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St Cross College

St Cross is Oxford’s most central graduate college, located on St Giles’ at the heart of the city, providing a welcoming environment for an international community of graduate students studying a wide range of subjects.

St Cross College

St Cross College. Credit: Mingjie Yu / Graduate Photography Competition

About the college

More graduates study at St Cross than at any of the Oxford Colleges which combine post and undergraduate students.

Selecting St Cross for graduate study gives you the best chance of being based near the city centre.

Set in beautiful grounds on St Giles’, and complete with pretty quadrangles overlooked by a splendid chapel, St Cross has a young graduate population – most ‘St Crossers’ are under 30, with an average age of 26. The college is friendly, lively and cosmopolitan. Students from almost 80 nationalities are welcomed here, studying the full breath of Oxford’s subject offering.

That means you will find stimulating conversation and access to events covering very different topics from what you will be studying in your department. Cross-fertilisation of ideas is St Cross’s speciality!

This is enhanced by the enjoyment of college facilities on equal terms with the Fellows. With shared dining in Hall (the college doesn't have ‘High Table’) and a Common Room that’s open to everyone, you’ll have ample opportunity to mingle with Oxford’s world-class academics.

Key facts

Facilities

Accommodation and meals

Courses

For entry in 2027-28

Location

The college occupies a combination of traditional and modern buildings on a very central site on St Giles’, close to the main University facilities and the heart of the city.

Main site: St Cross College, St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LZ, United Kingdom

Contact details

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