Applying for graduate study

All Oxford’s colleges and halls are equipped to cater for graduate students and will give you a very warm welcome. Please see the College Guide for an introduction to Oxford’s colleges and the unique benefits they offer graduate students.

You can state a college preference on your application form or, if you have no particular preference, you can let us assign a college for you by stating on the application form that you have no preference.

Stating a college preference or letting us assign you a college will not affect how your department assesses your application and ultimately whether or not they decide to make you an offer.

If we can secure funding for you, we may want to place you in a particular college. If you decide to state a college preference you will be able to indicate on the form if you do not wish us to override this preference to help secure funding.

If you are offered a place on a programme by a department, you will be guaranteed a college place but this may not be at your college of preference, if you indicated one. Please note that the offer of a college place does not necessarily mean that you will be guaranteed accommodation as well.

For a full list of programmes of study and the colleges that accept applications for them, please use the College Search tool.

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