Combining new graduate accommodation, indoor and outdoor communal spaces, state-of-the-art teaching facilities and the latest digital technologies, this £40m innovative development will enrich learning for our students, enhance the world-leading academic research of our Fellows, and enable us to reach more young people through our Access & Outreach programmes. Jesus College will become a global institution.

Watch a film showing the latest progress here.

Located on the corner of Cornmarket and Market Street in the heart of Oxford, the Cheng Yu Tung Building has been designed by MICA Architects and is being constructed by BAM Construction UK.

The founding of the College’s new building is made possible in large part thanks to a transformative £15 million donation to our 450th Anniversary campaign by Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist, Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun, through his London-based property company Knight Dragon. The development is named in honour of Dr Cheng’s father, Dr Cheng Yu Tung.

The Digital Hub, a new interdisciplinary education and research space within the building, will be named after Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun and be known as the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub.

READ MORE

Using the latest digital technologies, our academics will be able to conduct, visualise and disseminate research globally, building ever stronger collaborations with colleagues and research institutions across the world.

New technologies will also enable us to forge links with University of Oxford faculties, museums, archives, libraries and other colleges and provide a flexible approach to our response to University communications priorities and campaigns, such as Global Oxford and Global Challenges.

The exceptional opportunities that the Digital Hub provides will set the bar for postgraduate studies at Jesus College, and inspire the most promising young researchers to consider studying here. Its open plan and flexible convening spaces and resources will provide postgraduates with the environment and tools to work at the boundaries of inter-disciplinary research.

We believe in equality, inclusivity, diversity and opportunity for all. The digital resources at our finger tips will enable us to increase our reach to young people across the UK who have exceptional academic ability, no matter what their background.

We will be able to build on our experience of developing and delivering virtual outreach activities such as online lectures, summer schools and university open days, and open these activities up to more school students than ever before.

We will use the Hub as a knowledge exchange space for activities with visiting school pupils and teachers. The space will provide a stimulating environment in which to engage school groups and demonstrates that, while we are a historic Oxford college, we are also innovative and outward-facing.

Learn more about the Cheng Yu Tung Building development through our series of films about the project:

NORTHGATE – SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

JESUS COLLEGE STUDENTS REFLECT ON THEIR VISIT TO NORTHGATE  

DR MATT WILLIAMS, ACCESS FELLOW, ON NORTHGATE AND ACCESS