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College |
Year founded |
Total no. of full time student members |
No. of students living in College (UG and PG) |
No. of 1st year UG rooms |
No. of en-suite 1st year UG rooms |
No. of shared 1st year UG rooms |
C = Catered S = Self Catered |
Gowned formal dinners **** |
Chapel/Multifaith room |
Collingwood College | 1972 | 1565 | 555 | 522 | 194 | 16 | C | N | N |
Grey College | 1959 | 1276 | 463 | 401 | 87 | 19 | C | Y | Y |
Hatfield College | 1846 | 1376 | 412 | 360 | 91 | 66 | C | Y | Y |
John Snow College | 2001 | 1030 | 492 | 348 | 348 | 0 | S | Y | Y |
Josephine Butler College | 2006 | 1315 | 556 | 505 | 411 | 0 | S | Y | Y |
St Aidan's College | 1947 | 1196 | 386 | 305 | 43 | 51 | C | N | Y |
St Chad's College | 1904 | 549 | 249 | 195 | 54* | 45** | C | Y | Y |
St Cuthbert's Society | 1888 | 1411 | 470 | 413 | 106 | 32 | C S | N | N |
College of St Hild & St Bede | 1839 | 1336 | 459 | 458 | 0 | 0 | C | N | Y |
St John's College | 1909 | 613 | 259 | 233 | 15 | 18 | C | Y | Y |
St Mary's College | 1899 | 892 | 314 | 292 | 29 | 0 | C | Y | Y |
Stephenson College | 2001 | 898 | 433 | 372 | 155 | 0 | S | N | N |
Trevelyan College | 1966 | 894 | 320 | 272 | 0 | 20 | C | Y | Y |
University College (Castle) | 1832 | 1313 | 538 | 324 | 97** | 30* | C | Y | Y |
Van Mildert College | 1965 | 1420 | 524 | 442 | 22 | 0 | C | N | N |
South College*** | 2020 | 496 | 496 | 362 | 328 | 0 | S | Y | Y |
* Figure includes shared ensuite and standard rooms.
** Figure includes single and twin ensuite rooms.
*** South College opened in 2020 with a reduced number of students with the intention of growing by 2022 to 1200 students.
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College |
Year founded |
Total no. of full time student members |
Total no. of students living in College* (PG and UG) |
Total no. of rooms for new PG students |
Total no. of en-suite rooms for new PG students |
C = Catered S = Self Catered |
Gowned formal dinners** |
Chapel/Multifaith room |
Collingwood College | 1972 | 1565 | 555 | 33 | 0 | C | N | N |
Grey College | 1959 | 1276 | 463 | 60 | 0 | C S | Y | Y |
Hatfield College | 1846 |
1376 |
412 | 51 | 0 | S | Y | Y |
John Snow College | 2001 | 708 | 496 | 78 | 0 | S | Y | N |
Josephine Butler College | 2006 | 1315 | 556 | 48 | 48 | S | Y | Y |
St Aidan's College | 1947 | 1196 | 386 | 80 | 50 | C | N | Y |
St Chad's College | 1904 | 549 | 249 | 54 | 30 | C S | Y | Y |
St Cuthbert's Society | 1888 | 1411 | 470 | 54 | 54 | S | N | N |
College of St Hild & St Bede | 1839 | 1336 | 459 | 0 | 0 | C | N | N |
St John's College | 1909 | 613 | 259 | 26 | 0 | C | Y | Y |
St Mary's College | 1899 | 892 | 314 | 20 | 10 | C | Y | Y |
Stephenson College | 2001 | 898 | 433 | 60 | 64 | S | N | N |
Trevelyan College | 1966 | 894 | 320 | 48 | 27 | C | Y | Y |
University College | 1832 | 1313 | 538 | 214 | 214 | S | Y | Y |
Van Mildert College | 1965 | 1420 | 524 | 78 | 78 | C | N | N |
Ustinov College (PG only) |
1965 | 1322 | 460 | 442 | 442 | S | N | N |
South College*** | 2020 | TBC*** | 496 | 77 | 0 | S | Y | Y |
*Student figures and room numbers provided are for the 2019/20 academic year and are subject to change.
**All colleges have special dinner events called 'formals' some colleges wear academic gowns at these events.
**South College opened in 2020 with a reduced number of students with the intention of growing by 2022 to 1200 students.