St Edmund Hall is renowned for its friendly, informal atmosphere and is home to a lively and diverse international graduate community. The college has a strong commitment to graduate students and graduate study. Graduate students represent a diverse population from across the world studying a wide range of subjects from across the university.

Graduate students are fully integrated into College life through academic, social, cultural and sporting events. Interactions between graduates and fellows are facilitated through MCR/SCR academic events at the Graduate Centre at Norham Gardens.

St Edmund Hall is able to consider applications in most fields and each graduate is allocated a College Adviser who is available for consultation on academic and personal matters. Various events are held to welcome graduate students and provide opportunities for academic and social interaction throughout the academic year.

The main accommodation site is the attractive St Edmund Hall Graduate Centre in Norham Gardens, close to the University Parks, shops and many University Departments. This is a prime location within Oxford and only a short walk from the main College site and departments and libraries. The Centre includes a laundry, gym, computing room, common room and television room.

There are twelve self-contained flats for couples as well as a self-contained house, some of which can also house families.

Meals can be taken in Hall alongside other student members of the College on the main site; however, there are excellent self-catering kitchen facilities on the Norham Gardens site.

St Edmund Hall offers a number of scholarships and bursaries for both prospective and current graduate students, including:

The William R Miller Graduate Scholarship

Three scholarships available annually, which provide the award holders with a free college room, tenable for a year. Holders may reapply for renewal for one further year.

Emden Doctorow Graduate Scholarship

Awarded to a student reading for a DPhil in the Social Sciences. One scholarship up to the value of £4800, tenable for one year.

E.P.A. Cephalosporin Scholarship

Awarded to a student reading for a DPhil in the biological, chemical or medical sciences. One scholarship to the value of £3500 per annum.

Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Fellowship

Awarded to a Columbia College graduating senior. One scholarship providing a stipend to cover fees and maintenance for one year’s worth of study in Social Sciences at the Hall.

Clarendon Partnership Awards

St Edmund Hall, in association with the University, is offering up to seven Clarendon Partnership Awards for 2013/14 study.

These awards include five Clarendon Fund and St Edmund Hall Scholarships, the Clarendon Fund and Frederick Brockhues Scholarship, and the Clarendon Fund and Justin Gosling Scholarship.

Routledge St Edmund Hall Studentship

Awarded to a student reading the MSc in Comparative and International Education. One scholarship of £6,000, tenable for one year.

College grants

A number of College grants and bursaries are also available for academic purposes such as assistance with fees as well as hardship.

For more information, please see the St Edmund Hall funding pages and the Oxford Funding Search.

The library of St Edmund Hall is located within the Norman Church of St Peter-in-the-East, making it a beautiful setting for study. This library is well-stocked and additional special collections are held in the separate 17th Century ‘Old Library’ – also on the main College site.

All college sites, including study bedroom accommodation, have wifi acces and network connections. The College has dedicated graduate computer rooms, with printing facilities, located within its MCR on the main site and our Norham Gardens graduate accommodation.

St Edmund Hall graduate students participate in many sports teams and crews. There is a dedicated multi-gym at the Norham Gardens graduate centre as well as a boathouse.

There is a strong artistic community built around the John Oldham Drama Society, the College art collection, an orchestra, choir and choral groups and a music practice room.

Arrangements are made on an individual basis - please contact the College to discuss any requirements before submitting an application. 

Graduates have their own popular MCR common room on the front quadrangle of the main site. In the MCR, newspapers and magazines are available, and tea and coffee are served throughout the day.