Nuffield College, Oxford

Nuffield College
University of Oxford
Nuffield College Courtyard, from the west
Arms: Ermine on a fesse or between in chief two roses gules barbed and seeded proper and in base a balance of the second three pears sable. The Crest was slightly moderated and redrawn to simplify the design in Summer 2017.
LocationNew Road and Worcester Street
Coordinates51°45′10″N 1°15′47″W / 51.752834°N 1.262917°W / 51.752834; -1.262917
Full nameThe Warden and Fellows of Nuffield College in the University of Oxford
Latin nameCollegium Nuffield
MottoFiat Justitia
Established1937
Named forWilliam Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
ArchitectAusten Harrison
Sister collegeNone
WardenSir Andrew Dilnot
UndergraduatesNone
Postgraduates90
Endowment£282m[1]
Websitewww.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
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Nuffield College, Oxford is located in Oxford city centre
Nuffield College, Oxford
Location in Oxford city centre

Nuffield College (/ˈnʌfld/) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. Nuffield is one of Oxford's newer colleges, having been founded in 1937, as well as one of the smallest, with only around 90 students[2] and 60 academic fellows.[3] It was also the first Oxford college to accept both men and women, having been coeducational since foundation,[4] as well as being the first college exclusively for graduate students in either Oxford or Cambridge.[5]

As of 2021, the college had an estimated financial endowment of £282 million.[6] Due to its small intake, it was the wealthiest educational institution per student in the world in 2013.[7] Since 2017, Nuffield has committed to underwriting funding for all new students accepted to the college.[8] Between 2019 and 2023, 5.1% of applicants to the college were admitted.[9]

Its architecture is designed to conform to the traditional college layout and its modernist spire is a landmark for those approaching Oxford from the west.

  1. ^ "Nuffield College Annual Report and Financial Statements" (PDF).
  2. ^ Nuffield College: A Tour, retrieved 18 March 2022
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Revolutionary road". The Guardian. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Paul (August 2013), The Secret History of Oxford, The History Press, ISBN 978-0-7509-5301-6, retrieved 18 March 2022
  6. ^ "Nuffield College Annual Report and Financial Statements" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Is Nuffield the richest educational institution in the world per capita?". posnetres.blogspot.co.uk. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Funding your Studies - Nuffield College Oxford University". Nuffield College Oxford University. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Graduate Admission Statistics by College - a Freedom of Information request to University of Oxford". 12 March 2024.

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