Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford Official page for Christ Church, Oxford. Learn more at chch.ox.ac.uk. Founded in 1546, Christ Church is a unique institution.

Founded in 1525 as 'Cardinal College', Christ Church is both a constituent college of the University of Oxford and home to Oxford's Cathedral. It is one of the largest colleges in the University of Oxford and the Cathedral Church for the Diocese of Oxford. It has a world famous Cathedral Choir; scholarly collections of books and art; and is enjoyed by many people as visitors or guests at conferenc

es and Summer schools. Christ Church has a fascinating history and many distinguished people have studied here including John Locke, Robert Hooke, John Wesley, Robert Peel, William Gladstone, W.H. Auden, David Dimbleby, Rowan Williams, Richard Curtis, Jan Morris and Howard Goodall.

The Kitchin Family Book is now accessible for research and enjoyment following expert repair by the Oxford Conservation ...
04/09/2026

The Kitchin Family Book is now accessible for research and enjoyment following expert repair by the Oxford Conservation Consortium.

The remarkable album was compiled by Vernon Parry Kitchin, great-nephew of the Reverend George Kitchin, a colleague of Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) at Christ Church.

Inside are more than 150 items, including photographs, prints and sketches, with a number by Carroll himself.

The album is a highlight of the Jon A. Lindseth Lewis Carroll Collection, donated to Christ Church in 2024, and its conservation will help ensure that it can be studied and enjoyed for years to come.

There’s just over two weeks until the last University of Oxford Open Day of 2026!Come to Christ Church on 18 September f...
01/09/2026

There’s just over two weeks until the last University of Oxford Open Day of 2026!

Come to Christ Church on 18 September for tours, talks, mock interviews and the chance to meet current students.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/ChChOpenDays

There’s just three weeks to go until the final University of Oxford Open Day of 2026!Join us on 18 September to explore ...
24/08/2026

There’s just three weeks to go until the final University of Oxford Open Day of 2026!

Join us on 18 September to explore Christ Church, meet our students and tutors, and find out what studying at Oxford is really like.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/ChChOpenDays

⏰ Final reminder!Applications for free accommodation and travel support close tomorrow (18 August). Don’t miss your chan...
17/08/2026

⏰ Final reminder!

Applications for free accommodation and travel support close tomorrow (18 August). Don’t miss your chance to visit Christ Church for the University of Oxford Open Day on 18 September.

Accommodation ➡️ https://forms.office.com/e/M0H3FGS5C7

Travel support ➡️ https://forms.office.com/e/1ZxMp99Ek3

Are you a teacher who’s concerned about the cost of coach travel to Oxford? We may be able to help. Apply now ➡️ https://forms.office.com/e/3L15Tx2VgD

Our Open Days are a great way to get a taste of life as an Oxford student. Learn more here ➡️ bit.ly/ChChOpenDays

10/08/2026

An old friend has moved to London — and it's free to visit 🎨

One of Christ Church Picture Gallery's most significant paintings, Filippino Lippi's The Wounded Centaur (c. 1495), is now on view at the National Gallery in London (Room 62, Sainsbury Wing) for the duration of our Picture Gallery's major refurbishment.

Among the most intriguing mythological paintings of the Italian Renaissance, it captures a moment of stillness just after something has happened — but before we understand what. A centaur examines a quiver of arrows, one of which has pierced his hoof; a female centaur shelters two young in a cave; and Cupid reclines with an orange bow. Did the centaur wound himself, or did Cupid loose the arrow? Filippino leaves it to us to decide — the ambiguity was the point, designed to spark debate and admired in Florence as a mark of true artistic genius.

Given to Christ Church in 1828 by the collector William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways and rarely moved since because of its fragility, the painting now hangs among fellow Florentine giants: Botticelli's Mars and Venus, Uccello's Battle of San Romano and Piero di Cosimo's Death of a Nymph.

The National Gallery welcomes millions of visitors a year and remains free of charge — so if you're near Trafalgar Square, do drop in and see it.

Read the full story: https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/news/italian-renaissance-masterpiece-goes-view-national-gallery-london

Are you hoping to come to Oxford’s Open Day on 18 September? There’s just one week left to apply for travel support and ...
10/08/2026

Are you hoping to come to Oxford’s Open Day on 18 September?

There’s just one week left to apply for travel support and free accommodation at Christ Church.

Accommodation ➡️ https://forms.office.com/e/M0H3FGS5C7
Travel support ➡️ https://forms.office.com/e/1ZxMp99Ek3

If you’re a teacher who’d like to bring a group to Christ Church, but are concerned about the cost of coach travel, we may be able to help. Find out more about our Open Days and the support we can offer here ➡️ bit.ly/ChChOpenDays

Big news from one of our alumni 👏Declan Pang — doctor, researcher and Christ Church graduate — has taken his startup Der...
07/08/2026

Big news from one of our alumni 👏

Declan Pang — doctor, researcher and Christ Church graduate — has taken his startup Dermalere to the finals of the Evening Standard x AXA Startup Angel competition. There's a public vote, and with it being out of term time, we'd love to rally the Christ Church community behind one of our own. Every vote counts, and it only takes a moment:

🗳️ Vote here: https://www.standard.co.uk/business/axastartupangel/axa-startup-angel-people-s-choice-award-b1289818.html

More about Declan: (MB-DPhil, 2016) he was among the very first cohort of MB-DPhil students, the programme that integrates a DPhil alongside medicine. After First Class Honours in Medical Sciences, he completed a DPhil on the immune system's response to the microbiome under Professor Dame Fiona Powrie, returned to clinical medicine in 2024, and founded Dermalere in his final year. He now builds the company while working as a doctor in London — and, for good measure, is a Full Blue swimmer and former Blues swimming captain and president.

Voting closes at the start of September, with winners announced at a ceremony in London. Good luck, Declan!

Congratulations to Christ Church graduate Lucas Colley! 🎓Lucas has been awarded the H***e Prize for the best overall per...
07/08/2026

Congratulations to Christ Church graduate Lucas Colley! 🎓

Lucas has been awarded the H***e Prize for the best overall performance in the Final Honour School of Computer Science and Philosophy — an award given each year to the top student in the degree across the whole University.

It's the perfect end to four remarkable years. Alongside a first-class degree, Lucas became a maintainer of SciPy — one of the world's leading open-source scientific computing libraries — after first getting involved through a Christ Church Summer Bursary. This summer he travelled to Kraków to speak at the EuroPython and EuroSciPy conferences, and closer to home he served as co-president of the College men's football club.

Reflecting on the news, Lucas said: "It means a lot given that I didn't think I would even get into Oxford when I was applying, never mind graduate with a first-class degree. I'm pleased to have proved to myself that I could achieve something which I thought was unachievable."

Congratulations, Lucas — we're all incredibly proud. 👏

Read the full story: https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/news/lucas-colley-awarded-prize-outstanding-performance-computer-science-and-philosophy

⏰ Applications close tomorrow!If you’re a UK state school student planning to apply to Oxford this October, don’t miss y...
05/08/2026

⏰ Applications close tomorrow!

If you’re a UK state school student planning to apply to Oxford this October, don’t miss your chance to join us for our free Application Preparation Day on 17 September.

Applications close Thursday 6 August.

Find out more and apply ➡️ https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/college/outreach/application-preparation-day

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