Nuffield College

*Total across all year groups (see source data)

1937

The college's library is especially strong in the social sciences.

The college attaches great importance to the provision of excellent computing and other research facilities. All rooms have a network connection and there is a college-wide Wi-Fi network.

The college has active sports teams, and access to some shared facilities.

There is an electronic piano in the chapel available for practice.

Nuffield College has access to three sponsored nursery places, and matriculated students with children are eligible to apply for these places at one of the University’s nurseries, if any are available.

There is step-free access to much of the College site, including the entrance, dining hall, common rooms and some seminar rooms. There are also a number of accessible toilets. The college currently has limited accessible accommodation on-site and will make all reasonable adjustments to meet the specific requirements of its disabled students. Please contact the college about any accessibility requirements.

The Senior Tutor is the College Welfare Lead, and there is also a dedicated EDI and Welfare Officer. The College has an on-site Counsellor one day each week and provides additional access to advice and welfare support for students through an independent Employee Assistance scheme.

Graduate students are members of the Nuffield Junior Common Room (JCR), which corresponds to the MCR in other colleges. The JCR plays an active role in college life, including the organisation of social activities and providing student representation on college committees.

Nuffield provides student residential accommodation in the form of single bedsits within the college and in adjacent buildings, including some rooms with en-suite facilities. Further single residential accommodation and limited partnered accommodation is offered in properties on the west side of Oxford, within approximately half a mile of the college. At present, regrettably, no family accommodation is available. 

Approximately one-half of Nuffield students reside in college or in college properties. Nuffield normally offers a maximum of two years of residential accommodation to graduate students depending on the degree for which students have been admitted and the type of course they studied before they arrived. Normally, students who are new to Oxford are offered accommodation in at least their first year. 

Students within their period of fee liability are also usually provided with office space at no additional charge, either as part of their accommodation (if they live in the main college site), or separately in a shared office or a single study (if they live outside the college site or privately). Charges for residential accommodation cover 48 weeks of residence and are paid termly in advance. 

Further information on accommodation at Nuffield College is available on the college website.

All matriculated Nuffield students within their period of fee liability are entitled to take lunch in college at no charge on days when the kitchens are open (normally throughout the year, with the exception of Sundays and Christmas, Easter and bank holiday closures). Students also have the option to take up a breakfast package and/or an evening meal package, which covers ‘low table’ (informal) dinners in college between 1 October and 30 June; otherwise students may take these meals for a ‘pay-as-you-dine’ meal charge. 

Most areas of the college are provided with a pantry/utility room equipped with a refrigerator, kettle and microwave. There is a large communal student kitchen available on the main college site, and kitchens are also provided in other college residential properties. Communal laundry facilities are available on the main college site and in the off-site shared house.

Further information on catering at Nuffield College is available on the college website.

Website: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 (0) 1865 278500

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