Corpus Christi College
About the college
Corpus Christi College combines a significant intellectual reputation with a friendly community life and a strong commitment to graduates.
The college offers excellent facilities, a stimulating environment and a particularly fine library; a modern extension to the library is expected to open in October 2024. The college prides itself on its friendly and efficient staff.
Each graduate is assigned a fellow of the college as a College Advisor and there are termly advisor lunches, and other regular graduate-specific events such as MCR/SCR seminars, discussion lunches with fellows and a graduate dinner.
Corpus Christi College offers a range of scholarships as well as providing additional financial support in the form of travel grants (for research travel or conference attendance) and academic expenses grants.
College tour
College facilities
Library and IT services
Corpus Christi has an excellent college library, centred on the magnificent sixteenth-century Old Library, with around 70,000 books on open shelves. The library has elegant reading rooms, on-line access to a variety of electronic resources and general access to the University network and the internet via Wi-Fi. A new Special Collections Centre and modern extension to the current library is expected to open in October 2024.
The library is open 24 hours a day for members of the college.
Internet access is available in all student rooms and properties. Wireless access is available across the main college site and in all college accommodation
Printing, scanning and photocopying facilities are available on the main site.
Sport, music and college facilities
Corpus Christi offers a wide range of extra-curricular activities to graduate students.
Middle Common Room (MCR) members can join any of the clubs and societies run by the JCR as well as their own.
There is a popular college choir, and opportunities to take part in plays and musicals.
Facilities for disabled students
Access to most areas of the college is possible for disabled students and ad hoc arrangements can be made, within reason, to suit individual needs.
There is one purpose-built flat off the main site for a disabled student and one room on the main site has been adapted for a wheelchair user. Other rooms have been adapted for the hearing-impaired.
Welfare
Corpus is a community of diverse people with diverse needs. Senior and junior members work collaboratively to provide welfare support for all Corpus students. There are a range of people who work to meet the welfare needs of students. Sometimes a peer is the right person to talk to; sometimes it is someone older and more experienced. Both are available. The Senior Welfare team consists of the Dean of Welfare, the Tutor for Welfare, a Student Support Officer, an on-site Counsellor and a College Nurse and Doctor, as well as the Academic Registrar, the Tutor for Graduates, and each student’s Graduate Adviser. There are also peer supporters and MCR welfare officers,
For more information about pastoral support available at Corpus and the University, please contact the College Office.
MCR
All graduate students are members of the Corpus Christi Middle Common Room (MCR), where there is a limitless supply of tea, coffee and biscuits available in addition to daily newspapers. The MCR also has a large TV and a computer with free printing.
The MCR Committee organises a varied programme of social and sporting events including MCR/SCR seminars, with papers delivered alternately by graduates and Fellows.
MCR members can dine at High Table twice each year, and a small number of MCR members can sign up for lunch with the fellows of the college every Monday in term
Accommodation and meals
Accommodation
Graduates are housed in two large houses in North Oxford, close to the University Parks and the University Science area and a 15-minute walk to the college. Rooms are single occupancy with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. Laundry facilities are provided on site. Corpus Christi College is currently unable to offer accommodation for families or couples.
The college can provide accommodation for approximately 50 graduates a year; all graduates are guaranteed accommodation for up to two years and all new graduates are guaranteed accommodation in their first year.
Further information on accommodation at Corpus Christi College is available on the college website.
Meals
The college provides meals in its dining hall every day during term time. Limited student meals are available during the vacations. Meals are paid for separately from the accommodation charge.
All housing has shared kitchen facilities available.
Courses
This college accepts graduate students for the following courses:
Please note that not all subjects areas or streams of a particular course may be offered by this college. Please see the college information on the relevant course page for further details. courses A-Z listing at the University of Oxford, please refer to our courses A-Z listing.
Location
Corpus Christi College is centrally located, just south of the High Street.
Key facts
Corpus Christi College,
Oxford OX1 4JF
www.ccc.ox.ac.uk
Founded
1517
| Students (total*) in 2023-24 | Full-time places in 2025-26 | Part-time places in 2025-26 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taught graduates | 25 | c. 18 | c. 0 |
| Research graduates | 80 | c. 20 | c. 0 |
| Undergrad. | 265 | N/A | N/A |
*Total across all year groups (see source data)