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Brasenose is a friendly and informal community which offers excellent teaching and a whole range of social and cultural activities. Read all about applying to study at Brasenose College here. Read about sport, music, drama and other aspects of student life at Brasenose.
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509.
Brasenose is a friendly and diverse college in the heart of Oxford, offering single rooms, affordable food, and 24-hour libraries. Learn more about its courses, facilities, events, and outreach on the college website.
Brasenose College offers a wide range of higher degrees across all of the University's academic divisions and has a diverse and international graduate community. Learn about the college facilities, accommodation, meals, courses and location.
Brasenose was an early leader in Oxford sport and in the nineteenth century it acquired a great sporting reputation, rowing head of the river for many years and at one stage providing no fewer than eight members of the University cricket team. In the 1850s came the first of the Parliamentary reforms of the University.
It had been known as ‘Brasenose’ since at least the seventeenth century and had an ancient door knocker, dated to the twelfth century. Brasenose College purchased the house for the sake of that door knocker, which was brought to Oxford and now hangs over the high table in Hall.
The history of Brasenose College, Oxford, stretches back to 1509, when Brasenose College was founded on the site of Brasenose Hall. Its name is believed to derive from the name of a bronze knocker that adorned the hall's door. The college was associated with Lancashire and Cheshire, the county origins of its two founders – Sir Richard Sutton ...
