Magdalene College

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Year founded[❔] 1428
Mature (21+)[❔] ❌
Women only ❌
Postgraduate only ❌
Accepts part-time students ✔️
Oxford sister college[❔] Magdalen College
Gold/Platinum Green Impact Award 2018[❔] ❌
College website click here

User reviews
  • 8
    We are located right by the river
  • 4
    Good location - right near the centre of town but no tourists
  • 1
    Very cheap accommodation

  • 4
    Real mix of accommodation quality - some rooms are pretty awful, but then very cheap.
  • 2
    The May Ball has a white tie dress code, which is expensive if you need to hire a suit for it
  • 1
    Bar is kinda dead
  • 1
    Food isn't great, but cheap

  • 1
    More accommodation maintenance

UG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 2
UG - usual # years room provided[❔] 4
PG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 0
PG - usual # years room provided[❔] 1
Couples rooms ✔️
Family rooms ❌
Ballot system[❔] ✔️
% full-time PG in college room (~)[❔] 49
PG single room min. (~£/wk) 105
PG single room max. (~ £/wk) 157
Deadline to have met conditions to be eligible for college accommodation Unknown
Kitchen fixed charge [❔] ✔️
UG accommodation website click here
PG accommodation website click here

User ratings
On-site room quality: Avg: 3.9/5
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On-site room value for money: Avg: 4.3/5
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Off-site room quality: Avg: 4.3/5
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Off-site room value for money: Avg: 4/5
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  • 0
    Very suspect - complete mix of sizes, furniture, noise, warmth, etc. so it's rather luck-of-the-draw (and more unlucky than not...)

24/7 library ✔️
College cafe ❌
Anglican chapel ✔️
Interdenominational chapel ❌
Discounted punting[❔] ✔️
Free punting[❔] ✔️
Radio station ❌
Garden plot ❌
Bicycle scheme ❌
Art room ❌
Gym (weights) ✔️
Cinema ❌
Badminton court ❌
Basketball court ❌
Dance studio ❌
Eton Fives court ✔️
Netball court ✔️
Squash court ✔️
Swimming pool ❌
Tennis court ✔️
Rugby field ✔️
Lacrosse field ✔️
Hockey pitch ✔️
Cricket pitch ✔️
Volleyball court ❌
Football pitch ✔️
Brunch Saturday ✔️
Brunch Sunday ✔️
Daily vegan option ✔️

User ratings
Value for money: Avg: 3.3/5
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Quality of food: Avg: 2.8/5
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Acapella ❌
Africa ❌
Altruism ❌
Anglo-Japanese ❌
Anthropology ❌
Apotheosis ❌
Archeology ❌
Art ❌
Baking ❌
Ballroom dancing ❌
Bachata ❌
Bee keeping ❌
Board Games ❌
Book Club ❌
Botanical ❌
Caledonian ❌
Card games ❌
Casino ❌
Charity ❌
Chess ✔️
Chinese Culture ❌
Choir ✔️
Christian Union ✔️
Classics ❌
College Brass Band ❌
Comedy ❌
Computer science ❌
Consulting ❌
Contemporary dance ❌
Current affairs ❌
Debate ❌
Drama ✔️
Economics ❌
Engineering ❌
English ❌
Entrepreneurship ❌
Families Club ❌
Feminist ✔️
Film ❌
Finance ❌
Food ❌
French ❌
Gardening club ✔️
Gender equality ✔️
Geographical ❌
History ✔️
Humanities ❌
Investment ❌
Irish ❌
Islamic ❌
Jewish ❌
Land economy ❌
Languages ❌
Law ✔️
Lawn Games ❌
Literary ❌
Lockpicking ❌
Maths ❌
Medical ✔️
Mindfulness ❌
Music ✔️
Musical ✔️
Orchestra ✔️
Oriental ❌
PhD ❌
Philosophy ✔️
Photography ❌
Pilates ❌
Poetry ✔️
Poker ❌
Politics ❌
Quiz ✔️
Role playing games ❌
Russian ❌
Salsa ❌
Science ❌
Serbian ❌
Sign language ❌
Smoothie ❌
Social science ❌
Speakers ❌
Steel pan band ❌
Student publication ❌
Swiss ❌
Tango ❌
Tea ❌
Theology ❌
Ukelele band ❌
Veterinary ❌
Video games ❌
Wine ❌
Yoga ✔️
Zouk ❌
Zumba ❌
Aerobics ❌
Athletics ✔️
Badminton ✔️
Basketball ✔️
Climbing ✔️
Cricket ✔️
Croquet ❌
Cycling ❌
Football (mens) ✔️
Football (womens) ✔️
Golf ❌
Hockey ✔️
Kayaking ❌
Lacrosse ✔️
Netball ✔️
Netball (womens) ✔️
Ninjitsu ❌
Pole ❌
Pool ✔️
Rounders ❌
Rugby (mens) ✔️
Rugby ✔️
Rugby (womens) ❌
Running ❌
Sailing ❌
Shooting ❌
Ski ❌
Squash ❌
Swimming ✔️
Table football ❌
Table tennis ✔️
Tennis ✔️
Tiddlywinks ❌
Ultimate Frisbee ❌
Volleyball ❌
Waterpolo ✔️
Windsurfing ❌
% 1st Class degree achieved (~)[❔] 27
JCR/MCR split[❔] ✔️
Student trustee[❔] ❌
UG student website click here
PG student website click here
Free formals ✔️
Free formals per year 3
Free formal for guest ❌
Private dining discount ❌
Free formal for guest per year 0
Free parking ❌
Use of squash and tennis facilities ❌
Free sports facilities ❌
Right to step on grass ❌
Gym membership discount ❌
Punt booking ✔️
Corporate event discount ❌
Wedding discount ❌
Accommodation discount available ❌
May Ball frequency (years)[❔] 2
June Event frequency (years)[❔] 0
Winter Ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Spring ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Other ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Entrepreneurship competitions[❔] ❌

User ratings
May/Spring/Winter/other ball rating: Avg: 3.8/5
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User reviews
  • 3
    Really good ball, classy with good entertainment, food and drinks. Very expensive, but better than other similarly-priced balls.
  • 1
    Glamourous ball but really expensive - the college's less grand setting is a bottleneck in making it worth the money


# full-time Bachelor's (~) 390
% full-time Bachelor's (~) 70
# full-time Master's (~) 30
% full-time Master's (~) 5
# full-time PhD (~) 140
% full-time PhD (~) 25
Total # full-time students (~) 560
% full-time UK (~) 65
% full-time EU (non-UK) (~) 10
% full-time non-EU (~) 25
% full-time female (~) 45
% full-time Male (~) 55
# part-time Master's (~) 0
# part-time PhDs (~) 0
Total # part-time students (~) 10
Total # students (~) 570
% Arts and Humanities students (~) 40
% STEMM students (~)[❔] 60
High-table[❔] ✔️
Gowns required[❔] ✔️

User ratings
Formal food quality: Avg: 4.3/5
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Value for money: Avg: 3.8/5
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Formals
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Graduate-only formals
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Net assets (est.) 159.0 million
Net assets/student (~£/student) 283,000
Scholarships and awards (~£/student ) 900