St Catherine's (Detailed Info)

Founded: 1962; women undergraduates first admitted 1973.

Admission: Undergraduates not admitted for classics, theology or non-medical physiological sciences.

Scholarships: Awarded for academic excellence at end of first year.

Travel grants: Limited number for use in long vacation. Library & information services: 50,000 volumes, 84 periodicals. Overlapping college library and computing services. 37 workstations for students; all rooms have ethernet points (access to library and internet) for own PCs. Access to IT facilities 24 hours/day, IT staff support 8 hours/day. Eating arrangements: Hall, buttery; facilities on individual staircases.

Gate/guest hours: Unrestricted.

Other college facilities: JCR has debating pit, bar, buttery, TV room, theatre, and private dining room; Bernard Sunley Building with lecture and film theatre, outdoor and indoor theatres, music room (with harpsichord and grand piano), squash courts, several college punts, shared playing fields nearby.

Accommodation: College accommodates undergraduates for at least 2 years. 453 self-catering single, 16 twin rooms in college (132 for first years) at £89 per week; and 15 self-catering flats from £476 a month, rentable all year. Very few first degree students live at home.

Term-time work: College allows term-time work with tutor's permission; limit of 6 hours pw. Some work available in college in bar, library, offices, security, dining hall.

Financial help: Various funds and awards available.