About Us

Put simply, Regent’s mission is to create an exceptional community of learning and research made up of individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and life experiences. Everyone at Regent’s is focused on achieving excellence in undergraduate and graduate studies, ministerial formation and academic research.

We are proud of our unique place in Oxford’s collegiate system. Regent’s concentrates on teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences which means that we contribute to Oxford’s worldwide reputation for excellence in these areas.

The facilities and learning experience at Oxford are second to none. Our tutors deliver teaching of the highest standard whilst retaining personal and individual interest in all of their students. This commitment gives results: in 2009 one of our undergraduates was awarded the top first class degree in Theology in the whole University. In 2010 first class degrees were also gained by students in Classics, English, Geography, Law, Philosophy and Theology, and Theology.

Regent’s is one of the 44 Colleges and Halls of the University of Oxford. The Collegiate system enables students and academics to be part of the larger University but also to be rooted in smaller multi-disciplinary colleges where the academic is accompanied by all kinds of extra-curricula opportunity. Each college or hall is independent, but works within a framework set by the University, and teaches the same University courses – often with a great deal of cooperation across Colleges.

Regent’s ethos has developed partly because of its particular heritage, as a Baptist foundation, and partly because of its small size within the University. This small size (about 200 students altogether) means that it is possible to know most other students in College, as well as staff.

Regent’s is a fairly informal community. Whereas in most colleges the academic and support staff have separate dining facilities, for example, at Regent’s everyone eats together in the main dining hall. There is no ‘High Table’, except at Friday evening ‘Formal Halls’, and even then everyone eats the same food - with no special provision for Senior members.

Each year, we expect to have about 120 undergraduates reading for degrees in humanities and social sciences; about 50 postgraduate students, and about 20-25 students preparing for ordination. In addition we have nine Fellows, and more than a dozen Lecturers, and a support team of administrative and domestic staff.

The College Library at Regent’s, which is open 24/7, has core collections in all of subjects taught at Regent’s. Due to our history, the College’s Theology collection is one of the best in the University. Students at Oxford have access to an unrivaled number of electronic texts, journals and databases in every subject area. The Bodleian Library and all the relevant Faculty libraries are very close to Regent’s.

Regent’s is home to the internationally important Angus Library and Archive which comprises over 70,000 printed books, pamphlets, journals and other artefacts. The collection relates to the life and history of Baptists and nonconformists in Britain and the wider world from the late fifteenth century to the present day. Alongside this unique collection, Regent’s also houses the David Nicholls Memorial Collection. Based on the private collection of Britain’s foremost expert on the politics and history of Haiti, it has works which deal specifically with Haiti, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean territories.

The college's undergraduate prospectus can be found here

A short history of the college and a further description of the College’s ethos can be found here

Information about academic staff can be found here;

Information about administrative and support staff can be found here