Merton Street
Oxford OX1 4JD Telephone (+44) (0)1865 276310
Welcome to Merton College, a vibrant and diverse intellectual community that has been at the forefront of education and research at Oxford Universitysince 1264. Nobel Prize winners and other cultural and scientific leaders, such as TS Eliot, JRR Tolkien, and Andrew Wiles, adorn the list of Eminent Mertonians. Merton’s tradition of excellence lives on, thanks to the talent and dedication of college fellows, students, staff and alumni. Together with our historic architecture, beautiful gardens, delicious food, fine accommodation, and generous support for students and researchers, they make Merton an extraordinary place in which to learn, to teach and to visit.
Merton College guarantees high-quality college accommodation for all undergraduates, whether they are on a three year or four year course.
Students at Merton enjoy
A room in college-owned accommodation for the duration of the course, should they wish it
A high standard of accommodation at competitive prices
- Regular room cleaning
- Access to communal laundry facilities
- A central location
- A telephone point in their room (with free internal calls around the university network)
- Web access free of charge, with ethernet connections in each room.
Rooms come in a variety of styles and locations at two prices, depending on whether the room is a bedsitting room or a set (two rooms sharing a sitting room). First years are allocated rooms on the main College site or inMerton Street. In later years students choose accommodation via a ballot. All the accommodation is in the centre of the City, mostly clustered aroundMerton StreetandHolywell Street. Many rooms have their own bath room.
