St Antony’s College

St Antony’s is a cosmopolitan, vibrant community of graduate students specialising in the social sciences and humanities, known internationally for its stimulating intellectual life and rich cultural environment.

The College is a leading centre for the study of history, international relations, economics, development studies, politics and anthropology of different regions of the world.

The College occupies a pleasant site in leafy North Oxford close to the city centre. The following area studies centres are part of or associated with the College: African Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies, the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, the Latin American Centre, Middle East Centre and the Nissan Institute.

Facilities for students with disabilities

Some bedrooms, specifically designed for students with a range of disabilities are available within College.

The College welcomes students with disabilities and will do all it reasonably can to help them, not only with accommodation but with access to and within College.

Library resources

• Main College Library
• Middle East Centre Library and Archive
• Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Library

For more details of these, and the other libraries on site (the Bodleian Japanese Library and the Latin American Centre Library), see the College website.

Computing resources

There is a 24-hour access computer room available for college members. All College rooms are connected to the university network and a number of wireless access points are available within the College.

For more information, please see the College website.

Art, music, drama and sport

St. Antony’s has an excellent reputation for its cultural diversity and lively environment, which is reflected in the wide variety of extra-curricular activities found around College, which any student can contribute to. Currently these include:

• Antonian Wine Tasting Society (AWTS)
• Oxford University Africa Society
• European Movie Society
• Environmental Society
• Jacari (Volunteering in Oxford)
• Tentelini (Teaching in Africa)
  

Sports clubs include:

• Rowing
• Men's football
• Women's football
• Yoga
• Table tennis
• Cricket
• Dancesport
  

St Antony’s is also home to STAIR (St Antony’s International Review), a peer-reviewed journal run by graduate students and published twice a year.

For more information, please see the College GCR website.

Other facilities

• College gym
• Music room
• Student late bar and café
• Medical suite with regular term-time attendance by the College Nurse and College Doctor

The majority of accommodation is on the College site, with 50 en-suite rooms in the Founder's Building. Further rooms are located in converted Victorian houses with communal kitchens and bathrooms; some of these rooms have washbasins.

Lunch and dinner are available in the College Hall daily for most of the year, with the exception of Saturday and Sunding evenings. 

A number of scholarships, travel grants and awards are made annually by the College.

For more information, please see the Oxford Funding Search.

The St Antony's Graduate Common Room (GCR) exists to serve and support the student members of the College and is the equivalent of the MCR in many other colleges. It is represented on the College’s Governing Body and Management Executive Team.