Welcome to Mansfield
Mansfield College has a long-established Visiting Student Programme with a high academic reputation. It offers students both full membership of the College and an official status within the University of Oxford.
We aim to admit around 40 VSP students per year, from universities around the world – including Ivy League institutions and universities in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. Students study arts, humanities, and social science subjects for two or three terms in one year. (Places are occasionally available for study in Hilary and Trinity terms only: Spring Semester).
Contact the Visiting Student Programme Coordinator, Grace Heaton, with any queries: grace.heaton@mansfield.ox.ac.uk.
"As coordinator of the Visiting Student Programme, it is a great pleasure to welcome new Visiting Students to Mansfield each year. My role is to liaise with universities around the world and to help international students consider whether they would like to study at Mansfield College as part of their degree. I welcome enquiries about the programme and I am happy to email prospective students or discuss any queries you may have via Microsoft Teams."
Meet some of our Visiting Students
Visiting students have access to all College facilities
The College’s main library is a wonderful wood-panelled room which contains core texts for all courses, with separate libraries devoted to Law, PPE and Theology. All four libraries are open to students twenty-four hours a day, and there are fully-networked computers available in the Main Library for use by students. Mansfield also shares excellent sports facilities with Merton College, including tennis and squash courts.
You’ll be members of Mansfield’s JCR
This is our Junior Common Room for the undergraduate student body – to which a visiting-student rep is elected every year to represent visiting student interests on the JCR Bench (the College’s student organising committee).
All visiting students are guaranteed college accommodation
To gain a fuller experience of living in the UK, we’ll aim to integrate your housing with other Mansfield students to help you immerse in the College’s academic, cultural, and social life. You’ll have your own study-bedroom, while sharing kitchen and bathroom facilities.
Our growing partnerships
In recent years, our Visiting Students have included undergraduates from: Barnard College, Bates College, Boston College, Brown University, College of the Holy Cross, Cornell University, Dickinson College, Franklin & Marshall College, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Haverford College, Nankai University, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, Santa Clara University, Shandong University, Swarthmore College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Trinity College, Tsinghua University, Universität Leipzig, University of Iowa, University of Pennsylvania, Washington and Lee University, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and William Jewell College.
Ready to apply?
Our Visiting Students come from a wide range of backgrounds and we value the diverse contributions and skills they bring to our college community during their time at Mansfield. The Oxford academic year runs from October to June, comprising three eight-week terms with a range of fees.
An outstanding environment
