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St Benet's Hall

St Benet's Hall

ST BENET'S HALL, 38 ST GILES, OXFORD OX1 3LN

www.st-benets.ox.ac.uk

+44 (0) 1865 280559 | senior.tutor@stb.ox.ac.uk

 

Originally founded so that monks of Ampleforth Abbey could take degrees at Oxford, St Benet’s is today comprised of both monks and lay students. The Hall welcomes students of all faith traditions and none, inviting them to engage in rigorous scholarship within a community of learning inspired by the Rule of St Benedict.

As such, the Hall represents the closest living embodiment of the kind of community which shaped the University in the 13th century. The Hall concentrates on a small number of closely related subjects, mostly in the Humanities, at both graduate and undergraduate level.

There are presently five monks in residence, five graduate students and fifty undergraduates. The building itself is a fine Grade II listed Georgian house containing a chapel, a library, a dining hall and bedrooms for its students, and possessed of an enclosed garden.

The monastic office and Mass are celebrated daily in the Chapel, and all members are welcome to attend if they wish. The main common room is shared by tutors, graduates and undergraduates, and all eat at the same common table, building an unusually cohesive community.

St Benet's - Street View

View of St Benet's Hall from the street

Accommodation and meals

Graduates, other than monks, are usually asked to live out but can sometimes be offered accommodation in the Hall, but this is not guaranteed. There is no family accommodation. All bedrooms in the Hall have internet points and telephones.

There are laundry machines on site, free to members. The Hall provides all meal, seven days a week, for a flat charge per term.

Funding and prizes

There are no Hall awards, but support will be given for applications to other bodies for awards tenable at St Benet’s.

For information about University awards, please see the Oxford Funding Search.

St Benet's - Library

St Benet's Hall library

Library and IT services

The library, open 24/7, is principally an undergraduate library of about 8000 volumes, a pleasant workspace with internet points and computers linked to the University’s library network.

There is a small, much-used computer room in the Hall, with an efficient printer/photocopier/scanner. Wireless internet access is available throughout the Hall.

Sport, music and college facilities

St Benet’s has a rowing VIII. For all sports, students may participate in the teams of other colleges.

Students sing in University choirs, participate in the Oxford Union, and in general are encouraged to take a full part in Oxford life, its societies and activities.

St Benet's - Garden

Gardens at St Benet's Hall

Facilities for students with disabilities

There is a disabled toilet on the ground floor and portable ramps for access into the Hall.

MCR

St Benet’s has a joint MCR and JCR, with MCR representation on the JCR committee. The main common room of the Hall is a large, pleasant sitting room, with newspapers, magazines and a piano.

The MCR and JCR also share a spacious, more informal room with flat-screen TV/DVD, kitchenette and fridge. The enclosed garden includes a croquet lawn and a walled, private garden area.

St Benet's col map

Founded

1897


Head of House

Professor Werner G Jeanrond

Student numbers
Graduate

5

Undergraduate

50


Number of places for research students

3

 

Number of places for taught graduate students

3

College fees
2013/14
College fee for graduates

£2,659

College fee for the MBA

£3,150

 

Exceptional arrangements apply in a small number of cases

 

University fees also apply

 

Continuation fee
£100 for each term is payable after fee liability has ceased
Accommodation

Accommodation is not usually offered by the Hall