Somerville College welcomes graduate students in a wide variety of disciplines. A relaxed and friendly college, Somerville is free of religious affiliation, with students coming from many different cultural backgrounds.

The social centre of graduate life at Somerville is Margery Fry House, a building on the College site which is partly managed by students themselves and reserved for graduate-only use. This is the home of the Middle Common Room, which organises numerous social activities throughout the year.

The College's graduate accommodation is located on the College site, mostly in Margery Fry House, and on Woodstock Road.

Three meals a day are available in the College Dining Hall from Monday through Friday with brunch available on weekends, and formal Hall is held six times per term. Some shared kitchen facilities are also provided to graduates.

Scholarships and grants include:

• £100 per year Research Materials Grant for each graduate student
• Travel Grants for conference and research-related travel
• Four Somerville College Alumni Scholarships each year for Somerville undergraduates continuing to graduate study at Somerville, with one scholarship available in each of the four University Divisions (£1,500 and dining rights)
• Four Somerville College Graduate Scholarships, associated with the University's Clarendon scholarships, for international students at Somerville, with one scholarship available in each of the four University Divisions (Full scholarship and dining rights)

For information on other awards, please see the Oxford Funding Search.

The 24-hour access library stocks more than 120,000 volumes and offers unlimited book borrowing, with a loan period of up to a term. The library has strong research holdings across the Humanities, multiple copies of science textbooks and special collections, including the library of John Stuart Mill.

Wifi access is available in the library and throughout the College site. There is a network connection in each study bedroom and on-site computer rooms equipped with scanning and printing facilities. The Dorothy Hodgkin Quad music room offers access to Sibelius music software, and the College offers laptops and digital camera for loan to students.

The College has an on-site gym and croquet lawn, off-site shared sports facilities and numerous College sports clubs.

Music practice rooms, an organ and pianos support musicians at the College, including the Music Society and Chapel choir. There is also a drama society, Law, History, and Medics’ societies.

The College's non-consecrated Chapel is open to all faiths.

Although bedrooms in Margery Fry House are not suitable for wheelchair users, wheelchair-accessible bedrooms are available elsewhere on the College site.

The College is able to consider requests for other adaptations - please contact the Academic Office to discuss requirements. 

The Somerville Middle Common Room (MCR) is located in the primary graduate accommodation hub of Margery Fry House. There are termly MCR/SCR symposia with dinner and an annual MCR dinner with supervisors and college advisers.