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Welcome to All Souls College. The College is primarily an academic research institution with particular strengths in the humanities and social and theoretical sciences and an outstanding library. It also has strong ties to public life. Although its Fellows are involved in teaching and supervision of research, there are no undergraduate members.
All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members of the college's governing body).
Visiting the College. Members of the public are welcome to visit the College Front and Great Quadrangles and Chapel as individual visitors or in small groups (up to six) free of charge from 2.00pm to 4.00pm on weekdays and Sundays when the College is open.
All Souls College. Oxford, OX1 4AL. Lodge and general enquiries. +44 (0)1865 279379. Enquiries Contact Form.
The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford, was founded by Henry VI and Henry Chichele (fellow of New College and Archbishop of Canterbury), on 20 May 1438.
All Souls College is situated in the High-street, westward of Queen’s College. Over the gateway are the statues of the founder, Henry Chichele, and Henry VI. The first or old court is a decent Gothic edifice, one hundred and twenty-four feet in length and seventy-two in breadth.
All Souls College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded by Henry VI and it has no undergraduate members. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows or members of the college’s governing body.
The young Oxford graduates who formed Lord Milner’s ‘Kindergarden’ in South Africa after the Boer War were mainly drawn from New College, but four became Fellows of All Souls, including Lionel Curtis, who founded Chatham House.
Discover All Souls. As of January 2024 there are eighty six Fellows of All Souls, three Honorary Fellows, eighteen Visiting Fellows and thirty Emeritus (i.e. retired academic) Fellows, whose continuing research the College actively supports.
History of the College. All Souls College was planned, built, and endowed in the 1430s by Henry Chichele, long-serving Archbishop of Canterbury. It received its foundation charter in 1438 from King Henry VI, co-opted by the Archbishop as the College's co-founder.
