St Peter's - In Depth

Founded: 1929; women undergraduates first admitted 1979.

Admission: Pre and post A-level candidates apply on the basis of A-level results (known or future), school record, and interview. College welcomes applicants for joint schools; also applications from older candidates (especially in PPE). Undergraduates not accepted for PPP, experimental psychology, human sciences, computer science, engineering science, oriental studies, materials, classics, ancient history, fine art, Middle Eastern languages.

Scholarships: Academic scholarships and exhibitions awarded after first year's exams and thereafter on merit. Organ scholarship and two choral awards annually at entrance; instrumental awards for students in residence.

Travel grants: Grants are made annually from various funds including Christian Deelman Fund, a graduate travel fund and St Peter's Society.

Library & information services: Access 24 hours/day. Ample reading space, mainly undergraduate texts, with a few older and more specialist works; separate law and intellectual property law libraries. IT facilities - 2 dedicated rooms, ratio 1:28 workstations to students, access 24 hours/day; opportunities to rent PCs. 110 points with access to library and internee all student rooms have ethernet connection. IT support from computer curator, IT officer and student support.

Eating arrangements: All meals paid for in single termly charge. Informal dinner at 6.15pm, formal at 7.30 pm three times/week.

Gate/guest hours: No restrictions except as to noise and good order. College locked at night but all students have keys.

Other college facilities: Music room, chapel with 2 organs (used for worship. music, drama, and other purposes), athletics and other sports facilities, JCR.

Accommodation: 100% of first years in college accommodation, approx 80% of all undergraduates (no shared rooms or married accommodation). Rooms in college are £690 per term, plus £283 for food. Some students live in privately owned accommodation for 1 year: rents £75-£85 per week self-catering (can eat all meals in college for £105 a term). First degree students do not live at home.

Term-time work: No college policy on term-time work (5% believed to work). Some vacation jobs in college in cleaning, secretarial, conference-hosting.