Mansfield College, Oxford

19/10/2026

Last weekend, our Freshers put on their gowns for matriculation, taking part in centuries-old Oxford tradition. With social media full of celebratory photos, we look back at ‘Mansfield matriculations through the years’. ✨🎓

140 Stories for 140 Years | more on our website ❤️ (link in bio)

Matriculation 1938-39

Matriculation ~ early 1940s

Matriculation ~ c.1962

Matriculation 1978 - Mansfield was still an all-male College, but that was about to change!

Matriculation 1979 - women were admitted to Mansfield for the first time.

Matriculation 1985

Matriculation 1986

Matriculation 2000

Matriculation 2010

Matriculation 2024

140 Stories for 140 Years | more on our website ❤️ (link in bio)

18/10/2026

Matriculation Day The University of Oxford 🎓✨



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16/10/2026

New term, familiar paws (yes, Basil and Beatrice are back in College 🥰) and Matriculation Day is around the corner. 🐾🎓🐈

14/10/2026

Of Birds and Beasts 🎶

Join us for an evening of beautiful music with violinist Borislava Iltcheva and organist Jacob Benda, featuring The Lark Ascending and The Carnival of the Animals.

📅 Saturday 24 October, 7pm
📍 Mansfield College Chapel
🎟️ Free and open to all (no registration required)

Come and enjoy an hour of exceptional live music in the heart of Oxford. 🎶

12/10/2026

Back to College, but doing things a little differently this year! 🏡 📚

12/10/2026

Mansfield is coming to Edinburgh! 😍

Join us for a special Mansfield College Alumni Reception - a chance to reconnect, catch up, and meet fellow alumni.

📅: Tuesday 10 November 2026
🕖: 18:30-20:30
📍: TBC – city centre
👗: Smart casual

Free to attend but please RSVP by Sunday 1 November to secure your place: https://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/events/alumni-reception-in-edinburgh/

We’d love to see you there! 🥳

06/10/2026

Freshers’ Week is upon us! 🎉

So much work goes on behind the scenes to make it all happen 👀 Follow our Freshers’ Officer for a glimpse into the prep behind Freshers’ Week ✨

05/10/2026

College is better with our students! ✨

After a busy weekend of move-ins and welcome-backs, our College is full of life again! Whether you’re joining us for the first time or returning for another year, we’re so happy to have you here. 😍

Welcome home - here’s to a brilliant year ahead! ✨🎓🏡

02/10/2026

More spaces to learn. More horizons to expand. More opportunities to thrive.

That’s the idea at the heart of More Mansfield. Forever. and we’re delighted that the campaign has been named a finalist in the Campaign In-House Agency Awards 2026, in the new Not for Profit category! 🎉

Our Estate Transformation Project is about much more than buildings. It’s about what those spaces make possible for Mansfield students today, and for generations to come.

That’s the story we wanted our campaign to tell and we’re thrilled to see it recognised.

More Mansfield. Forever. 🧡❤️

01/10/2026

Hong Kong alumni and friends – there’s still time to join us!

We warmly welcome Mansfield alumni and friends based in Hong Kong and the surrounding region to join us for an evening reception, reconnect with the College community, and catch up with fellow Mansfielders.

📅 Thursday 22 October 2026
⏰ 18:00–20:00
👗 Smart casual

The reception is free to attend, but please RSVP by Wednesday 7 October to secure your place below ⤵

Whether you’re based in Hong Kong or travelling in from nearby, we hope you can join us! ❤️

We warmly invite you to an evening with Principal Helen Mountfield KC, Associate Development Director James Bennett, and Alumni Relations Officer Ellie Hutson. Reconnect with fellow alumni and friends while hearing the latest news and updates from your College as we celebrate our 140th anniversary y...