Academic Growth
file image 0 0 0 #55294F 1895 1913 5 1896 Towards Degrees for Women A first attempt to gain degrees for women is unsuccessful. Somerville and the Association for Promoting......
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The First World War
file image 0 0 0 #7573b5 1914 1918 4 1914 Testament of Youth As war breaks out, Vera Brittain comes up to Somerville to read English. She leaves off her......
Degrees for Women
file image 0 0 0 #b96a56 1920 1944 1920 A Vindication 42 years after the University of London and 28 years before Cambridge, Oxford finally allows women to take degrees.......
21st Century Somerville
file image 0 0 0 #7573b5 2010 9 2010 A historian and pioneer Alice Prochaska is elected Principal. A historian and former librarian of Yale University, Prochaska oversees a growth......
Science and Expansion
file image 0 0 0 #AB1D40 1945 1965 1945 A Pioneer of Modern Medicine Janet Vaughan becomes Somerville’s 6th Principal. A haemotologist who helped pioneer the techniques of blood donation......
Somerville and Politics
file image 0 0 0 #891c56 1966 1979 1966 A First Female Head of State Somervillian Indira Gandhi (Nehru) is elected India’s first woman Prime Minister. 3438 5 1967 A......
Going Mixed
file image 0 0 0 #009ca7 1980 2009 1980 The Queen of Spies Daphne Park is elected Somerville’s 8th Principal, after her hobbies listed in Who’s Who (‘good talk and......
Fees and Funding
As part of our 360-degree commitment to student wellbeing, Somerville College has evolved into one of the most generous colleges in Oxford in terms of the financial support we offer.......
Year Abroad
Somerville is still here for you when you are on a year abroad, and we will always be happy to hear from you. We know that it can be daunting......
Academic Information for Undergraduates
Please find below a range of useful links containing information about academic and welfare matters for undergraduates. For information about accommodation, food, and other non-academic aspects of student life, see......