News
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Merton College awarded Gold Status in the University’s Green Impact Awards
portrait photo of Dr Martin Milton, OBE

Merton alumnus Dr Martin Milton awarded OBE for services to measurement science
Professor Madhavi Krishnan

Professor Madhavi Krishnan awarded ERC Advanced Grant
portrait of Prof Tim Cole

Merton alumnus Professor Tim Cole awarded CBE for services to medical statistics
Merton College, Oxford

Visiting Research Fellowship in the Creative Arts, 2025-26
Winning team at Iffley

Merton Rugby Report 2025
About the college

Welcome to Merton College, part of the University of Oxford.

Merton College is a vibrant and diverse intellectual community that has been at the forefront of education and research at the University of Oxford since 1264.

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Life at Merton
Students in Mob library - Photo: © John Cairns - www.johncairns.co.uk
Study here
Books shelved in the Upper Library
Library and Archives
A species-rich wildflower meadow
Sustainability & Biodiversity
The TS Eliot Lecture Theatre
Conferences
Alumni at the 2018 Merton Weekend - Photo: © John Cairns - www.johncairns.co.uk
Alumni & Friends
Chapel
Chapel
Events
LuminAir, Amsterdam

Friday 4 July 2025

Merton in Amsterdam
the silhouette of Saint Nicholas on a light blue sky

Friday 4 July 2025

Concert at the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Amsterdam
St Bavo of Ghent

Saturday 5 July 2025

Mass & Concert at Kathedraal St Bavo of Ghent, Haarlem
Hooglandsekerk Leiden

Sunday 6 July 2025

Concert at Hooglandsekerk, Leiden
Merton College