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Mansfield College

Welcome to Mansfield! Founded in 1886 (making us the same age as Coca-Cola) we have a beautiful site just off from the centre of Oxford. It is small and friendly - you can't get lost! It quickly starts to feel like home.

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Food

Mansfield is known for its good food. Our dining hall is arguably one of the most beautiful in Oxford, as it is also our college chapel. Our twice-a-week formals sell out quickly, and hall is on a pay-as-you-eat system, meaning you can use it as much or as little as you want – although after the first time, many choose to keep on coming back (especially for Sunday carvery).

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Accommodation

College offers accommodation to all undergraduate students at Mansfield. Everyone lives onsite in the first year, either in a smaller en-suite room, or a larger room with a shared bathroom. Second year is your opportunity to try something different! Most students in second year will live offsite, either in an accommodations block, or in college owned houses with friends. Finally, in third year, students circle back to onsite accommodation, and are all entitled to ensuite double bed rooms in our most modern building.

Extracurricular

There is a vast range of sports and societies at Mansfield. For some sports. There is an active student community, with no inter-year boundaries, and regular college events such as our pub quizzes, open mic nights and college bops to ensure your time at Oxford is not all work! These are mainly held in our Crypt – where you'll find the college bar on one side, and a relaxed café environment for chatting with friends or working on the other.

Welfare

Welfare tea is held each week, with trained student representatives available throughout the year for confidential support. We also have a college family system, in which you are assigned a college ‘mum’ and college ‘dad’ from older years, meaning there is someone looking out for you in an informal capacity from the moment your place is confirmed. Mansfield is a great place to experience everything university and Oxford has to offer, and with our new college cat Roger Bacon having just arrived*, there never has been a better time to be a part of the college. (*Roger Bacon the cat sadly died on 01/01/16, RIP Roger)

Entertainment

A Mansfield bop tradition which is actually written into the constitution of the JCR is that Angels by Robbie Williams must be played in its entirety at the end of every bop. Usually, everyone gets in a circle and sways with their arms around each other, it is a lovely scene.

'Mansfield has a really warm and supportive community that makes the college feel like a home away from home! By far the best place to be!'
Flav, English, 3rd year
'I've made so many great friends at Mansfield and created memories that I'll treasure for the rest of my life'
Kate, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, student from 2021
'I cannot help but smile when I walk through the gates of Mansfield. It's undoubtedly the friendliest place in Oxford.'
Alex, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 3rd year

Find out more

Founded: 1886
Undergraduate students per year: 73
Total number of undergraduate students: 220
Famous alumni: Chris Bryant MP, BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Adam Curtis, and BBC News reporter Justin Rowlatt

You might also want to take a look at the Mansfield alternative prospectus or the official college website.