University College, Oxford

University College (corporate name, "The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University, commonly known as University College in the University of Oxford", usually known by its derivative, "Univ"), is the oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and is amongst the largest in population terms.

Univ was founded by William of Durham in 1249, and until the sixteenth century was only open to Fellows studying theology. As Univ grew in size and wealth, its medieval buildings were replaced with a new Front Quad in 1640, followed by the additional Radcliffe Quad by 1719, and the Library was built in 1861. Univ first accepted female undergraduate students only in 1979.

The current President of its junior student body is Alexandra Arnall (elected November 2003). Its Master, Lord Butler of Brockwell, was controversially appointed head of an inquiry into the 2003 Iraq War in February 2004.

Famous Students and Former Students

• Clement Attlee
• Edwin Arnold
• William Beveridge
• Robert Boyle
• E. J. Bowen
• Robin Butler
• Edmund Cartwright
• Robert Cecil
• Bill Clinton
• Chelsea Clinton
• Kenneth Diplock
• Paul Foot
• Hugh Gaitskell
• Paul Gambaccini
• Bob Hawke
• Stephen Hawking
• Michael Hoban
• Gordon Honeycombe
• Robert Hooke
• Armando Iannucci
• Richard Ingrams
• William Jones
• C. S. Lewis
• Nick Mallett
• Luke McShane
• Cecil Mercer
• Warren Mitchell
• Monier Monier-Williams
• Andrew Motion
• V. S. Naipaul
• Nigel Playfair
• John Radcliffe
• Robert Reich
• Willie Rushton
• John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Roger Short
• Peter Sissons
• Peter Snow
• Charles Sorley
• Stephen Spender
• Adrian Stoop
• Henry Thrale
• William Weld
• Harold Wilson
• Michael York
• Felix Yussupov

External link

• Official website

Colleges of the University of Oxford

All Souls; | Balliol | Brasenose | Christ Church; | Corpus Christi; | Exeter | Green | Harris Manchester; | Hertford | Jesus | Keble | Kellogg | Lady Margaret Hall; | Linacre | Lincoln | Magdalen | Mansfield | Merton | New College; | Nuffield | Oriel | Pembroke | Queen's | St Anne's; | St Antony's; | St Catherine's; | St Cross; | St Edmund Hall; | St Hilda's; | St Hugh's; | St John's; | St Peter's; | Somerville | Templeton | Trinity | University | Wadham | Wolfson | Worcester

Permanent Private Halls at the University of Oxford

Blackfriars | Campion Hall; | Greyfriars | Regent's Park College | St Benet's Hall; | St Stephen's House; | Wycliffe Hall;