University of Oxford

Colleges
Main article: Colleges of the University of Oxford

Tom Quad, Christ Church in the snow

Chapel of Keble College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford
To be a member of the university, all students, and most academic staff, must also be a member of a college or hall. There are 38 colleges of the University of Oxford and six Permanent Private Halls, each controlling its membership and with its own internal structure and activities.^[14] Not all colleges offer all courses, but they generally cover a broad range of subjects.
The colleges are:

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  All Souls
  
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  Balliol
  
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  Brasenose
  
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  Christ Church
  
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  Corpus Christi
  
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  Exeter
  
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  Green Templeton
  
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  Harris Manchester
  
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  Hertford
  
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  Jesus
  
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  Keble
  
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  Kellogg
  
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  Lady Margaret Hall
  
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  Linacre
  
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  Lincoln
  
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  Magdalen
  
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  Mansfield
  
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  Merton
  
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  New College
  
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  Nuffield
  
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  Oriel
  
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  Pembroke
  
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  Queen's
  
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  Somerville
  
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  St Anne's
  
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  St Antony's
  
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  St Catherine's
  
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  St Cross
  
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  St Edmund Hall
  
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  St Hilda's
  
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  St Hugh's
  
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  St John's
  
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  St Peter's
  
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  Trinity
  
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  University
  
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  Wadham
  
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  Wolfson
  
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  Worcester
  

The Permanent Private Halls were founded by different Christian denominations. One difference between a college and a PPH is that whereas colleges are governed by the fellows of the college, the governance of a PPH resides, at least in part, with the corresponding Christian denomination. The six current PPHs are:

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  Blackfriars
  
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  Campion
  
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  Regent's Park
  
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  St Benet's
  
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  St Stephen's House
  
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  Wycliffe
  

The PPHs and colleges join together as the Conference of Colleges, which represents the common concerns of the several colleges of the university, and to discuss policy and to deal with the central university administration.^[66][67] The Conference of Colleges was established as a recommendation of the Franks Commission in 1965.^[68]
Teaching members of the colleges (i.e. fellows and tutors) are collectively and familiarly known as dons, although the term is rarely used by the university itself. In addition to residential and dining facilities, the colleges provide social, cultural, and recreational activities for their members. Colleges have responsibility for admitting undergraduates and organising their tuition; for graduates, this responsibility falls upon the departments. There is no common title for the heads of colleges: the titles used include Warden, Provost, Principal, President, Rector, Master and Dean.