Regent’s Park College

Regent’s Park College is known for its friendly atmosphere and strong sense of community. Undergraduates at Regent’s Park have exactly the same relationship to the University as those at any Oxford college, and benefit from being in a small, supportive community in the centre of Oxford. There is a strong social life, a good range of sports teams and dramatic and musical opportunities.

Tracing its origins to an Education Society of 1752, Regent’s Park became a college affiliated to the University of London, before moving to Oxford in 1927. While Theology is a particular specialism, a wide range of arts and social science subjects is offered. Undergraduates go on to a wide range of careers and a small number of students are preparing for ordination in Baptist churches.

The college is entirely open and welcomes undergraduates of any or no religious belief. The college welcomes applications from all candidates with high academic aspirations. Student participation in college, academic and sporting life is encouraged and students enjoy the benefits of a small community while being equal members of the wider University. Three students are members of the college’s governing body.

Regent’s Park College is in the centre of Oxford, just off St Giles’ and close to the University libraries.

First- and third-year students live in college rooms, either study/bedrooms or self-contained flats. As in other colleges, second-year students live out. Student meals are served in the beautiful Art Deco dining hall with lunchtime a particular focal point in the daily life of the college.

All student rooms on the main site have a wi-fi or internet connection and telephones.

The main college library has strong collections in Theology and English, computing facilities and is open 24 hours a day. The Angus Library houses an important archive of Baptist history which brings scholars from all over the world to study at Regent’s Park.

The centre of undergraduate life is the spacious JCR where students organise the college’s lively social life and run their own bar.

One of Regent’s Park’s greatest assets is its students’ enthusiasm for all aspects of college and University life. This is evident in their commitment to the college’s societies for drama and music; its sports teams (including rowing, football and netball), and the Christian Union. Regent’s Park’s students are also outward-looking and become involved in the full range of University clubs and societies.