Welcome to Hertford!
At Hertford, academic ambition meets a genuinely welcoming community.
Located in central Oxford, with the Bodleian Library and the University’s main teaching facilities on the doorstep, Hertford brings together students and academics from across the world in an environment that is both supportive and intellectually rigorous.
We’re committed to nurturing bright, curious minds from all backgrounds and ensuring that everyone can thrive. Through excellent teaching, strong pastoral support and a wide range of extracurricular opportunities, we help you develop academically, personally and professionally.
Known for our friendly, down-to-earth approach and inclusive ethos, Hertford is a college where people quickly feel at home. It’s a place to challenge yourself, explore new ideas and build lasting connections – a community that enables you to achieve your potential and shape your future.
News
Hertford DPhil student shortlisted for Oxford-BNU ...
Congratulations to Hertford DPhil student Aya ambiguous.wang, whose story An Uncomfortable Dictionary has been shor...
Shelley-Mills Prize 2026 awarded to Hertford stude...
Congratulations to Annabelle Higgins, who has been awarded this year’s Shelley-Mills prize for her essay ‘Sense...
Professor Emma Smith delivers Shakespeare’s Birt...
What would happen if we understood the journeys in Shakespeare’s plays less as remnants from medieval romance and...
Physics prizes – in the plural!
In an exciting moment for Physics at Hertford, two of our tutors have been recognised in this year’s Fundamental ...