All scholarships available for graduate study at Jesus College can be viewed here.

The University offers a Fees, funding and scholarship search tool  You can use this to find and compare the annual cost of studying and living at Oxford, as well as any support that may be available to you through funding and scholarship opportunities.

Prospective graduate applicants are welcome to visit the college for a self-guided tour on a day the college is open to visitors.

The University’s Application Guide contains everything you need to know about the application process including the application deadlines, a list of courses that are available and their entry requirements and what application materials are required.

Applications are considered first by the relevant department. If an application is successful and a departmental offer is made, the application is then considered by the candidate’s college of preference (or by an allocated college if no college preference is indicated). A departmental offer guarantees a place at a college, but not necessarily at the college of preference.

For a list of the courses accepted by Jesus College, please click here. Please be aware that indicating a college preference on your application form does not guarantee that you will receive an offer from that college.

Applicants must first have been accepted by a Department or Faculty of the University of Oxford before any college or permanent private hall may consider them.

Applications are usually only considered for the courses in which the College offers admission. Please consult the relevant course page for a list of which colleges offer your chosen course.

Applications are usually considered by the College Fellows in the relevant subject area and the Academic Director (who is also the Tutor for Graduates).

Preference will normally be given to applicants whose area of study overlaps with the academic interests of the College’s academic staff.

The College aims to admit a certain number of graduate students each year spread across the range of subjects in which it accepts graduate students, and this will determine the number of offers which can be made to applicants. Where there are more applicants than offers which can be made, the relative academic merit and potential of the applicants may be taken into account. It may not be possible to make offers to applicants whose applications are received late in the admissions round, when places are full.

The possession of competitively-won funding may be taken into account as an indicator of the applicant’s academic merit and potential.

Preference may be given to current or past students of the College who meet the selection criteria described above.

The final decision on whether to offer a place in the light of the overall competition for graduate places and the spread of those places across subject areas is usually taken by the Academic Director.

International students play an important part in Jesus College life and make up around one third of our student population. Over half of our postgraduate students are from countries outside of the UK.

Jesus College welcomes graduate students from all over the world, and with around thirty nationalities usually represented, the student community here is diverse and lively! There are many clubs and societies, both in College and the University, for international students and we aim to create a home-from-home environment in which you can enjoy and benefit from all the University has to offer.

The University website has some useful information and advice specifically for international students applying to Oxford.

Any financial conditions are usually set by your college although for some courses they may be set by the department.

The college will require you to have funding in place to over year 1 of your course and an assurance that you have the ability to meet all other costs for the full duration of your studies. If you receive an offer of a place at Jesus College, you will be asked to complete and return a Financial Declaration Form.

Any academic conditions (e.g. attaining a particular standard in your current degree or meeting the University English language requirements) will be set by the department or faculty admitting you.

The University recognises that some graduate students will want to undertake a limited amount of paid work during their studies, whether as part of their academic development (e.g. teaching and demonstrating) or to help to support themselves financially.

The University’s Paid Work Guidelines aim to ensure that any paid work undertaken does not adversely affect your success in your studies or your ability to complete your course on time. In addition, some graduates will have prescribed limits on how many hours of paid work they can undertake, for example, graduates funded by research councils and some other scholarships, and those graduates with student visas. You should be aware that demand for part-time, paid work in Oxford often exceeds the amount of paid work available, whether or not it is of an academic nature. Therefore, when planning how to finance your studies and when completing your Financial Declaration, you should not rely on the availability of paid work to fund your fees and living costs. For further details, please click here.

Although Jesus College is able to offer accommodation to most full-time graduate students that request it, we do not guarantee accommodation for graduate students.

Our accommodation is set across three city locations. Postgraduate freshers (first-year students) usually live in the Cheng Yu Tung Building, the Ship Street houses or, if available, at one of the annex sites in East Oxford or North Oxford. We have a limited number of flats for couples. We regret that we are unable to accommodate children in any of our properties, as we have no accommodation suitable for families. For detailed information on the types of accommodation available and costs, please click here.

You can also find information on accommodation in Oxford on the University website.

All postgraduate students automatically become members of the Middle Common Room (MCR) when they join Jesus. Visit the MCR website to learn more about student life at the College.