Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College
University of Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford first quad
Arms: Vert, three stags trippant argent attired or.
Location	Turl Street
Coordinates	51°45′12″N 1°15′25″W / 51.7534°N 1.2569°W / 51.7534; -1.2569
Full name	Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation
Latin name	Collegium Ihesus
Established	27 June 1571; 453 years ago (1571-06-27)
Named after	Jesus of Nazareth
Sister college	Jesus College, Cambridge
Principal	Sir Nigel Shadbolt[1]
Undergraduates	346[2] (2017–18)
Postgraduates	198
Endowment	£259.9 million (2022)[3]
Visitor	Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery ex officio[4]
Website	www.jesus.ox.ac.uk
Boat club	Boat Club website
Map
Location in Oxford city centre

Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford^[5] in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street. The college was founded by Queen Elizabeth I of England on 27 June 1571. A major driving force behind the establishment of the college was Hugh Price (or Ap Rhys), a churchman from Brecon in Wales. The oldest buildings, in the first quadrangle, date from the 16th and early 17th centuries; a second quadrangle was added between about 1640 and about 1713, and a third quadrangle was built in about 1906. Further accommodation was built on the main site to mark the 400th anniversary of the college, in 1971, and student flats have been constructed at sites in north and east Oxford. A fourth quadrangle was completed in 2021.

There are about 475 students at any one time; the Principal of the college is Sir Nigel Shadbolt. Former students include Harold Wilson (who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), Kevin Rudd (Prime Minister of Australia), Norman Washington Manley (Prime Minister of Jamaica), T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), Angus Buchanan (winner of the Victoria Cross), Viscount Sankey (Lord Chancellor), Edwin Yoder (Pulitzer Prize winning journalist), Roger Parry (media and technology entrepreneur) and over 30 Members of Parliament. Past or present fellows of the college include the historians Sir Goronwy Edwards, Yuval Noah Harari and Niall Ferguson, the philosopher Galen Strawson, and the political philosopher John Gray. Past students and fellows in the sciences include John Houghton (physicist) and Nobel Laureate Peter J. Ratcliffe.