Balliol College

Balliol is Oxford's most popular college, measured in terms of the number of applications for entry from prospective students.

Brasenose & Radcliffe Camera

Brasenose College

The royal Charter which created the body of Principal and Fellows is dated 15th January 1511/12 (this is 1512 in modern terms).

Christ Church Cathedral

As well as being a college, Christ Church is also the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford.

Corpus Christi College

Corpus Christi College, founded in 1517, is the twelfth oldest college in Oxford.

Dining Hall Christ Church

Divinity School

The Divinity School is a beautiful medieval building and room in the Perpendicular style in Oxford, England, part of the University of Oxford. Built 1427–83, it is the oldest surviving purpose-built building for university use.

Duke Humphrey's Library

A suitable room was finally built above the Divinity School, and completed in 1489. This room continues to be known as Duke Humphrey’s Library.

Examination Schools

The Examination Schools are located at 75–81 High Street. The building was designed by Sir Thomas Jackson (1835–1924), who also designed the cricket pavilion in the University Parks.

Exeter College

Exeter was founded by Walter de Stapeldon - a Devon man who rose from a humble background to become Bishop of Exeter and Treasurer of England under Edward II.

Exeter College Fellows Gardens

Exeter College is the 4th oldest college of the University. The main entrance is on the east side of Turl Street.

Exeter College Palmers Tower

Al that remains of the Medieval College

Green Templeton College

Green College is now part of Green Templeton College, which came into existence on the 1st October 2008 from the merger of Green College and Templeton College.

Hertford College

Hertford College is located in Catte Street, directly opposite the main entrance of the original Bodleian Library.

Jesus College

Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation).

Keble College

Keble College opened on St Mark’s Day 1876

Keble College (Chapel)

Lincoln College

Lincoln College (in full: The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln).

Magdalen Botanical Gardens

The College was one of the first to teach science, and it later promoted the Physic Garden beside Magdalen Bridge, which is now the internationally known Oxford Botanical Garden

Magdalen College (Tower & Bridge)

Magdalen College (from Gardens)

Magdalen College (from The High)

Magdalen Grammar Hall

Mansfield College

Out of the 30 colleges that accept both undergraduates and graduates, Mansfield College is one of the smaller colleges.

Merton & Corpus Christi

Merton College & Magpie Lane

Merton College Quad

Merton's foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to support it.

Merton College Tower

New College (City Wall & Gardens)

New College Cloisters

New College Gardens (Winter Scene)

New College Lane

New College Tower (New)

New College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary".

Nuffield College

Nuffield College is an all-graduate college and primarily a research establishment, specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology.

Oriel College

Oriel College, located in Oriel Square, Oxford, is the fifth oldest of the colleges.Oriel has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford.

Oxford Skyline

Pembroke College

The college was opened in 1624: statutes were drawn up by representatives of the king, and these were signed in 1628, by, among others, the Earl of Pembroke and the first Master, Thomas Clayton who was also the last principal of Broadgates

Radcliffe Camera

The Radcliffe Camera designed by James Gibbs in the English Palladian style and built in 1737–1749 to house the Radcliffe Science Library.

Radcliffe Camera (BNC)

Radcliffe Camera (From Street)

Rhodes House Gardens

For nearly a century Rhodes House has been the gathering place for Rhodes scholars and distinguished guests.

Sheldonian Theatre

The Sheldonian Theatre was built from 1664 to 1668 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford.

Somerville College

Somerville College was one of the first women's colleges to be founded.

St Edmund Hall Entrance

St Edmund Hall Quad (1950)

St Edmund Hall is better known within the University by its nickname, "Teddy Hall", and has a claim to being "the oldest academical society for the education of undergraduates in any university"

St Edmund Hall Quad (1990)

St Edmund Hall is better known within the University by its nickname, "Teddy Hall", the college has a claim to being "the oldest academical society for the education of undergraduates in any university"

St Edwards School Calvary

St Edward's School (also colloquially known as "Teddies") is a co-educational independent boarding school (often referred to as a public school) located in Oxford.

St Edwards School Quad

St Edward's School (also colloquially known as "Teddies") is a co-educational independent boarding school (often referred to as a public school) located in Oxford.

St Hilda's College (New)

The college is situated alongside the River Cherwell, with many college rooms overlooking the river itself.

St Hugh's College

Founded in 1886, the College is now one of the largest in Oxford, with a total of around 600 undergraduate and graduate students and around 50 Fellows working in a wide range of subjects.

St John's College (Canterbury Quad)

Founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White

St John's College (Entrance)

St Mary's from Radcliffe Square

At the southern side of the square is the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, with its tall spire. This is the official church of Oxford University and is where the Oxford Martyrs were tried for heresy.

St Peter's College Chapel Tower

The College chapel was originally the Church of St Peter-le-Bailey, built in 1874, and the third church of that name on this site.

The Great Staircase Christ Church

1573 Christchurch College (Oxford), stairway to the Great Hall

The High

The High Street in Oxford runs between Carfax, generally recognized as the centre of the city, and Magdalen Bridge to the east. Locally the street is often known as The High.

The High (Queens)

The Isis

The Isis is the name given to the part of the River Thames above Iffley Lock which flows through the city of. The name is especially used in the context of rowing at the University.

The Queen's College

The Queen's College, founded 1341 is centrally situated on the High Street, and is renowned for its eighteenth-century architecture.

The Turl

Turl Street is located in the city centre, linking Broad Street at the north and High Street at the south. It is colloquially known as The Turl and runs past three of Oxford's colleges: Exeter, Jesus and Lincoln.

Tom Tower

Tom Tower is named for its bell, Great Tom. It is over the main entrance to Christ Church in Tom Quad, on St Aldate's.

Towers Of Christ Church

Trinity College Durham Quad

The site where Trinity College now stands was originally occupied by Durham College. This college had been founded in 1286, at around the same time as the oldest colleges that survive until today.

University College From The High

University College Quad

University College (in full, the The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford)

Wadham College Gardens

Wadham College founded in the reign of King James 1st.

Worcester College Cottages

Worcester College's predecessor had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century, even though the current college was founded only in the eighteenth century.

Worcester College Gardens