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Building sustainability. We have designed College’s newest buildings with the environment in mind. , completed in 2008, includes solar panels along the roof of the east and west sections of the building, together with a biomass boiler for hot water generation.
St John's is the wealthiest college in Oxford, with assets worth over of £790 million as of 2022, largely due to nineteenth-century suburban development of land in the city of Oxford of which it is the ground landlord.
An inspiring place to learn. St John's fosters excellence in education and research. St John's Inspire Programme. Click here to find out more about our successful outreach programme. Library & Study Centre. St John's has state-of-the-art library facilities. Latest from around the College. All news. All events.
History. The College of St John the Baptist was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White, a wealthy London merchant tailor. The new College took over the premises of St Bernard's College, founded in 1437 by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, for Cistercian monks studying at Oxford University.
A day in the life at St John's 📽️ Our new College video is here! Step through our front gate and see some of the places, people and one particular animal who make the St John's community what it is.
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St John’s College is proud of its reputation for academic excellence within a vibrant, supportive and socially diverse community. It is an extremely popular college for graduates, who make up approximately 40% of the student community.
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A constituent college of the University of Oxford, St John’s College was founded in 1555 as a men’s college, but has been coeducational since 1979. With a financial endowment of £600 million as of 2020, St John’s is the richest college in Oxford, mainly due to its ownership of land in the city of Oxford which was developed in the ...