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Why Apply to Univ?

Here are eight reasons why we think Univ stands out:

  1. Academically we are very strong, with outstanding fellows and lecturers. Find out who teaches what and then check our fellows’ and lecturers’ biographies.
  2. We are big enough to offer a wide range of subjects but small enough to be well-known in Oxford as a friendly and supportive College community.
  3. Want to study Maths, Computer Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Physiological Sciences, Earth Sciences or Engineering Science? Come to Univ and we’ll invite you to a free week-long Maths course just before the beginning of your first term. It gives our mathematicians and scientists a real head-start in their studies.
  4. We are right in the middle of Oxford with shops, restaurants and everything else on our doorstep. The Examination Schools, where many lectures are held, are next door; the main University library is two minutes’ walk away and the Science Area is ten minutes’ walk.
  5. Univ students can often have College accommodation for the whole of their course.
  6. Univ students can also participate in a vast range of non-academic activities. We’re strong in sport, music and drama and have a long list of College clubs and societies. We have the largest non-auditioning choir in the University and a new, multi-million-pound boathouse on the bank of the River Thames, catering for any budding rowers.
  7. We recently completed a major overhaul of our student welfare provision and we aim to be one of the best colleges in Oxford when it comes to supporting students who run into difficulties.
  8. We have one of the most generous needs-based bursary schemes in the University. About a sixth of Univ students receive an Old Members’ Trust Bursary worth between £100 to £1,750 per year. We have lots of other book and equipment, travel and vacation study grants too, and a student support fund for students in financial hardship.

If you are academically able, whatever your background, we want you to apply to Univ.

Interested? Why not come to one of our Open Days or contact our undergraduate admissions team to arrange a visit at another time?