Brasenose College is situated in the heart of Oxford, next to the Bodleian Library and the Radcliffe Camera. Brasenose is a friendly and informal community with a strong tradition of academic excellence; graduate students are an important and valued part of this community, making up just under a third of the College's students.

The Tutor for Graduates has oversight of the academic progress and welfare of graduate students. Each graduate is also allocated a College Advisor, who is usually a College Fellow working in a related academic field.

A wide variety of activities are arranged for graduate students, including special dinners, guest speakers, and regular presentations of research by Fellows and graduate students. 

The College owns graduate buildings in St Cross Road, near the English, Law, Politics and Economics faculties, and in Hollybush Row, near the Saïd Business School and railway station. There is also limited accommodation available for couples.

Accommodation in the St Cross building is laid out in clusters of five bed-sitting rooms with two shared showers and a well-equipped kitchen.

Accommodation in the Hollybush Row building is single rooms with en-suite bathrooms and shared kitchens.

Meals can be taken in college during term-time - there are formal dinners with table service three nights per week, and informal self-service meals available at other times, including breakfast during the week and brunch on weekends. There is also a college snack bar, Gertie's, which offers sandwiches and snacks outside Hall dining hours.

• Letting period: 51 weeks*

* The letting period is currently subject to review

Graduate studentships

Graduate studentships are full funding awards covering all University and College fees and living expenses. Brasenose College co-funds a number of studentships each year, with a range of departments and faculties, and also with the Clarendon Fund.

Information about available studentships and application procedures can be found on the Clarendon Fund website or departmental websites. Applications are made via the department in which the degree will be taken rather than through the College. 

For further information on sources of funding for which you may be eligible, please see the Oxford Funding Search.

Graduate scholarships

Brasenose College also offers up to twelve new Senior Hulme Scholarships each year to the best doctoral students. They are not full funding awards but a recognition of academic excellence, and consist of a research allowance of £225 per annum, in addition to the standard graduate research allowance, plus certain High Table dining rights.

Graduate research allowances

All graduate students at Brasenose College benefit from a research allowance of between £110 (for a one-year course) and £500 (for a DPhil) for research-related expenses such as conference attendance, research trips or the purchase of books.

Brasenose has three excellent libraries with 24/7 access to members - the Main Library ( BNCLibrary), Hulme Library and Stallybrass Memorial Library - which hold around 55,000 titles and subscribe to over 50 periodicals.

The Main Library is a light and airy space overlooking Radcliffe Square divided into sixteen study bays with power connections for students' laptops. The Hulme Library comprises the modern history, politics and geography collections and the Stallybrass Memorial Library is a specialised law library.

Each library has computers with internet access and colour printing, scanning and photocopying facilities. There are also computers in the MCR and a dedicated College computing room, both with printing facilities.

There is wireless internet access in all public areas of the college and network connections are available in all study bedrooms.

Brasenose has its own sports ground near the College with soccer, rugby and cricket pitches - including a cricket pavilion - tennis and squash courts and a well-equipped boathouse on the river.

Brasenose has a strong sporting tradition and its rugby and rowing teams are particularly renowned. On the more recreational side of sport, the College rents out four punts in the summer and a croquet set for use in the College's New Quad.

The College has an orchestra, choir, jazz and rock bands and a flourishing Music Society which supports the College's many fine musicians through practice rooms and small grants for music-related purchases such as scores and coaching.

The Platnaeur Concerts are a termly highlight in the College's schedule, and in recent years a summer Arts Festival featuring music and drama has been programmed using the College's beautiful New Quad and Chapel as venues.

There are specially adapted rooms in Brasenose’s graduate buildings suitable for students with disabilities.

The College has a common room for graduate students, the Hulme Common Room (HCR), which is run by an elected committee of graduate students and has a wide ranging social, sporting and cultural programme.

The HCR features kitchen facilities, a TV and subscriptions to all major UK broadsheet newspapers as well as many international publications and magazines.

Graduate students are also automatically made members of the Junior Common Room and have access to its activities as well.