With 35 colleges and Permanent Private Halls, choosing how to narrow down your application to a single college or PPH is challenging. As a fundamental part of your application is your choice of college, we’ve put together a brief description of each college to help you decide.
The information you see here is partially drawn from our huge network of Oxford-graduate tutors – giving you a student’s perspective on the atmosphere and strengths of each one.
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