Accommodation
We guarantee graduates two years College accommodation; the period for which accommodation is offered will not exceed the period during which a student has fee liability to the University. There is a very little amount of married accommodation also available (contact the College Secretary for more information).
Our graduate accommodation is competitively priced compared to that offered by other Oxford Colleges. Graduates are not housed on the main site but in shared houses a short distance from the College or in the purpose built Liddell Building (situated next to the University Gymnasium and Sports' Ground, a five-minute bike ride away). All rooms are single study-bedrooms with washbasins and shared bathrooms and kitchens.
We also have accommodation suitable for disabled students. At present, the upper part of the library, and the JCR are inaccessible to wheelchair users, but the accessibility of all College rooms is under review.
Food
Corpus offers a good choice of high quality, low priced dishes (including vegetarian options) for breakfast, lunch and dinner. These meals are available seven days a week during term-time (apart from Saturday night and Sunday morning), and are usually cafeteria-style self-service. Lunch and dinner are also available on weekdays during vacations. In addition, there is a Formal Dinner once a week in term-time, as well as occasional special dinners. The College ‘pay as you go' method of payment means you determine how much or little you want to spend on food. For those who want to cook their own food, there are kitchens in the College houses and the Liddell Building.
Recreation
Corpus offers a wide range of recreational activities to its students, from sports, music, drama, and entertainment (aka ‘Entz'). Many of the college-based activities can also be pursued at University level. However, if there's an interest you wish to pursue and Corpus doesn't cater for it, the University probably does. There are many clubs, societies and teams always on the look out for new, enthusiastic members.
Corpus has teams for both men and women in many of the popular sports usually associated with life at University. It has a well-equipped boathouse on the river close to the college and a squash court just across the road from the central College site. A five-minute cycle ride brings you to a sports ground that we share with University College, the Univ-Corpus Sports Ground, ideal for football and rugby and with a fine cricket square and nets. For further details of events available at University level, visit the University's Life @ Oxford site.
The recently opened MBI Al-Jaber Auditorium is an excellent venue for music practice and recital. Concerts and recitals are also held in the Chapel. Music from all periods, including jazz and contemporary experimental have recently been performed. Many concerts are organised by the Corpus Music Society. The common room in the Liddell Building contains a Broadwood grand piano and is a good setting for more informal music making.
For the aspiring actor, there is both a College drama society (the Owlets), as well as a strong tradition of Corpus members being involved in larger University productions. In recent years, the JCR has provided funding for both graduates and undergraduates to put on plays (such as Titus Andronicus in the MBI Al-Jaber Auditorium), and even to take their productions to the Edinburgh Festival.
Corpus has two television rooms directly above the JCR with a widescreen TV equipped with Freeview, a Playstation 2 and DVD and VCR equipment.
Underneath the JCR is a lively Beer Cellar. With a pool table, darts board, table football and jukebox, both undergraduates and graduate students meet here to unwind and to plan for social events in town.
Middle Common Room (MCR)
The MCR refers to the graduate student body as well as to their common room. See here for more information.
