Christ Church

Many different kinds of people, from various backgrounds, come to Christ Church. With about 100 teaching and research staff, we are one of the larger colleges and can offer places for most undergraduate courses. The result is a diverse, vibrant and active academic community.

We select candidates solely on academic ability and potential. The college is committed to widening participation, and is keen to attract talented students whatever their backgrounds. Christ Church is sensitive to the growing financial costs associated with a university education. We are in the fortunate position of being able to offer generous support in addition to the financial package provided by the University. This means that no student with the ability and potential to study at Oxford should be deterred from making an application to us on financial grounds. You can find full details on our website: http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduates/financial-information.

Christ Church is on St Aldate’s, in the heart of Oxford. It is close to the Bodleian Library and other University facilities, and next to Christ Church Meadow with its peaceful river walks.

All students live in college rooms throughout their time at Christ Church. Most rooms are on the main site, in spacious, modernised buildings built over five centuries. About 60 students live nearby in modern self-catering flats shared with another college. One flat is equipped for up to three disabled residents, and single rooms for disabled students are also available on the main site. A full service of varied and high-quality meals is provided in the dining hall, and we aim to cater for all special diets.

Our magnificent 18th-century library, one of the largest in Oxford, aims to supply everything undergraduate students need for their courses and responds to requests for new purchases; there is also a specialised law library. We have two well-equipped computer rooms, and students’ rooms have internet points, with wifi also available throughout the college.

The common room is furnished with table tennis and pool tables, and next door is a widescreen TV with satellite channels and a DVD player. The college has a music room, art gallery and art room, where the art tutor offers classes and organises visits, discussions and video displays.

Our student societies cater for a wide range of interests, and the college sports ground has excellent facilities for sports of all sorts for everyone, whether highly skilled or merely enthusiastic. The drama society puts on regular productions and encourages participation in and out of college. Music flourishes, with an orchestra, choir and other ensembles, in addition to the renowned Christ Church Cathedral Choir. Those with contemporary musical interests can showcase their talents at the termly ‘open mike’ night. A number of subject-based societies arrange dinners, speakers and discussions.