St Catherine's College, Oxford facts for kids
Quick facts for kids St Catherine's College |
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Blazon: Sable a saltire ermine between four catherine wheels or.
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University | Oxford | |||||||||||||||
Location | Manor Road | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°45′25″N 1°14′42″W / 51.757066°N 1.245098°W | |||||||||||||||
Motto | Nova et Vetera (The New and the Old) | |||||||||||||||
Established | 1868 and 1962 | |||||||||||||||
Named after | Catherine of Alexandria | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Delegacy of Unattached Students, Delegacy of Non-Collegiate Students, St Catharine's Club, St Catherine's Society | |||||||||||||||
Architect | Arne Jacobsen | |||||||||||||||
Sister college | Robinson College, Cambridge | |||||||||||||||
Master | Kersti Börjars | |||||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 528 (December 2021) | |||||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 385 (December 2021) | |||||||||||||||
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St Catherine's College (also known as St Catz or Catz) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England and is the youngest college to teach both undergraduate and graduate students. Tracing its roots back to 1868 (although the college itself was opened in 1962), it hosts 528 undergraduate students, 385 graduate students and 37 visiting students as of December 2020, making it the largest undergraduate college by membership in the University of Oxford (Kellogg College, a graduate-only college, has 1137 students compared to St. Catherine's 950). In 1974, it was also one of the first men's colleges to admit women.
The college developed out of the university's Delegacy for Unattached Students, and was founded in 1962 by the historian Alan Bullock, who went on to become the first master of the college, and later vice-chancellor of the university. The current master is Kersti Börjars, who took over the role in 2020 and is also the college's first female master.
Notable alumni
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J. Paul Getty, Petrol-industrialist, founder of the Getty Oil Company
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Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan
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John Cornforth, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975
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John Vane, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982
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John E. Walker, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997
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Peter Mandelson, British Labour politician
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Matthew Pinsent, English rower and broadcaster
Images for kids
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The statue outside the old porter's lodge in snow, "Achaean" by Barbara Hepworth.