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Find a balance. Whether in your department, in college, or in societies, get as involved as you like. All these places are great for meeting like-minded people, and you can really make friends for life in Oxford. However, don’t feel pressure to get involved if you don’t want to.
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Somerville's Access team hosts multiple school visits, open...
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Somerville offers an annual series of four Virtual Study...
- Why Somerville
Somerville was born out of hope and a refusal to accept the...
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Applying to Somerville is simple. When you complete the UCAS...
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Somerville is a warm, forward-looking and inclusive college with a streak of radicalism at its heart. Founded in 1879 to give women access to university education when many others wouldn’t, famous alumni include two former prime ministers, the only British woman to win a Nobel prize for science and pioneers in literature and activism.
Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford [3] in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. Among its alumnae have been Margaret Thatcher , Indira Gandhi , Dorothy Hodgkin , Iris Murdoch , Philippa Foot , Vera Brittain and Dorothy L. Sayers .
Are you considering Somerville as your college? One of the best ways to make your decision is to learn more about your tutors. After all, they are the bedrock of your learning experience at Oxford.
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- Facilities For Disabled Students
- Welfare
- MCR
The 24-hour access library stocks more than 120,000 volumes and offers unlimited book borrowing, with a loan period of one term or one vacation period. The library has strong research holdings across the humanities, multiple copies of science textbooks and special collections, including the library of John Stuart Mill. The librarian offers one-to-o...
Somerville College has a study/reading room in the Catherine Hughes building for graduate use only. It also has an on-site gym and croquet lawn, off-site shared sports facilities and numerous college sports clubs. There are music practice rooms, an organ and pianos to support musicians at the college, and also a music society and chapel choir. Ther...
Although bedrooms in most of the college’s accommodation are not suitable for wheelchair users, wheelchair-accessible bedrooms are available on the college site. The dining hall and Terrace Bar have lift access. The library, function rooms and chapel are on the ground floor and have level access, although they may not have automatic opening doors. ...
Student health and welfare is a top priority at Somerville. You can meet the welfare team and find out about the different resources available to make sure you are supported at every stage of your time at Somerville at https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/life-here/health-and-welfare/. Browse through the links to find out more about the different kinds of sup...
Somerville has a friendly and active graduate student committee which organises a wide range of social and academic activities each term. There are twice- termly MCR/SCR symposia allowing graduate students an opportunity to present their research and an annual MCR dinner with supervisors and college advisers invited. TheMiddle Common Room (MCR) is ...
Since our first students joined us over a century ago, Somerville’s history has been filled with bold and extraordinary individuals who learned to change the world. Click below to follow their journey from the beginning, or dive into whichever chapter most appeals to you.
The college’s archives hold official records relating to Somerville’s foundation and administration, its members and its buildings. There are also log books, annual reports and personal reminiscences by staff and students to document life in Somerville, plus a large collection of photographs.
