Nuffield College

It is a relatively small college, with a student body of around a hundred and an active community of postdoctoral researchers. The compact size and specialised nature of the college enable its students, postdoctoral researchers and fellows to work closely with one another in a stimulating research-oriented environment.

Nuffield welcomes applications from candidates for research or graduate study in economics, politics and international relations, sociology and social policy, all broadly conceived. Applications for research or graduate study in cognate interdisciplinary areas (for example, economic and social history or political history; public policy; and data science) are also welcome.

Nuffield College endeavours to match the research interests of students with those of the fellows of the college. Applicants are therefore encouraged to consult information on the research interests of Nuffield College's fellows.

Accommodation and meals

Accommodation

Nuffield provides student residential accommodation in the form of single bedsits within the college and in adjacent buildings, including some rooms with en-suite facilities. Further single residential accommodation and limited partnered accommodation are offered in properties on the west side of Oxford, which are within approximately half a mile of the college. At present, regrettably, no family accommodation is available. 

Approximately one-half of Nuffield students reside in college or in college properties. Nuffield normally offers a maximum of two years of residential accommodation to graduate students depending on the degree for which students have been admitted and the type of course they studied before they arrived. Normally, students who are new to Oxford are offered accommodation in at least their first year. 

Students within their period of fee liability are also usually provided with office space at no additional charge, either as part of their accommodation (if they live in the main college site), or separately in a shared office or a single study (if they live outside the college site or privately). Charges for residential accommodation cover 48 weeks of residence and are paid termly in advance. 

Further information on accommodation at Nuffield College is available on the college website.

Meals

All matriculated Nuffield students within their period of fee liability are entitled to take lunch in college at no charge on days when the kitchens are open (normally throughout the year, with the exception of Sundays and Christmas, Easter and bank holiday closures). Students also have the option to take up a breakfast package and/or an evening meal package, which covers ‘low table’ (informal) dinners in college between 1 October and 30 June; otherwise students may take these meals for a ‘pay-as-you-dine’ meal charge. 

Most areas of the college are provided with a pantry/utility room equipped with a refrigerator, kettle and microwave. There is a large communal student kitchen available on the main college site, and kitchens are also provided in other college residential properties. Communal laundry facilities are available on the main college site and in the off-site shared house.

Further information on catering at Nuffield College is available on the college website.