Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College
University of Oxford
Arms: Azure, a lion rampant argent, crowned or, impaling Gules, an orle argent[1]
LocationBroad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BJ
Coordinates51°45′17″N 1°15′28″W / 51.7547°N 1.2578°W / 51.7547; -1.2578
Full nameThe Master and Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford
Latin nameCollegium Balliolensis
Established1263 (1263)
Named forJohn I de Balliol
Sister collegeSt John's College, Cambridge
MasterDame Helen Ghosh
Undergraduatesc.395 (2023)[2]
Postgraduatesc.405 (2023)[2]
Endowment£146m (2023)[3]
Websitewww.balliol.ox.ac.uk
Boat clubBalliol College Boat Club
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Balliol College, Oxford is located in Oxford city centre
Balliol College, Oxford
Location in Oxford city centre

Balliol College (/ˈbliəl/)[4] is a constituent college of the University of Oxford.[5] Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol,[6] it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world.[7]

With a governing body of a master and around 80 fellows, the college's main buildings are located on Broad Street with additional buildings to the east in Jowett Walk and Holywell Manor.[8] As one of the larger colleges of Oxford University, Balliol typically has around 400 of both undergraduates and graduates. The college pioneered the PPE degree in the 1920s.[9]

Balliol has notable alumni from a wide range of disciplines. These include 13 Nobel Prize winners and four British prime ministers.[10][11]

  1. ^ "Balliol Archives - College Arms". Ox.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Student numbers". University of Oxford. 1 December 2023. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Balliol College : Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2023" (PDF). Balliol College. p. 26. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Colleges - University of Oxford". Ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Balliol College | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ^ Sir Charles Edward Mallet (1968). A History of the University of Oxford: The mediaeval university and the colleges founded in the Middle Ages. Barnes & Noble. p. 83.
  7. ^ "History". Balliol College, University of Oxford.
  8. ^ "About Balliol". Balliol College. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. ^ Beckett, Andy (23 February 2017). "PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Balliol College: The 750th Anniversary and Beyond" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Award winners | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk.

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