Balliol College | ||||||||||||||||||
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University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Arms: Azure, a lion rampant argent, crowned or, impaling Gules, an orle argent[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BJ | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°45′17″N 1°15′28″W / 51.7547°N 1.2578°W | |||||||||||||||||
Full name | The Master and Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford | |||||||||||||||||
Latin name | Collegium Balliolensis | |||||||||||||||||
Established | 1263 | |||||||||||||||||
Named for | John I de Balliol | |||||||||||||||||
Sister college | St John's College, Cambridge | |||||||||||||||||
Master | Dame Helen Ghosh | |||||||||||||||||
Undergraduates | c.395 (2023)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Postgraduates | c.405 (2023)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Endowment | £146m (2023)[3] | |||||||||||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||||||||||
Boat club | Balliol College Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Balliol College (/ˈbeɪliəl/)[4] is a constituent college of the University of Oxford.[5] Founded in 1263 by John I de Balliol,[6] it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world.[7]
With a governing body of a master and around 80 fellows, the college's main buildings are located on Broad Street with additional buildings to the east in Jowett Walk and Holywell Manor.[8] As one of the larger colleges of Oxford University, Balliol typically has around 400 of both undergraduates and graduates. The college pioneered the PPE degree in the 1920s.[9]
Balliol has a large number of notable alumni from a wide range of disciplines. Amongst many examples, these alumni include 13 Nobel Prize winners and four British prime ministers.[10][11]