Pembroke College

Our strong interdisciplinary ethos and collaborative environment encourages undergraduates, graduates and academic staff to work together. We create opportunities for collaboration across all levels, enriching students' studies with a broader outlook on the world. 

We are a close-knit community and want Pembroke to feel like home, whatever your background or experiences. We are committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment where students can flourish and we offer extensive welfare provision for a variety of circumstances and needs.

Pembroke offers accommodation to undergraduate students for at least three years of their degree, either on our Main Site or at our accommodation annexe by the river, a 10-minute walk away.

Our Main Site includes:

• our historic dining Hall where daily meals are served as well as special formals to celebrate Diwali, Christmas, Eid, Burns Night and more
• a well-equipped 24-hour library and additional reading room
• a popular on-site café and bar, perfect for brunches, coffees, social events or a space to work with friends
• an auditorium used to host special lectures and student performances
• a multi-faith prayer room
• an art collection and gallery proudly owned and managed by our Junior Common Room (JCR)

Students enjoy a wide range of extracurricular activities and societies at Pembroke and are supported to set up their own and try new things. Our active and diverse alumni network provides career advice and contacts for current students, as well as delivering regular talks and events. 

Students have access to:

• full internship funding for STEM internships (Rokos Scheme)
• book grants for all humanities and social science students
• 1:1 study, careers and skills support and group sessions with our study skills lecturer
• mentoring with graduate students
• travel grants
• generous scholarship awards for high academic performance
• awards and grants for sports, music and student societies

We also provide support funds for those facing financial difficulty. 

Read more on the college website and in Pembroke's digital prospectus.

Year founded: 1624
Student numbers: Undergraduate 366; Postgraduate 179

Pembroke is...

'…truly special. It is not simply an incredible academic institution where you are given the tools and freedom to grow intellectually and delve into areas of study both exciting and new, but is also an environment which in being so caring and warm, aids and allows you to develop your passions and ‘self’ beyond the curriculum, at every turn.'
Carolina

'… a close community that makes you feel at home right from the start of Freshers' Week and has made my past four years at Pembroke the best years of my life.'
Jessica

'…supportive staff and students. Come with an open mind – I’m involved in projects and societies that I would never have envisaged being part of prior to Oxford.'
Isabel

'… superbly helpful in letting you develop, be it by funding internships or helping organise extra-curricular events. Pembroke gives all that and much more.'
Michael