Graduate Studies Prospectus - University of Oxford

University Collegewww.univ.ox.ac.ukmap ref: eColleges accepting all studentsϐϐ Key FactsCollege AddressFounded 1249Head of HouseUniversity College, Oxford OX1 4BHSir Ivor CreweStudent Numbers Graduate: 190Undergraduate: 370Number of Places forApprox. 40Research ProgrammesNumber of Places forApprox. 40Taught ProgrammesCollege Fees Currently £1,886 per year (2007–08)University fees also applyAccommodation Minimum one year, normally at leasttwo years. See also www.univ.ox.ac.uk/college_life/accommodation_and_food/graduate_accommodation/AccommodationCharges£2,753.76 to cover three Universityterms with a charge of £15.78 per day(to be confirmed)Continuation Fee Equivalent to living out charge: £61.22(to be confirmed)University College is very proud of its outstanding, lively andinternational graduate community. As a graduate at UniversityCollege you get to participate in a wide range of intellectual, socialand sporting activities within the College.Endowed in 1249, University College has a claim to be Oxford’soldest college. It combines academic excellence with an atmospherethat is friendly, relaxed and welcoming. Our students come from awide variety of backgrounds and over 35 different countries.Distinguished alumni include Presidents Bill Clinton (USA) andFestus Mogae (Botswana); Prime Ministers Clement Attlee (UK),Bob Hawke (Australia) and Kofe Abrefa Busia (Ghana); physicistStephen Hawking; the poet Shelley, Nobel Prize winning writerVS Naipaul, Poet Laureate Andrew Motion; and figures in themedia such as Paul Gambaccini and Armando Iannucci.Markus GerstelϐϐFacilitiesFacilities for Disabled Students|| Three adapted rooms: two on the main site and one in theStaverton Road complex.|| Limited parking on both sites.|| The Hall, Library, Bar and Buttery are wheelchair accessible.Library Resources|| Excellent libraries, including a specialist Law reference Library,open 24 hours a day during term.Computing Resources|| Excellent computing facilities including one computing suitereserved for graduate use only.|| Dedicated IT support to ensure facilities are constantlyupdated and functioning smoothly.Art, Music, Drama and Sport|| College sports ground on the Abingdon Road catering fortraditional field sports.|| Award-winning new Boathouse (including dedicated ergo gymfor rowers).|| Squash court on the main College site.|| Music practice room.|| Beautiful 17th century chapel, accomplished choir and anactive Music Society.|| Students may use the University Sports Centre andSwimming Pool free of charge.Other Facilities|| The Martlets Society gives graduates a special forum forpresenting their work and ideas to Fellows and other graduates.|| The College has a number of research centres and a graduatehub in Merton Street.|| Graduates may attend the College’s New Durham Club lecturesat which Fellows present their work.ϐϐFunding and Prizes|| Graduate students receive book grants, and can apply fortravel and research-support (workshop and conference) funds.|| We offer two writing-up grants of £2,500 to graduate students.|| Also see the Graduate Finance Guide.ϐϐWCRThe graduate common room (the Weir Common Room or WCR)on the main site provides a social centre for graduates andtheir partners; an alternative to the busy college bar. There is acomfortable area for social gatherings or for simply catching upon the newspapers, as well as a recently modernised kitchen anda TV room.ϐϐAccommodation and Meals|| Accommodation on the main site as well as a modernaccommodation centre in North Oxford, twenty minutes’ walkfrom the College, with lovely gardens, computing facilitiesrefurbished bathrooms and good cooking facilities.|| Six rooms at the Boathouse, all en-suite, with shared kitchen/common room.|| All graduates are normally offered at least two years’accommodation and we aim to offer all a room on the mainsite for their first year.|| Limited flats available for graduates with partners, usually forthe duration of their course.|| All student rooms have a telephone line and an Ethernetconnection.192L LEnquiries: +44 (0) 1865 276677admissions@univ.ox.ac.uk