Nuffield College
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Nuffield College is an all-graduate college and primarily a research establishment, specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology.
Nuffield College, which was founded in 1937, is located in the centre of Oxford. The College was the first Oxford College to have (i) a subject specialisation, (ii) to admit both men and women as students and academics, (iii) to be graduate only. The College buildings were designed by Austen Harrison. His plans were approved in 1940 but the College was not built until the mid 1950s. The College was originally funded by William Morris (Lord Nuffield) a local businessman who founded Morris Motors Ltd. In the late 1950s additional resources to complete the buildings were provide by the Nuffield Foundation, a seperate charity also setup by Lord Nuffield.
