St Edmund Hall - In Depth

Founded: Before 1317; women undergraduates first admitted 1979.

Admission: Conditional or unconditional offers made via UCAS. Written work required, interviews and short test given. Undergraduates not admitted for theology, classics, biology, zoology, human sciences, oriental studies.

Academic features: All mainstream subjects plus Russian, czech, fine art, earth sciences and materials science.

Scholarships and bursaries: Awards after first year of study. Musical and other bursaries. Organ and choral scholarships. Support for academic projects. Small grants for travel and for developing language abroad.

Study abroad: 12% of students spend a period abroad, including those taking law with french/german law.

Library & information services: Library in restored early english church: some 50,000 volumes, microfilm/fiche reader, workstations and laptop points available. College IT and library services combined. Ratio 1:20 workstations to students; all student rooms have ethernet connections. Access to IT facilities 24 hours/day; IT support from 2 staff members.

Eating arrangements: Cafeteria style service, formal dinner every Sunday night; formal guest dinner three nights per term. Gate/guest hours: No restrictions.

Other college facilities: Computer rooms, music room, boathouse, all sports facilities, fitness gym, college bar.

Accommodation: 75% of all undergraduates in college accommodation, all first, third and fourth years. First years pay £123 per week for accommodation, breakfast, dinner and heating; increases later in course limited by indexation formula.

Term-time work: College does not allow term-time work. Some vacation work offered in college.

Financial help: £80 pa students helped.