Hertford College

Hertford College usually has a community of around 200 graduate students and admits about 85 per year, of whom approximately half are likely to be from overseas.

The College is open throughout the year and offers the same facilities to graduates both in term-time and vacation.

Graduates choosing Hertford have the advantage of its central position within easy reach of all the facilities of the town and the University. The Bodleian Library is opposite the College and the main science laboratories are no more than 500 metres away.

Facilities for students with disabilities

The Graduate Centre has full disabled access.

Library resources

For information, please see the 'Library" section of the College website.

Computing resources

The MCR Computer Room has a variety of computer and printing facilities exclusively for graduate use.

Art, music, drama and sport

Graduate students enjoy access to the wide range of intellectual, musical and sporting activities. The College’s sports ground provides rugby, cricket, soccer and hockey pitches as well as squash courts and grass tennis courts, while the boathouse caters for rowing.

College accommodation in single rooms is available to almost all new graduate students as well as to the majority of fee-paying students. Some partnered accommodation is available. Since October 2000, many graduate students have chosen to live in our new purpose built Graduate Centre on the river at Folly Bridge, where all the en-suite rooms have internet and telecom facilities. Other graduates may be accommodated in a number of houses designated for graduate use.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available during term time. Formal hall is held on Wednesdays and Sundays during term and dress is smart with gowns.

For information, please see the Oxford Funding Search.

Nestled in the heart of Oxford, the Hertford Middle Common Room (MCR) provides a home for all of those who study for advanced degrees as members of Hertford College.

At Oxford, the term ‘common room’ refers to both a group of students and the physical place for those students. As an association of graduate students, the Hertford MCR constitutes the friendliest graduate community in Oxford.

As a set of facilities, the Hertford MCR sets a benchmark for graduate amenities. In so many ways, Hertford MCR is a home away from home for the graduate scholar.