Welcome to Wadham College
400 years after its foundation, Wadham College enjoys a reputation for academic excellence within an informal and progressive community.
Over the centuries, the College has nurtured enquiring minds in numerous fields. Amongst them are Sir Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke, polymaths from the seventeenth century; the scholar and researcher Edward Stone who first identified the medicinal properties of willow bark and so led to the discovery of salicylic acid, the active ingredient in Aspirin; Richard Bethell, F.E. Smith and John Simon, nineteenth century lawyers and Lord Chancellors; and Cecil Day-Lewis, Michael Foot, Tony Richardson and Melvyn Bragg in the twentieth century. They also include many thousands of gifted, entrepreneurial, committed individuals who have contributed significantly to their communities and professions in this country and worldwide.
With around 450 undergraduates, 150 graduate students and 56 teaching Fellows, Wadham is one of Oxford’s largest colleges. However, it is far from being impersonal and is known for its inclusive and welcoming culture. Most Fellows contribute to the academic reputation of the College as Tutors as well as to the University as Lecturers. Encouraging a discursive, analytical and creative intellectual environment is part of Wadham’s heritage and is strongly fostered today.
News & Information
Wadham leaps up the Norrington Table
The year’s Norrington results show that Wadham College has gone up to 7th out of 30 Oxford colleges, compared with 13th last year. The Norrington score, developed by Sir Arthur Norrington, former President of Trinity, in the 1960s, provides a way of measuring the performance of students at each college in finals. Visit the University’s site for the full results. Congratulations to our Wadham students!
Frances Lloyd joins Wadham College as Domestic Bursar
Warden Sir Neil Chalmers is pleased to welcome Mrs Frances Lloyd to the College. Until recently, Mrs Lloyd was the Business Manager at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics within Oxford University. Before that she held administrative positions within Imperial College London, the University of Surrey, Roehampton and also King's College London where she was Assistant Residences Manager. Mrs. Lloyd said, "I am delighted and honoured to join such a prestigious and inspiring College with a strong and welcoming community. It is a wonderful opportunity to take up the position of Domestic Bursar during a very exciting time with the commencement of two multi million pound refurbishment/redevelopment projects that will provide new improved study and residential space. I am looking forward to being involved with the opportunities that lie ahead for the College with its on-going development in the coming years."