Wolfson College

Wolfson was founded to provide a stimulating and supportive environment, geared specifically to the needs of graduate students. The College is purpose built for a graduate community on the banks of the River Cherwell in North Oxford. This pastoral setting belies the fact that the main University facilities lie within walking and easy cycling distance.

The College is committed to equal opportunities for all and we enjoy a thriving international community. The single common room organisation, to which all members of the College belong, as can their partners, reflects the College’s egalitarian ethos. Most College committees, including the Governing Body, are open by annual election to all College members.

Facilities for students with disabilities

Purpose-built accommodation is available.

Library resources

The library provides key resources for taught Master's courses and supports the research of its members. It has good collections in Classics and Indology.

Computing resources

• Each room on site has internet connections
• Seventeen computers in the Library with both colour and monochrome printing and scanning available
• Professional, dedicated IT team available for consultation
• Wifi access available in Library, meeting rooms and some residential accommodation

Art, music, drama and sport

• Teams exist in most sports and we have a diverse collection of clubs meeting regularly in College
• Social events in College and trips, to theatres, art galleries and other venues are organised throughout the year
• Music society and College choirs
• Active programme of exhibitions in the Arts
• Squash courts
• Multipurpose court for tennis, basketball and netball
• Weights room
• College punts; Wolfson boasts Oxford’s only punt harbour

Other facilities

There is a professionally staffed Day Nursery, for which fees are charged, and a children’s playground available on the College grounds 

Accommodation is offered to the majority of students in their first year, with married and family accommodation available. All rooms have internet and telephone facilities and access to kitchens and a laundry.

Around a third of single accommodation offered by the College consists of study-bedroom apartments, sharing kitchen, bathroom and shower rooms; the remainder of the accommodation is en-suite rooms.

There are two- and three-bedroom houses for couples with children and two-room flats for couples.

• College scholarships are available, including those in association with the Clarendon Fund
• Continuing graduates are eligible for college fee bursaries
• Field-trip/conference fund to assist students and also a fund to support students who are placed in unforeseen financial hardship
• Common Room Fund offers awards for student excellence in both Arts and Sports and subsidises student activities

For more information, please see the Oxford Funding Search.

The College has only one common room for all members of college, students and Fellows alike. Student representatives sit on most college committees, including the Governing Body.