Lady Margaret Hall

The college is a vibrant, interdisciplinary community that balances student wellbeing with academic excellence. The college provides an inclusive experience to students from diverse backgrounds and from across the world.

As the first women’s college in Oxford, LMH is proud to continue its emphasis on equality and increasing diversity in Oxford. The college created a pioneering ‘Foundation Year’ to bring disadvantaged students to Oxford as undergraduates, which has been adopted by the University as the Astrophoria Foundation Year. LMH is proud to be associated with the Oxford Pakistan Programme which provides scholarships to Pakistani and British Pakistani students who would otherwise not be able to study at Oxford.

LMH admits students across a range of subjects, and aims to integrate graduate and undergraduate students, which provides opportunities for research students to gain some experience of mentoring and tutorial teaching. The college has a particular strength in Law, with an active Law society and strong connections to the Refugee Studies Centre (which was founded by an LMH alumna). LMH is particularly interested in applications related to addressing disadvantages. LMH is the college associated with the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and also welcomes applications from students interested in broader issues of conservation and climate change.

The college features an eclectic collection of modern art, including a room of Canadian art.

Since 2022, LMH has held an NUS Green Impact ‘Beyond Gold’ Award for its efforts in promoting environmental sustainability. The college is also proud to be a Fairtrade college. LMH also holds a Gold Investors in People award for the LMH support staff, the only Oxford College to have achieved this.

Accommodation and meals

Accommodation

The college accommodates its graduate students in single study bedrooms at Lady Margaret Hall’s main site in North Oxford. In recent years, LMH has offered additional off-site accommodation/housing through the University Nomination programme in other areas of Oxford. The college is not able to offer accommodation for families, but those with families may apply for University accommodation.

The Clore Graduate Centre opened in 2016 and provides a number of en-suite study bedrooms for graduate students. Further accommodation is available in the college's houses near the main college site, and in other historic buildings within the grounds. All on-site accommodation is located within a couple of minutes' walk of the college library, MCR and dining hall.

When allocating graduate rooms, the priority for the college is to house students in their first year of studies. Priority is given to disabled students and those from overseas. For students returning after their first year of studies, accommodation is normally only available for a small number of students active in college life who have been elected as Middle Common Room (MCR) officers. Accommodation for other returning graduates is subject to availability.

More information about accommodation at Lady Margaret Hall is available on the college website. 

Meals

For ten weeks each term, breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the college's dining hall from Monday to Friday, with brunch available on Saturday. The dining hall is closed on Sunday. All graduate residents have access to shared self-catering facilities within their accommodation buildings. Outside term time a reduced catering service is usually available. The college offers graduates some free formal dinners to ensure that everyone can have that quintessentially Oxford experience.

The cost of meals in the dining hall is not included in the accommodation charge and they are offered (at subsidised costs) on as pay-as-you-go basis using a cashless payment system.