All Souls College College location_on City Centre No students, the hardest exam in the world, and Hawksmoor's twin towers
Balliol College College location_on City Centre One of Oxford's oldest colleges — plain outside, historically significant inside
Brasenose College College location_on City Centre Right behind the Radcliffe Camera — an intimate college with a painted chapel ceiling
Christ Church College location_on City Centre Oxford's grandest college — part cathedral, part palace, all spectacle
Corpus Christi College College location_on City Centre One of Oxford's smallest colleges, with a famous pelican sundial
Exeter College College location_on City Centre Tolkien's college, a miniature Sainte-Chapelle, and a hidden view over Radcliffe Square
Green Templeton College College location_on City Centre A modern graduate college wrapped around a Georgian observatory tower
Harris Manchester College College location_on City Centre Oxford's mature-student college with notable Pre-Raphaelite stained glass
Hertford College College location_on City Centre Home of the Bridge of Sighs — Oxford’s most photographed architectural moment
Jesus College College location_on City Centre The Welsh college on Turl Street — quieter than its neighbours, full of character
Keble College College location_on City Centre Victorian polychrome brick — Oxford's most divisive building and a masterpiece painting
Kellogg College College location_on City Centre Oxford's part-time and continuing education hub — not a tourist destination
Lady Margaret Hall College location_on Summertown Riverside gardens and pioneering history, away from the tourist crush
Linacre College College location_on City Centre An eco-focused graduate college — admirable but not a visitor attraction
Lincoln College verified Recommended College location_on City Centre A perfectly preserved medieval gem on Turl Street — John Wesley's college
Magdalen College College location_on City Centre Extensive grounds with a deer park, river walks, and a famous tower
Mansfield College College location_on City Centre A Nonconformist college with a Gothic Revival chapel and progressive spirit
Merton College College location_on City Centre Oxford's oldest quad, a medieval library, and Tolkien's second home
New College College location_on City Centre Medieval cloisters, a stretch of city wall, and a chapel with an El Greco
Nuffield College College location_on City Centre Oxford's social science powerhouse — architecturally divisive, intellectually formidable
Oriel College College location_on City Centre Oxford's oldest royal foundation — seven centuries on a beautiful square
Pembroke College College location_on City Centre Samuel Johnson's college — quietly handsome, just off St Aldate's
Regent's Park College College location_on City Centre A tiny Baptist hall on St Giles' — small and friendly
Somerville College verified Recommended College location_on City Centre A pioneering women's college — alumni include Thatcher, Sayers, and Indira Gandhi
St Anne's College College location_on City Centre A modernist campus college with a strong access ethos — not a sightseeing stop
St Antony's College College location_on City Centre Oxford's international affairs college — impressive seminars, not impressive buildings
St Catherine's College verified Recommended College location_on City Centre Designed by Arne Jacobsen — a complete modernist campus with sculpture gardens by the Cherwell
St Cross College College location_on City Centre A small graduate college on St Giles' — pleasant but not a visitor destination
St Edmund Hall verified Recommended College location_on City Centre The oldest academic hall in any university — 800 years in a tiny quad off Queen's Lane
St Hilda's College College location_on City Centre Oxford's last single-sex college (until 2008), with Cherwell riverside gardens
St Hugh's College College location_on Summertown 14 acres of gardens in North Oxford — one of the largest college grounds in the university
St John's College verified Recommended College location_on City Centre Oxford's wealthiest college — Canterbury Quad, large gardens, and serious money
St Peter's College College location_on City Centre A young college on an ancient site — unassuming but well located near the castle
The Queen's College verified Recommended College location_on City Centre A baroque showpiece on the High Street — Oxford's only fully classical college
Trinity College verified Recommended College location_on City Centre Spacious gardens and a Wren chapel on Broad Street — often overlooked
University College verified Recommended College location_on City Centre Possibly Oxford's oldest college — Shelley's memorial and a long High Street facade
Wadham College College location_on City Centre A well-preserved Jacobean quad, large gardens, and a progressive reputation
Wolfson College College location_on Summertown Isaiah Berlin's riverside graduate college — pleasant Cherwell-side setting
Worcester College verified Recommended College location_on City Centre A lake, medieval cottages, and large gardens — one of central Oxford's hidden landscapes