You are welcome to visit Queen’s

Prospective students and Old Members are always welcome to visit at any time when the College is open, between 9am and 7pm.

We ask Old Members to bring their alumni card if they have one; if not, then you may be asked for proof of identity. The best way for Old Members to arrange a visit is to email the Old Members’ Office.

Members of the public can arrange access by contacting the local Blue Badge Guides. Additionally, the Chapel holds a number of public services, and during term there are frequent public concerts and recitals.

For information about accessibility, please visit our Accessibility, health, and welfare page.

Open Days

Please see the admissions pages for our Open Day dates.

Watch our video to take a virtual tour of Queen’s!

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Queen’s now

Claire Craig profile photo by David Fisher. Claire sits smiling at the glass table in her office.

23 June 2025

“A place for people to live and work across boundaries”: a conversation with the outgoing Provost
Professor Leeder profile photo. She stands at a lectern.

09 June 2025

Prof Karen Leeder wins the Griffin Poetry Prize
a photo of Susan Diab standing next to he exhibition poster for Palimpself

10 June 2025

Layer by layer: making ideas visible
Prof Robert Taylor seated in the window of the Senior Common Room

16 June 2025

Prof Robert Taylor retires
Harry and Jack sitting at a red table with a laptop and planning the running route

02 June 2025

Miles with meaning: 4 ultra-marathons in 3 days for MND research

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🎪 The Queen’s Ball That Never Was… As the College prepares to welcome guests to a sold-out Ball tomorrow night, we’re looking back at the 1973 Easter Ball: the one that never happened. From dreams of booking Wizzard and Arthur Brown’s flaming headdress (!) to lessons learned about budget spreadsheets and British weather, Paul Rex (Modern Languages, 1971) recalls how the ball was planned… and ultimately cancelled. Read the full story on our website, complete with vintage poster artwork. And if you were ever involved in a Queen’s Ball, as a guest or organiser, we’d love to hear your memories: 📩 news@queens.ox.ac.uk 🔗https://ow.ly/OLl450WgJXx #OxfordBall #OxfordHistory #1970sThrowback #QueensBall2025

🎪 The Queen’s Ball That Never Was…

As the College prepares to welcome guests to a sold-out Ball tomorrow night, we’re looking back at the 1973 Easter Ball: the one that never happened.

From dreams of booking Wizzard and Arthur Brown’s flaming headdress (!) to lessons learned about budget spreadsheets and British weather, Paul Rex (Modern Languages, 1971) recalls how the ball was planned… and ultimately cancelled.

Read the full story on our website, complete with vintage poster artwork. And if you were ever involved in a Queen’s Ball, as a guest or organiser, we’d love to hear your memories: 📩 news@queens.ox.ac.uk

🔗https://ow.ly/OLl450WgJXx

#OxfordBall #OxfordHistory #1970sThrowback #QueensBall2025 ... See MoreSee Less

4 days ago
🎶 Tune in this Sunday morning 🎶 We’re delighted that this week’s BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship comes from The Queen’s College, Oxford. 🕗 Broadcast: Sunday 29 June at 8:10am 📻 BBC Radio 4 Performed by the Choir of The Queens College, Oxford the service features music by Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd and marks two significant anniversaries from 1625: the accession of Charles I and the death of Gibbons. 🔗 Listen here: https://ow.ly/kXWI50Wg0Sa 📷 John Cairns #QueensChoir #BBCSundayWorship #OxfordChoirs #SacredMusic #WilliamByrd #OrlandoGibbons

🎶 Tune in this Sunday morning 🎶

We’re delighted that this week’s BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship comes from The Queen’s College, Oxford.

🕗 Broadcast: Sunday 29 June at 8:10am
📻 BBC Radio 4

Performed by the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford the service features music by Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd and marks two significant anniversaries from 1625: the accession of Charles I and the death of Gibbons.

🔗 Listen here: ow.ly/kXWI50Wg0Sa

📷 John Cairns
#QueensChoir #BBCSundayWorship #OxfordChoirs #SacredMusic #WilliamByrd #OrlandoGibbons ... See MoreSee Less

6 days ago
📚 “The Woman You Become”: a story of language, liberation, and collaboration. Second-year German students at Queen’s have translated Hedwig Dohm’s 1895 feminist novella Werde, die du bist! into English as The Woman You Become, under the guidance of their tutor Marie Martine. The result? A beautifully crafted text published by Taylor Editions. ✍️ What began as a classroom project became a creative, collective act of scholarship and one that now sits proudly in the Queen’s College Library. 💬 “When I first applied to Oxford, I’d never have dreamed I’d be a published author by the end of second year!” — Emily Dicker Read more about the project, the translation process, and how collaboration sparked creativity and brought 19th-century feminism to life for a new audience. 🔗 https://ow.ly/Y9r250WfTfO #ModernLanguages #TranslationMatters #HedwigDohm #FeministLiterature #StudentVoices #OxfordAuthors #TaylorEditions

📚 “The Woman You Become”: a story of language, liberation, and collaboration.

Second-year German students at Queen’s have translated Hedwig Dohm’s 1895 feminist novella 'Werde, die du bist!' into English as 'The Woman You Become', under the guidance of their tutor Marie Martine. The result? A beautifully crafted text published by Taylor Editions.

✍️
What began as a classroom project became a creative, collective act of scholarship and one that now sits proudly in the Queen’s College Library.

💬 “When I first applied to Oxford, I’d never have dreamed I’d be a published author by the end of second year!” — Emily Dicker

Read more about the project, the translation process, and how collaboration sparked creativity and brought 19th-century feminism to life for a new audience.

🔗 ow.ly/Y9r250WfTfO

#ModernLanguages #TranslationMatters #HedwigDohm #FeministLiterature #StudentVoices #OxfordAuthors #TaylorEditions ... See MoreSee Less

6 days ago
“I didn’t expect to be the first Provost to shut the College!” After six years of leadership (and a global pandemic), Provost Dr Claire Craig is retiring at the end of the academic year. In her final Q&A, she shares: 🏛 First impressions of Queen’s 📚 Why tutorial learning still matters 🌍 The College’s role in global conversations 🥣 Her favourite dish (yes, it involves mustard ice cream) 🕯 And what it’s like climbing backwards into the crypt… 📖 Read the full interview → https://ow.ly/KOmR50WexsO 📷 Image 1 David Fisher 📷 Image 2 David Olds 📷 Image 3 John Cairns 📷 Image 4 The Access Project 📷 Image 5 Sean Ducie 📷 Image 6 Sarah Arkle 📷 Image 7 John Cairns #StudentLifeOxford #ClaireCraig #ProvostReflections #CollegeLife #OxfordMoments #AccessToOxfordImage attachmentImage attachment+4Image attachment

“I didn’t expect to be the first Provost to shut the College!”

After six years of leadership (and a global pandemic), Provost Dr Claire Craig is retiring at the end of the academic year. In her final Q&A, she shares:

🏛 First impressions of Queen’s
📚 Why tutorial learning still matters
🌍 The College’s role in global conversations
🥣 Her favourite dish (yes, it involves mustard ice cream)
🕯 And what it’s like climbing backwards into the crypt…

📖 Read the full interview → ow.ly/KOmR50WexsO

📷 Image 1 David Fisher
📷 Image 2 David Olds
📷 Image 3 John Cairns
📷 Image 4 The Access Project
📷 Image 5 Sean Ducie
📷 Image 6 Sarah Arkle
📷 Image 7 John Cairns

#StudentLifeOxford #ClaireCraig #ProvostReflections #CollegeLife #OxfordMoments #AccessToOxford ... See MoreSee Less

1 week ago

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