Mansfield College | |||||||||||||
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University of Oxford | |||||||||||||
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![]() Arms: Gules an open book inscribed DEUS LOCUTUS EST NOBIS IN FILIO in letters sable bound argent edged and clasped or between three cross crosslets or. | |||||||||||||
Location | Mansfield Road | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°45′27″N 1°15′10″W / 51.757428°N 1.252876°W | ||||||||||||
Motto | Nullius boni sine socio iucunda possessio est | ||||||||||||
Motto in English | No good thing is worth having unless it is shared | ||||||||||||
Established | 1838 as Spring Hill College 1886 as Mansfield College | ||||||||||||
Named for | George and Elizabeth Mansfield | ||||||||||||
Architect | Basil Champneys | ||||||||||||
Sister college | Homerton College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||
Principal | Helen Mountfield | ||||||||||||
Undergraduates | c.245[1] (2020-2021) | ||||||||||||
Postgraduates | c.145 | ||||||||||||
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Website | www | ||||||||||||
Boat club | Boatclub | ||||||||||||
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Mansfield College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford[2] in Oxford, England. The college was founded in Birmingham in 1838 as a college for Nonconformist students. It moved to Oxford in 1886 and was renamed Mansfield College after George Mansfield and his sister Elizabeth. In 1995 a royal charter was awarded giving the institution full college status. The college grounds are located on Mansfield Road, near the centre of Oxford.
As of December 2023,[1] the college comprises approximately 245 undergraduates, 145 graduates and 40 visiting students. Ther are around 40 fellows.[3]
Helen Mountfield, a barrister and legal scholar, has been the principal of the college since 2018.