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St Edmund Hall, known affectionately as Teddy Hall, is a college of the University of Oxford, accepting undergraduate, postgraduate and visiting students.
St Edmund Hall (sometimes known as The Hall or informally as Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any university" and was the last surviving medieval academic hall at the university.
St Edmund Hall is home to a large, diverse and inclusive community. Renowned for our friendly and relaxed atmosphere, we are nevertheless firmly committed to academic excellence and opportunity. The Hall’s intake of approximately 110 undergraduates, selected on merit and irrespective of background, comprises students with academic ability ...
Welcome to St Edmund Hall, affectionately known as ‘Teddy Hall’, and one of the oldest colleges at the University of Oxford. We are the last standing medieval Hall in Oxford, dating back to at least the thirteenth century and are known for our friendly atmosphere, and sporting and creative traditions. Located in the heart of Oxford, we are ...
St Edmund Hall is one of the oldest undergraduate teaching institutions in the world, and nowadays also plays host to a vibrant and friendly community of around 300 graduate students.
Although a college in the strict sense only since 1957, the history of St Edmund Hall goes back to the thirteenth century, and it can claim to be the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any university. Medieval halls were established to house and educate undergraduates, many of them predating Oxford’s colleges.
St Edmund Hall, also known as Teddy Hall, is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be “the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduate students at any university” and was the last surviving medieval academic building at the university.
Have a look around Oxford University's St Edmund Hall with this interactive 360° virtual tour.
Founded at some point before 1317, St Edmund Hall is the sole survivor of Oxford’s original medieval halls, the teaching institutions that preceded the colleges. ‘Teddy Hall’ to residents, it became a college itself in 1957, and holds a chapel decorated by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.
The gardens of St Edmund Hall are on an intimate scale, much used and loved by the college's Fellows and students. The first sight is the college's historic front quad ('the most exquisite of the small Oxford quadrangles' according to Jan Morris) with its double lawn, clambering wisteria, and medieval well.
