Undergraduates

We are one of few Oxford colleges able to offer accommodation to our undergraduate students for every single year of their degrees. That means that no matter where you are in your studies, you will have the opportunity to truly feel part of our exciting and supportive academic community – with teaching rooms, the college library, dining hall, common rooms, bar, music and sports facilities and multifaith sanctuary right on your doorstep. Our friendly porters are onsite 24/7 to help with any problems.

We help you to save money by offering most rooms on a 27-week licence Students are normally required to vacate onsite rooms during vacations, but don’t worry - we’ll offer alternative accommodation if you have travel difficulties or study needs.

Some rooms are offered on a 40-week contract. This is helpful for final year students who want to longer over Christmas and Easter to study, but don’t want to commit to a more expensive year-round private let.

First-year undergraduates are automatically allocated accommodation on the main college site, with everything you need to settle in minutes away. Students live together on corridors, and share showers, toilets, and kitchens. Second and final-year undergraduates apply, through a ballot system to make it as fair as possible, for accommodation either on the college site or a short walk or cycle away in the city.

All college rooms have wifi, are regularly cleaned by our very helpful college ‘scouts’ (who you’ll get to know well over your time here), and have easy access to laundry facilities.

Where you can live

We have six undergraduate buildings on our main site in Cowley Place, and more accommodation in our Jocelyn Morris Quad (just five minutes’ walk away, on Iffley Road) and at 38 St Giles (in the city centre, 20 minutes’ walk or 10 minutes’ cycle).

On the main site:

Garden Building (first-years): 50 student rooms on three floors with a small kitchen on each floor.
Wolfson Building (first-years): 55 student rooms on three floors with a small kitchen on each floor.
South Building (finalists and first-years): 17 student rooms arranged in clusters or along a corridor, where most rooms overlook the river with two kitchens.
Anniversary Building (second and final-years): 52 ensuite bedrooms, some with river views, on three floors with shared kitchens.
Christina Barratt Building (second and final-years): 36 ensuite rooms on three floors with a kitchen on each floor.
Hall Building (second and final-years): 35 rooms on three floors with a kitchen on each floor.

In the city:

Jocelyn Morris Quad (second and final-years): 20 flats with between 2 and 7 rooms (some ensuite) in each with a kitchen.
38 St Giles (second and final-years): 29 rooms (some ensuite) sharing two kitchens.

College accommodation is covered by the Student Accommodation Code of Practice.

Accommodation Prices (2023/24)

Rooms	Prices (Undergraduate terms are 9 weeks)
Anniversary Building ensuite	£2,265 per term plus £150 compulsory catering credit per term
Christina Barratt Building	£2,059 per term plus £150 compulsory catering credit per term
Standard on-site (not ensuite)	£1,868 per term plus £150 compulsory catering credit per term
Jocelyn Morris Quad ensuite	£2,059 per term or £8,099 for 40 weeks plus £150 compulsory catering credit per term
Jocelyn Morris Quad standard (not ensuite)	£1,868 per term or £7,263 for 40 weeks plus £150 compulsory catering credit per term
38 St Giles ensuite;	£8,099 for 40 weeks plus £150 compulsory catering credit per term
38 St Giles standard (not ensuite)	£7,263 for 40 weeks plus £150 compulsory catering credit per term