St Cross College is a Graduate College, devoted exclusively to Graduate Students and Fellows. It offers not only an outstanding academic environment dedicated to the pursuit of excellence within the Collegiate University, it also provides its students with a platform from which to form meaningful intellectual and personal relationships with fellow students, members of common room and Fellows (academic staff).
St Cross College prides itself on being a very welcoming College. The College motto "Ad quattuor cardines mundi" meaning "To the four corners of the Earth" typifies the College's ethos of welcoming scholars from all parts of the world and once here treating them with respect and integrity. The College exists solely for our members, meaning that the facilities of the College are available throughout the year for the furtherment of our members' academic objectives. This is in contrast to some other colleges, where conferences take place during the vacations.
St Cross is home to scholars from a wide spectrum of academic disciplines and is atypical of the Oxford tradition in that the College does not have separate common rooms for its Senior and Junior Members or a high table in hall. Instead there are central common rooms to be used by all College Members and open seating in Hall. The College believes that this egalitarianism fosters a productive intellectual environment where Senior and Junior Members can form meaningful relationships to the betterment of their research.
In addition to the intellectual environment the College provides, the physical environment and facilities are also very impressive. Situated on St Giles, right in the very heart of Oxford City, St Cross College is conveniently located for a large number of departments, libraries and learning Institutes. Furthermore the social hotspots of the city such as Little Clarendon Street, George Street and Oxford Castle are minutes away.
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