Enjoy your benefits
Our alumni are a vital part of our College community. We are delighted to offer all our alumni several special benefits. Please contact the Development team if you have any questions or would like to know more.
If there’s something you’d like to know which we haven’t covered here, please do get in touch.
Get in touch
Visiting the college
We are always happy to see our alumni and their friends and families at Hertford. If you are planning a visit, please contact the Development Office at least one week beforehand to check if there are any closures or events you may need to be aware of. If it is during normal working hours, one of the Development team will be happy to meet you and give you a tour of the college. On weekends or public holidays, you will be able to visit public parts of the college only (i.e. OB Quad and the Chapel). Please be aware that there may be occasions when it is not possible to admit visitors, and that due to ongoing building work in OB Quad, access to the college will be restricted until summer 2027.
Staying over
A small number of rooms are available for alumni to book for B&B during vacation periods. Please contact the Development Office for more details.
Oxford alumni card
The University’s central alumni office provide these cards upon request; please visit their website to request one. The Oxford alumni card identifies you as a member of the University’s body of alumni, and we ask that you bring it along when visiting Hertford.
Bodleian Library access
Oxford alumni can register as a Bodleian Libraries member for free; this provides access to the Bodleian Libraries on a reference basis and access to Oxford’s full e-resource collections when in one of the Bodleian Libraries (as well as some e-resources remotely).
Events and weddings
Our weekends can get very booked up with alumni events and conferences, but we can sometimes arrange private dinners or weddings out of term time. To find out more, visit our Event Bookings page or contact our Events Coordinator: events@hertford.ox.ac.uk. For more information about arranging special event in Chapel, such as weddings, please contact the Chaplain and read the information on the Chapel Services page.