Information for New Students

Breadcrumbs

This webpage contains information for students who are joining St Peter's in October 2011, as well as various forms that will need to be completed and returned to the college. The first section contains information that is relevant to all students, followed by separate sections for Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, and Visiting Students. Some items are not yet available, but the information is being continually updated, so do check back regularly.

All forms on this page should be returned to Martin Brown, Admissions Administrator, St Peter's College, Oxford, OX1 2DL, UK (martin.brown@spc.ox.ac.uk) by 16 September 2011, unless otherwise stated.

If you have any problems accessing the information on this page please contact Martin Brown and we will be able to supply emailed or hard copy.

All Students

Freshers' week commences on Monday 3 October 2011, and all new students should aim to arrive by 5.00pm on Sunday 2 October (Graduate students should check information from their department or faculty, who may wish them to arrive earlier).

Items for information:

  • Student Administrative Handbook - you will also be given a hard copy of this booklet on arrival
  • Fees, funding and living costs
  • Maps of Oxford and St Peter's.
  • Meet and Greet: Coach transfers from Heathrow and Gatwick airports, for non-UK students. Registration Codes for this service can be found on the following leaflet
  • University of Oxford Orientation Programme for International Students. Please do not book a place on this programme until you have received written confirmation from the University that you have met all the conditions of your offer, and your place is confirmed.
  • Information about cycling in Oxford
  • Guide on how to open up a Bank Account
  • Bank Accounts: Guide for European and International students 2011 (NEW: UPDATED VERSION)
  • Computing Services: in advance of arriving you will be sent your Oxford Single Sign-on account activation details to enable you to access central student IT services. You will normally receive this information by email, to the email address that you have supplied during the admissions process. A few days after you have signed and returned your University Contract (see below under 'Forms for completion'), you will receive a further email, telling you about your Oxford email account. On-line Student Registration will open on 1 September. There is further information on the University website and in the JCR Freshers' Guide.
  • Language Learning for all students at the University of Oxford: Letter from the Language Centre and Users' Guide.
  • University Careers Service.

Undergraduate Students (not Visiting Students)

18 August 2011: If you have met the conditions of an offer to study at St Peter's starting in October 2011 you will receive a confirmation letter by post shortly. Please make sure you check through the items below, and return the various forms by the stated deadlines.

Items for information:

Forms for completion by Undergraduates (not Visiting Students):

  • Next of Kin form - sent by post with confirmation letter. Please return this, together with an extra passport photo, to Martin Brown by 16 September at the latest.
  • College Contract - sent by post with confirmation letter. Please return this to Martin Brown by 16 September at the latest.
  • University Contract - sent by post with confirmation letter. Please return this to Martin Brown by 16 September at the latest. Failure to return it by this date may delay the production of both your University card and access to e-mail and internet at the college and University.
  • Medical items - three forms as follows:
  • Confidential Health Questionnaire Please print and complete this form, and return it to the College Doctors by 16 September.
  • Medical Registration Form (NHS form GMS1) Please print and complete this form, and return it to the College Doctors by 16 September. (Note about completion of form: in line 5, for 'Home address', please enter your term time address, ie. St Peter's College, and ensure that you sign at the bottom of page 1)
  • Important Vaccinations: Mumps and Meningitis C. Please return tear-off slip to the College Doctors by 16 September.

Graduate Students

Items for information:

Forms for completion:

  • Next of Kin. Please return this, together with an extra passport photo, to Martin Brown by 16 September at the latest.
  • College Contract. Please return this to Martin Brown by 16 September at the latest.
  • Medical items - three forms as follows:
  • Confidential Health Questionnaire Please print and complete this form, and return it to the College Doctors by 16 September.
  • Medical Registration Form (NHS form GMS1) Please print and complete this form, and return it to the College Doctors by 16 September. (Note about completion of form: in line 5, for 'Home address', please enter your term time address, ie. St Peter's College, and ensure that you sign at the bottom of page 1)
  • Important Vaccinations: Mumps and Meningitis C. Please return tear-off slip to the College Doctors by 16 September.

Visiting Students

Items for information:

Forms for completion:

  • Next of Kin. Please return this, together with an extra passport photo, to Martin Brown by 16 September at the latest
  • Medical items - three forms as follows:
  • Confidential Health Questionnaire Please print and complete this form, and return it to the College Doctors by 16 September.
  • Medical Registration Form (NHS form GMS1) Please print and complete this form, and return it to the College Doctors by 16 September. (Note about completion of form: in line 5, for 'Home address', please enter your term time address, ie. St Peter's College, and ensure that you sign at the bottom of page 1)
  • Important Vaccinations: Mumps and Meningitis C. Please return tear-off slip to the College Doctors by 16 September.

Visiting Students studying one of the subjects listed below, please download the relevant document regarding choices of course for when you start in October. If your subject is not listed here, do not worry - please do check back occasionally to see if it has appeared, but some subjects do not ask their students to make choices of course until they arrive in October.

  • English
  • PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). All students in PPE should download this document, as well as those for the relevant constituent subjects below.
  • Philosophy
  • Politics
  • Economics