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 has a reputation for informality and lack of stuffiness. You will find in Wadham a strong sense of community, one in which you will be treated as an individual and where you will make friends from a wide variety of backgrounds and many nations.

Facilities for Students with Disabilities

Wadham welcomes students with disabilities. We advise candidates who are considering making an application 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) for graduate use only

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 is currently under construction for the use of all Wadham graduates. It will feature a brand new graduate common room, fully-equipped kitchen facilities, computer room, TV room and seminar room

• 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 about 1 mile from the main site.
• Accommodation is also available for some second- and third-year graduates.
• A living out grant is offered to help with the cost of private accommodation.

Wadham offers a number of scholarships and prizes for graduates.

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

Wadham has a seriously fun graduate atmosphere and great MCR facilities. There are a wide range of social and academic activities on offer each term, from exchange dinners, guest nights, 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.

Please see the MCR website for more details.