Christ’s, at only 300m from King’s Parade, is slap bang in the middle of the city, right by the shops and the bus station (and Burger King). It is one of the older and most beautiful colleges, built around four courts (with some parts dating back to the 15th-century), except for ‘the Typewriter’, the 70s accommodation block, which, visually, is a poke in the eye, but, socially, a pat on the back. Academic standards are very high which can up the pressure (there are showers in the library for students working a little too energetically). There’s a cheerful, supportive, sociable atmosphere that helps let off some academic steam.
| Sex ratio (M:F): 63:37 |
Founded: 1448 |
| Full-time u’grads: 423 |
Part-time: 0 |
| Postgrads: 106 |
Mature: n/a |
| State:private school: 50:50 |
International: 15% |
| Academic ranking: 2 |
Disabled: n/a |
Smallish Buttery Bar; two bops/term; biennial balls; theatre/venue (200); film soc; Plumb auditorium for recitals; music rehearsal rooms; mighty lung-ed chapel choir; strong drama at the purpose built New Court Theatre; media centre. Christ’s Pieces termly newspaper (£1); Milton Society for dining/debating. Three libraries (120,000 books); 40 computers, 24-hr; internet access points in all rooms. Video hire service. Strong Christian Union; CofE chapel. JCR taxi reimbursement scheme with College; vending machines. Successes in men’s football, rugby and hockey; squash courts on site, but most sports facilities (four football, one cricket and two rugby pitches, two squash courts) a mile away; new boats in the boat club; active societies for table tennis, pool. All live in College or in Jesus Lane hostels; decent rooms but the kitchens don’t have ovens. Canteen and formal meals. CCTV; college sick bay; nurse; late-night taxi service; free rape alarms; LGBT, International Students’ and Women’s Officer (and Men’s Officer if welfare officer isn’t a bloke). Means-tested bursaries and academic scholarships.
FAMOUS ALUMNI
Sacha Baron-Cohen (aka Borat/Ali G, booyakasha); Charles Darwin (revolutionary evolutionary); John Milton (poet); Lord Mountbatten of Burma; C P Snow (writer); Richard Whiteley (late Countdown love-god).