Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College
Oxford
The main gate of Brasenose College,
with the Radcliffe Camera behind
A shield blazoned as "Tierced in pale, Argent, a chevron sable between three roses gules seeded or, barbed vert; or, an escutcheon gules, two lions of England in pale or, on a chief azure Our Lady crowned seated on a tombstone issuant from the chief, in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus, in her sinister arm a sceptre, all or, ensigned with a mitre proper; quarterly, first and fourth argent, a chevron between three bugle-horns stringed sable, second and third argent, a chevron between three crosses crosslet sable."
Arms: see below
Scarf colours: black, with two narrow yellow stripes a fifth of a scarf-width in from either edge
LocationRadcliffe Square, Oxford OX1 4AJ
Coordinates51°45′12″N 1°15′17″W / 51.753206°N 1.254731°W / 51.753206; -1.254731
Full nameThe Principal and Scholars of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford
Latin nameAula regia et collegium aenei nasi
Established1509; 515 years ago (1509)
Named afterBronze door knocker
Previous namesBrazen Nose College
Sister collegeGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
PrincipalJohn Bowers
Undergraduates375[1] (2021)
Postgraduates235[1] (2021)
Endowment£177.9 million (2021)[2]
VisitorStephen Conway, Bishop of Lincoln ex officio[3]
Websitebnc.ox.ac.uk
Boat clubBrasenose College Boat Club
Map
Brasenose College, Oxford is located in Oxford city centre
Brasenose College, Oxford
Location in Oxford city centre

Brasenose College (BNC)[4] is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mid-17th century and the new quadrangle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

For 2020–21, Brasenose placed 4th in the Norrington Table (an unofficial measure of performance in undergraduate degree examinations).[5] In a recent Oxford Barometer Survey, Brasenose's undergraduates registered 98% overall satisfaction.[6] In recent years, around 80% of the UK undergraduate intake have been from state schools.[7][8][9]

Brasenose is home to one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world, Brasenose College Boat Club.

  1. ^ a b "Student statistics". University of Oxford. 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Brasenose College : Trustee Report and Accounts : For the year ended 31 July 2021" (PDF). ox.ac.uk. p. 12. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bnc-ox-statutes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Official Information". Brasenose College. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Undergraduate Degree Classifications". University of Oxford.
  6. ^ Organ, Joe. "Applying to Brasenose this Autumn? – Brasenose College, Oxford". www.bnc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Applying to Oxford? Read about our admissions statistics". Brasenose College. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  8. ^ "A-Level Admissions: Brasenose College admits 9% more undergraduates than normal, 79% from state schools". Brasenose College. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Thinking of Applying to Brasenose?". Brasenose College. Retrieved 26 March 2021.