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Mansfield College
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Blazon: Gules an open book proper inscribed DEUS LOCUTUS EST NOBIS IN FILIO in letters sable bound argent edged and clasped or between three cross crosslets or.
University Oxford
Location Mansfield Road
Coordinates 51°45′27″N 1°15′10″W / 51.757428°N 1.252876°W / 51.757428; -1.252876
Motto Deus locutus est nobis in filio ("God hath spoken unto us by [his] son", Hebrews 1:1–2)
Established 1838 as Spring Hill College
1886 as Mansfield College
Named for George and Elizabeth Mansfield
Architect Basil Champneys
Sister college Homerton College, Cambridge
Principal Helen Mountfield
Undergraduates 239 (2020-2021)
Postgraduates 173
Boat club Boatclub
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Mansfield College, Oxford is located in Oxford city centre
Mansfield College, Oxford
Location in Oxford city centre

Mansfield College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The college was founded in Birmingham in 1838 as a college for Nonconformist students. It moved to Oxford in 1886 and was renamed Mansfield College after George Mansfield and his sister Elizabeth. In 1995 a royal charter was awarded giving the institution full college status. The college grounds are located on Mansfield Road, near the centre of Oxford.

As of February 2018, the college comprises 231 undergraduates, 158 graduates, 34 visiting students and 67 fellows and academics.

The principal of the college since 2018 is Helen Mountfield, a barrister and legal scholar.

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