These colleges are not only houses of residence, but have substantial responsibility for teaching undergraduate students. Generally tutorials (one of the main methods of teaching in Oxford) and classes are the responsibility of colleges, while lectures, examinations, laboratories, and the central library are run by the university. Most colleges take both graduates and undergraduates, but several are for graduates only.

Undergraduate and graduate students may name preferred colleges in their applications. For undergraduate students, an increasing number of departments practise reallocation to ensure that the ratios between potential students and subject places available at each college are as uniform as possible. For the Department of Physics, reallocation is done on a random basis after a shortlist of candidates is drawn upon and before candidates are invited for interviews at the university.[1]

For graduate students, many colleges express a preference for candidates who plan to undertake research in an area of interest of one of its fellows. St Hugh's College, for example, states that it accepts graduate students in most subjects, principally those in the fields of interest of the Fellows of the college.[2]

A typical college consists of a hall for dining, a chapel, a library, a college bar, senior, middle (postgraduate), and junior common rooms, rooms for 200–400 undergraduates as well as lodgings for the head of the college and other dons. College buildings range from the medieval to modern buildings, but most are made up of interlinked quadrangles (courtyards), with a lodge controlling entry from the outside.

2008 saw the first modern merger of colleges, with Green College and Templeton College merging to form Green Templeton College.[3] This reduced the number of Colleges of the University from 39 to 38.[4] The number of PPHs also reduced in 2008, when Greyfriars closed down.[5]

Brasenose College in the 1670s

History

The collegiate system arose because Oxford University came into existence through the gradual agglomeration of numerous independent institutions.

The first academic houses were monastic halls. Of the dozens established during the 12th-15th centuries, none survived the Reformation. The modern Dominican permanent private hall of Blackfriars (1921) is a descendant of the original (1221), and is sometimes described as heir to the oldest tradition of teaching in Oxford.

As the University took shape, friction between the hundreds of students living where and how they pleased led to a decree that all undergraduates would have to reside in approved halls. Of the hundreds of Aularian houses (from the Latin for "hall") that sprang up, only St Edmund Hall (c. 1225) remains. What put an end to the halls was the emergence of colleges. Often generously endowed and with permanent teaching staff, the colleges were originally the preserve of graduate students. However, once they began accepting fee-paying undergraduates in the 14th century, the halls' days were numbered.

The oldest colleges are University College, Balliol, and Merton, established between 1249 and 1264, although there is some dispute over the exact order and precisely when each began teaching. The fourth oldest college is Exeter, founded in 1314, and the fifth is Oriel, founded in 1326. The most recent new foundation is Kellogg College (1990), whilst the most recent overall is Green Templeton College (a merger of two existing colleges in 2008).

Women entered the university in 1878, becoming members of the University (and thus eligible to receive degrees) in 1920. Women's colleges before integration were Somerville College, Lady Margaret Hall, St Anne's, St Hilda's, and St Hugh's. In 1974 the first men's colleges to admit women were Brasenose, Hertford, Jesus College, St Catherine's and Wadham.[6] By 2008 all colleges had become co-residential, although one of the Permanent Private Halls, St Benet's Hall, did not start to admit postgraduate women until Michaelmas term 2014 and women undergraduates until Michaelmas 2016.

Some colleges, such as Kellogg, Linacre, Nuffield, St Antony's, St Cross and Wolfson only admit postgraduate students. All Souls College admits only Fellows. Harris Manchester College is intended specifically for "mature students" with a minimum age of 21.[7]

List of colleges

U=Undergraduates • P=Postgraduates • V=Visiting students • M=Male students • F=Female students • T=Total students
Name Year of
Foundation		 Sister college
at Cambridge		 Total assets[8] Financial
endowment[8]		 U[9] P[9] V[9] M%[9] F%[9] T[9] Assets per
student
All-Souls College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg All Souls College 1438 Trinity Hall £356,029,000[10] £322,122,000[10] 0 6 0 67 33 6 £59,338,000
Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Balliol College 1263 St John's College £111,768,000[11] £91,942,000[11] 373 279 3 60 40 655 £171,000
Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Brasenose College 1509 Gonville and Caius College £135,390,000[12] £113,061,000[12] 367 203 3 56 44 573 £236,000
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Christ Church 1546 Trinity College £436,144,000[13] £420,716,000[13] 428 164 1 59 41 593 £735,000
Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Corpus Christi College 1517 Corpus Christi College £140,220,000[14] £123,810,000[14] 249 94 0 55 45 343 £409,000
Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Exeter College 1314 Emmanuel College £115,432,000[15] £68,530,000[15] 316 186 25 55 45 527 £219,000
Green-Templeton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Green Templeton College 2008 St Edmund's College £53,902,000[16] £26,264,000[16] 101 441 0 47 53 542 £99,000
Harris-Manchester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Harris Manchester College 1786
College: 1996		 Homerton College £15,555,000[17] £7,083,000[17] 82 134 1 48 52 217 £72,000
Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hertford College 1282
College: 1740		 None £71,734,000[18] £53,417,000[18] 394 204 24 48 52 622 £115,000
Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jesus College 1571 Jesus College £186,143,000[19] £157,968,000[19] 330 185 2 56 44 517 £360,000
Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Keble College 1870 Selwyn College £64,627,000[20] £36,908,000[20] 416 227 4 61 39 647 £100,000
Kellogg College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Kellogg College 1990
College: 1994		 None N/A[note 1] N/A[note 1] 0 905 0 62 38 905 N/A
Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lady Margaret Hall 1878 Newnham College £57,950,000[21] £32,691,000[21] 395 213 13 50 50 621 £93,000
Linacre College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Linacre College 1962 Hughes Hall £24,377,000[22] £13,738,000[22] 0 437 0 53 47 437 £56,000
Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lincoln College 1427 Downing College £120,423,000[23] £93,310,000[23] 297 316 4 51 49 617 £195,000
Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Magdalen College 1458 Magdalene College £227,179,000[24] £193,999,000[24] 393 176 4 59 41 573 £396,000
Mansfield College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Mansfield College 1886
College: 1995		 Homerton College £19,762,000[25] £12,614,000[25] 220 130 35 56 44 385 £51,000
Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Merton College 1264 Peterhouse £250,448,000[26] £229,496,000[26] 291 253 1 56 44 545 £460,000
New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg New College 1379 King's College £222,801,000[27] £190,727,000[27] 429 256 13 55 45 698 £319,000
Nuffield College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nuffield College 1937 None £194,049,000[28] £173,106,000[28] 0 81 0 58 42 81 £2,396,000
Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Oriel College 1326 Clare College
(Trinity College, Dublin)		 £79,302,000[29] £65,073,000[29] 325 172 4 55 45 501 £158,000
Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Pembroke College 1624 Queens' College £74,588,000[30] £46,991,000[30] 365 227 35 56 44 627 £119,000
Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg The Queen's College 1341 Pembroke College £264,919,000[31] £217,669,000[31] 342 138 4 53 47 484 £547,000
Somerville College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Somerville College 1879 Girton College £74,031,000[32] £54,817,000[32] 385 171 0 49 51 556 £133,000
St-Anne's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Anne's College 1879
College: 1952		 Murray Edwards College £59,020,000[33] £36,551,000[33] 423 322 33 50 50 778 £76,000
St-Antony's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Antony's College 1950
College: 1963		 Wolfson College £63,789,000[34] £37,023,000[34] 0 451 2 49 51 453 £141,000
St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Catherine's College 1963 Robinson College £86,771,000[35] £65,759,000[35] 476 387 45 55 45 908 £96,000
St-Cross College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Cross College 1965 Clare Hall N/A[note 1] N/A[note 1] 0 557 1 53 47 558 N/A
St-Edmund-Hall College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Edmund Hall 1226
College: 1957		 Fitzwilliam College £60,990,000[36] £43,301,000[36] 404 291 24 56 44 719 £85,000
St-Hilda's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Hilda's College 1893 Peterhouse £62,368,000[37] £45,513,000[37] 411 163 2 51 49 576 £108,000
St-Hughs College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Hugh's College 1886 Clare College £56,716,000[38] £28,186,000[38] 432 333 3 55 45 768 £74,000
St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St John's College 1555 Sidney Sussex College £470,857,000[39] £423,321,000[39] 385 221 1 55 45 607 £776,000
St-Peters College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Peter's College 1929
College: 1961		 None £44,217,000[40] £31,918,000[40] 340 188 24 54 46 552 £80,000
Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Trinity College 1555 Churchill College £148,808,000[41] £124,611,000[41] 286 136 2 55 45 424 £351,000
University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg University College 1249 Trinity Hall £157,404,000[42] £114,651,000[42] 363 199 1 58 42 563 £280,000
Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Wadham College 1610 Christ's College £109,099,000[43] £80,874,000[43] 451 166 33 54 46 650 £168,000
Wolfson College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Wolfson College 1966
College: 1981		 Darwin College £66,989,000[44] £37,351,000[44] 0 555 0 57 43 555 £121,000
Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Worcester College 1714 St Catharine's College £67,815,000[45] £25,105,000[45] 428 146 27 49 51 601 £113,000
Total £4,751,616,000 £3,860,216,000 10,897 9,713 374 54 46 20,984 £226,000
  1. ^ a b c d The financial statements of Kellogg College and St Cross College, due to them not having Royal Charters, are incorporated into the university's own accounts.

List of permanent private halls

Main article: Permanent Private Hall
Name Foundation Sister hall at Cambridge Religious affiliation Total assets Financial endowment Undergraduates[9] Postgraduates[9] Visiting students[9] Male %[9] Female %[9] Total students[9] Assets per student
Blackfriars Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Blackfriars 1221
Refounded: 1921
PPH 1994		 None Catholic
(Dominican)		 N/A[note 1] N/A[note 1] 4 39 9 62 38 52 N/A
Campion Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Campion Hall 1896 None Catholic
(Jesuit)		 N/A[note 2] N/A[note 2] 0 8 0 100 0 8 N/A
Regent's Park College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Regent's Park College 1752
Moved to Oxford: 1927		 None Baptist £5,459,000[46] £3,206,000[46] 115 67 13 43 57 195 £28,000
St Benet's Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Benet's Hall 1897 None Catholic
(Benedictine)		 £99,000[47] £0[47] 48 16 0 81 19 64 £1,500
St Stephen's House Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg St Stephen's House 1876
PPH: 2003		 None Anglican £10,938,000[48] £314,000[48] 17 45 0 61 39 62 £176,000
Wycliffe Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Wycliffe Hall 1877 Ridley Hall Anglican £9,364,000[49] £560,000[49] 76 32 57 53 47 165 £57,000
Total £25,860,000 £4,080,000 260 207 79 55 45 546 £47,000
  1. ^ a b Blackfriars Hall is operated by the English Province of the Order of Preachers, part of the Dominican Order, who also run several priories and other charitable operations. The hall does not have assets or endowments specific to it that shown in the order's accounts.
  2. ^ a b Campion Hall is one of several institutions operated by the Society Of Jesus Trust Of 1929 For Roman Catholic Purposes. The hall does not have assets or endowments specific to it that are shown in the society's accounts.

College and permanent private hall arms and colours

Each college and permanent private hall has its own arms, although in some cases these were assumed rather than granted by the College of Arms. Under King Henry VIII Oxford colleges were granted exemption from having their arms granted by the College of Arms; and some, like Lady Margaret Hall, have chosen to take advantage of this exemption, whilst others, such as Oriel, despite having used the arms for many centuries, have recently elected to have the arms granted officially. The blazons below are taken from the Oxford University Calendar[50] unless otherwise indicated. Shields are emblazoned as commonly drawn, and notable inconsistencies between blazons and emblazons (the shields as drawn) are indicated.

Each college also has its own colours used on items such as scarves and rowing blades.

College Arms Blazon Scarf Blades
All Souls College All-Souls College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Or, a chevron between three cinquefoils gules.
Balliol College Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Azure a lion rampant argent, crowned or, impaling gules, an orle argent. Balliol College Rowing Blade.svg
Brasenose College Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Tierced in pale: (1) Argent, a chevron sable between three roses gules seeded or, barbed vert (for Smyth); (2) or, an escutcheon of the arms of the See of Lincoln (gules, two lions of England in pale or, on a chief azure Our Lady crowned seated on a tombstone issuant from the chief, in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus, in her sinister arm a sceptre, all or), ensigned with a mitre proper; (3) quarterly, first and fourth argent, a chevron between three bugle-horns stringed sable; second and third argent, a chevron between three crosses crosslet sable (for Sutton).[a] Rowing Blade Black.svg
Christ Church Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Sable, on a cross engrailed argent, a lion passant gules between four leopards' faces azure, on a chief or a rose of the third, seeded or, barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper. Christ Church Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Corpus Christi College Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Tierced per pale: (1) Azure, a pelican with wings endorsed vulning herself or; (2) Argent, thereon an escutcheon charged with the arms of the See of Winchester (i.e. gules, two keys addorsed in bend, the uppermost or, the other argent, a sword interposed between them in bend sinister of the third, pommel and hilt gold; the escutcheon ensigned with a mitre of the last); (3) Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent, on a chief of the second as many roses gules, seeded of the second, barbed vert. Corpus Christi College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Exeter College Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Argent, two bends nebuly within a bordure sable charged with eight pairs of keys, addorsed and interlaced in the rings, the wards upwards, or. Lady Margaret Rowing Blade.svg
Green Templeton College Green-Templeton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Or between two flaunches vert on each a nautilus shell the aperture outwards or a rod of Aesculapius sable the serpent azure. Green Templeton Rowing Blade.svg
Harris Manchester College Harris-Manchester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gules, two Torches inflamed in saltire proper; on a Chief Argent, between Two Roses of a field barbed and seeded an open Book also proper.
Hertford College Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Gules, a stag's head caboshed argent, attired, and between the attires a cross patty fitchy at the foot, or. Hertford College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Jesus College Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Vert, three stags trippant argent attired or. Jesus College Oxford Rowing Blade.svg
Keble College Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Argent, a chevron engrailed gules, on a chief azure three mullets pierced or. Keble College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Kellogg College Kellogg College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Per pale indented argent and azure on the argent a chevron enhanced gules in base a book azure leaved argent on the azure an ear of wheat palewise or the whole within a bordure gules. Christ Church Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Christ Church Boat Club[51]
Lady Margaret Hall Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Or, on a chevron between in chief two talbots passant and in base a bell all azure, a portcullis of the field. Lady Margaret Hall Rowing Blade.svg
Linacre College Linacre College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Sable an open Book proper edged or bound gules the dexter page charged with the Greek letter alpha the sinister page charged with the Greek letter omega both sable the whole between three escallops argent. Linacre College Rowing Blade.svg
Lincoln College Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Tierced per pale: (1) Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three lozenges gules, on the second bar of an argent a mullet pierced sable; (2) Argent, thereon an escutcheon of the arms of the See of Lincoln (i.e., Gules, two lions passant guardant or, on a chief azure the Blessed Virgin Mary ducally crowned seated on a throne issuant from the chief, on her dexter arm the infant Jesus and holding in her sinister hand a sceptre, all gold; the escutcheon ensigned with a mitre azure garnished and stringed or); (3) Vert, three stags trippant argent attired or.[b] Lincoln Rowing Blade.svg
Magdalen College Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Lozengy ermine and sable, on a chief of the second three lilies argent slipped and seeded or. Magdalen College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Mansfield College Mansfield College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gules an open book proper inscribed DEUS LOCUTUS EST NOBIS IN FILIO in letters sable bound argent edged and clasped or between three cross crosslets or. Mansfield Rowing Blade.svg
Merton College Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Or, three chevronels party per pale, the first and third azure and gules, the second gules and azure. Merton College Rowing Blade.svg
New College New College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Argent, two chevronels sable between three roses gules, seeded or, barbed vert. New College Rowing Blade.svg
Nuffield College Nuffield College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ermine on a fesse or between in chief two roses gules barbed and seeded proper and in base a balance of the second three pears sable, and for crest on a wreath or and gules a demi bull gules armed and unguled or resting the sinister hoof on a winged wheel or.[c]
Oriel College Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or within a bordure engrailed argent. Oriel College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Pembroke College Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Per pale azure and gules, three lions rampant, two and one, argent, on a chief per pale argent and or, in the first a rose gules, seeded or, barbed vert in the second a thistle of Scotland proper. Pembroke College Oxford Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
The Queen's College Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Argent, three eagles displayed two and one gules, legged and beaked or, on the breast of the first eagle, a pierced mullet of the third as cadency mark.[d] Queens College (Oxford) Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Somerville College Somerville College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Argent, three mullets in chevron reversed gules, between six crosses crosslet fitched sable. Somerville College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
St Anne's College St-Anne's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gules, on a chevron between in chief two lions' heads erased argent, and in base a sword of the second pummelled and kilt or and enfiled with a wreath of laurel proper, three ravens. St Annes College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
St Antony's College St-Antony's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Or on a chevron between three tau crosses gules as many pierced mullets of the field. St Antony's Rowing Blade.png
St Catherine's College St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Sable a saltire ermine between four Catherine wheels or. St Catherines College Oxford Rowing Blade.svg
St Cross College St-Cross College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Argent a cross potent purpure a quarter counterchanged.
St Edmund Hall St-Edmund-Hall College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Or, a cross patonce gules cantoned by four Cornish choughs proper. St Edmund Hall Rowing Blade.svg
St Hilda's College St-Hilda's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Azure on a fess or between in chief two unicorns' heads couped and in base a coiled serpent argent three estoiles gules. St Hilda's Rowing Blade.svg
St Hugh's College St-Hughs College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Azure a saltire ermine between four fleurs-de-lis or. St Hughs Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
St John's College St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gules, on a bordure sable eight estoiles or; on a canton ermine a lion rampant of the second; on the fess point an annulet of the third.
St Peter's College St-Peters College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Per pale vert and argent, to the dexter two keys in saltire or surmounted by a triple towered castle argent masoned sable (representing Oxford bailey) and on the sinister a cross gules surmounted by a mitre or between four martlets sable (for Chavasse), the whole within a bordure or. St Peters College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Trinity College Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Party per pale or and azure, on a chevron between three griffins heads erased four fleurs-de-lys, all counter-changed of the field. Trinity College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
University College University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Azure, a cross patonce between five martlets or. University College Oxford Rowing Blade.svg
Wadham College Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gules, a chevron between 3 roses argent, seeded or, barbed vert, impaling gules, a bend or between two escallops argent. Wadham College Rowing Blade.svg
Wolfson College Wolfson College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Motto).svg Per pale gules and or on a chevron between three roses two pears all countercharged the roses barbed and seeded proper. Wolfson College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
Worcester College Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Argent, two chevronels between six martlets, three, two and one gules.[e] Worcester College Rowing Blade.svg
Blackfriars Blackfriars Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gyronny of sable and argent, a cross flory counterchanged.[f]
Campion Hall Campion Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Argent on a cross sable a plate charged with a wolf's head erased of the second between in pale two billets of the field that in chief charged with a cinquefoil and that in base with a saltire gules and in fesse as many plates each charged with a campion flower leaved and slipped proper on a chief also of the second two branches of palm in saltire enfiled with a celestial crown or.[52][g]
Regent's Park College Regent's Park College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Argent on a cross gules an open Bible proper irradiated or the pages inscribed with the words DOMINUS JESUS in letters sable on a chief wavy azure fish or. Regents Park College Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
St Benet's Hall St Benet's Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Per fesse dancetté or and azure, a chief per pale gules and of the second, charged on the dexter with two keys in saltire or and argent, and on the sinister with a cross flory between five martlets of the first. St Benet's Rowing Blade.svg
St Stephen's House St Stephen's House Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gules a celestial crown between three bezants two and one or, on a chief sable an apostolic eagle between two crosses crosslet or.
Wycliffe Hall Wycliffe Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gules, an open book proper the pages inscribed with the words VIA VERITAS VITA in letters sable on a chief azure three crosses crosslet argent and in base an estoile or.[h]

Notes

  1. ^ Brasenose: the blazon of the arms of the See of Lincoln given here differs from that at Lincoln College; the two forms are simply interpretations of the simpler blazon gules, two lions passant gardant or, in a chief azure Our Lady sitting with her Babe, crown and sceptre of the second.
  2. ^ Lincoln: although the three stags are blazoned as trippant argent attired or they are universally drawn as statant or. See also note on Brasenose above.
  3. ^ Nuffield: uniquely among the Oxford colleges the blazon of Nuffield recorded in the University Calendar also describes its crest.
  4. ^ Queens: the depiction of the pierced mullet is quite variable; a mullet of six points is common and the piercing is sometimes indicated schematically.
  5. ^ Worcester: although the six martlets are blazoned as gules (red) they are usually (but not always) drawn as sable (black).
  6. ^ Blackfriars: the blazon used here is that of the Dominican Order. Blackfriars also uses their simpler shield, blazoned as sable, a pile inverted argent.
  7. ^ Campion: the phrase billets of the Weld used in the Calendar appears to be a misprint for billets of the field.
  8. ^ Wycliffe: the blazon used here is simply a description of the shield as usually drawn.

Heads of Houses

The senior member of each college is an officer known generically as the Head of House. His or her specific title varies from college to college as indicated in the list below. While the Head of House will usually be an academic, it is not uncommon for a person to be appointed who has had a distinguished career outside academic circles.

For a list of current Heads of Houses, see Heads of Houses.

Until 2004, the President of Templeton was both Head of House and Chairman of the Governing Body. In 2004, the college statutes were amended so that these roles were separated. The Dean was the Head of House until 2008. When the college merged with Green, the Head of the new Green Templeton assumed the title of Principal. The Dean of Christ Church is head of both the college and the cathedral. The President of Kellogg is also Director of the Department for Continuing Education.

Academic rankings

For some years, an unofficial ranking of undergraduate colleges by performance in Final Honour Schools examinations has been published annually, known as the Norrington Table. As the table only takes into account the examination results for the year of publication, college rankings may fluctuate considerably.

Beginning in 2005, the University of Oxford started publishing a list of colleges classified by a "Norrington Score", effectively replicating the Norrington Table. The university claims to have published the results "in the interests of openness". Although the university says that the college listings are "not very significant", the 2005 table is the first Norrington Table with official data and also likely the first to be accurate. Dame Fiona Caldicott, the Chairman of the Conference of Colleges, has said that in previous years some students have used the Data Protection Act 1998 to ensure their results were not published, rendering the unofficial tables inaccurate.[53]

Out of the 30 Oxford undergraduate colleges, Merton College has ranked 1st in academic performance in the recent College rankings[54] in the recent past (as of 2016).

College rivalries

A tradition of the University is a friendly rivalry between colleges. Often, two neighbouring colleges will be rivals, and each college will pride itself in its athletic victories over the other one. Examples include[according to whom?]:

See also

Notes and references

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  2. ^ "Graduate study at St Hugh's". St Hugh's College, University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 June 2016. 
  3. ^ "The merger". Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 June 2016. 
  4. ^ "Organisation". University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 June 2016. 
  5. ^ "Closure of Greyfriars: University Statement" (Press release). University of Oxford. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2016. 
  6. ^ "Women at Oxford". University of Oxford. Retrieved 12 June 2016. 
  7. ^ "A College for students 21 and over". Harris Manchester College. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016. 
  8. ^ a b "Financial Statements of the Oxford Colleges (2014-15) | University of Oxford". Ox.ac.uk. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2016-06-11. 
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Student Numbers 2015" (PDF). Oxford University Gazette. 146 (5124 Supplement (1)). p. 350. 
  10. ^ a b "All Souls College : Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2015" (PDF). charitycommission.gov.uk. p. 45. Retrieved 2016-09-25. 
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