Wadham College

Wadham College is close to the Bodleian Library, the University Science Area, and the city centre. It has large, quiet grounds with some of the most beautiful gardens in Oxford and a fine early 17th-century quad alongside more modern buildings.

Uniquely in Oxford, Wadham combines its Junior Common Room (JCR) with its Middle Common Room (MCR) to form a Students’ Union. Graduates thus play a full part in the life of the College. The Tutor for Graduates is available for consultation and advice, and, in addition, each graduate student is allocated a College Advisor whose academic interests are close to the student’s own.

The College's graduate centre, new for the 2012/13 academic year, forms a welcoming space for both studying and relaxing as well as for informal meetings and social events.

The College has a reputation for informality and lack of stuffiness; graduate students will find a strong sense of community at Wadham, one in which students are treated as individuals and can make friends from a wide variety of backgrounds and many nations.

Facilities for students with disabilities

Wadham welcomes students with disabilities. Candidates who are considering making an application are advised to contact the Tutorial Office in advance to discuss their requirements.

Library resources

• Modern and spacious College library
• Open 24 hours a day, year round
• Nine study carrels, including five lockable rooms, primarily for graduate use

Computing resources

• All rooms, including those at Merifield, have internet connections
• Computer rooms at both Merifield and on the main site, supported by full-time college IT staff
• Laser printing available in the computer room on the main site and accessible from any personal computer via the College network

Art, music, drama and sport

• Chapel
• Squash and badminton courts
• Music practice room
• Student theatre
• Bar
• College sports ground and pavilion in North Oxford
• Boathouse and punting facilities

Other facilities

• Indoor bike shed on main site; extensive under-cover and secure bike sheds at Merifield
• A new Graduate Centre, completed in 2012, is available for the use of all Wadham graduates. It features a brand new graduate common room, fully-equipped kitchen facilities, computer room, TV room and seminar room

Single accommodation is offered to all first-year graduates who require it. Most first-year graduates are offered single accommodation in Merifield, an accommodation complex of shared flats near the college sports ground and located around a mile from the main site. Accommodation is also available for some second- and third-year graduates.

A small number of rooms are available within modern buildings in the College grounds, for which priority is given to students with disabilities and overseas students, in accordance with demand.

A 'living-out' grant is offered to help with the cost of private accommodation.

• Letting period: 9- or 11-month contracts available for Merifield complex accommodation

Wadham offers a number of scholarships and prizes for graduates.

For more information, please see the College website and the Oxford Funding Search.

Following a recent refurbishment, Wadham Middle Common Room (MCR) has some of the most modern and comprehensive MCR facilities in Oxford. The active MCR committee organise a wide range of social and academic activities during each term, from exchange dinners, guest nights, wine tasting and weekly Welfare teas, to MCR-subsidised trips to the theatre and regular graduate seminars where MCR members present and discuss their research.

The MCR committee is friendly and always open to input and suggestions from MCR members.