St. Peter's College is one of the younger colleges of the University of Oxford. It is heir to all the traditions of Oxford but combines these with its own modern, friendly and accessible style. It is situated in the heart of the city, close to all libraries, museums, laboratories and lecture rooms.

St. Peter's College occupies the site of two of the University's oldest Inns or medieval hostels, Bishop Trellick's, later New Inn Hall, and Rose Hall, both of which were founded in the thirteenth century. But its history really began in 1929 when St. Peter's Hall was founded by Francis James Chavasse, Bishop of Liverpool, who was concerned at the rising cost of education in the older universities in Britain, and projected St. Peter's as a College where promising students, who might otherwise be deterred by the costs of College life elsewhere, could obtain an Oxford education. The commitment to make Oxford accessible to any student of ability, irrespective of means, remains a feature of St. Peter's today.

In 1961 the University approved a statute giving St. Peter's Hall full collegiate status. With the granting of its Royal Charter in the same year, it took the name St. Peter's College.

For more, go to: http://www.spc.ox.ac.uk.

Last revised: 26 November 2007