Physics
With the wide-ranging expertise of our tutors, their high quality teaching and the extra study support we provide, you will have all the help and guidance you need to excel......
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Philosophy, Politics and Economics
The joint degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) brings together some of the most important approaches to understanding human societies. It appeals to both those who want a broad......
Philosophy and Joint Schools
Philosophy is the systematic study of the most general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, truth, morality, the mind, and language. Teaching Somerville has a strong......
Accommodation Info
Our mixture of different types of accommodation, all of which is allocated via a scrupulously fair system, ensures that students of all ages and academic disciplines experience life as part......
Partner Schools and Link Areas
We want to work with schools who would like additional support in raising the aspirations and attainment of their students regarding Higher Education, including Oxbridge applications. Somerville is linked to......
The Academic Office
From your first visit as an applicant to the day when you graduate, the Academic Office will play a key role in your time at Somerville. Led by the Senior......
Margery Fry
(1874-1958) – Social reformer, Principal of Somerville 1926-1931 1 Born in London into a Quaker family, and home schooled until she was 17, Margery Fry came to Somerville in 1892......
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
(1910-94) – Nobel Prize-winning scientist 1 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin grew up in Egypt and the Sudan and came to Somerville in 1928 to study Chemistry. In the fourth year of......
Eleanor Rathbone
(1872-1946) – Politician and social reformer 1 Eleanor Rathbone was born into a noted Liverpool family of social activists. She only received formal schooling for a year before coming to......
Esther Rantzen
Journalist and television presenter 1 Esther Rantzen went to school in the US and London before coming to Somerville in 1959 to study English. At Oxford she performed with the......