Four Distinguished Oxford Colleges

OSAP (which has several related programs) has been working very successfully, since 1989, with New College. The college was founded in 1379 and is actually one of the oldest colleges.

A few years later we began working with Trinity College (1544) and Magdalen College (1458).

In Fall 2007 we began a new arrangement with Christ Church (founded by King Henry VIII in 1546).

We have been invited to recommend highly qualified applicants for Visiting Student status to New College and Magdalen College. (The colleges always make the decision to admit students).

We also may recommend students who meet certain qualifications to be Associate Members of New College, Trinity College and Christ Church.

We are the only overseas program in Oxford which has an agreement with two of the nine primarily undergraduate Medieval Colleges. We have long-standing ties to two such colleges, New College and Magdalen College.

Christ Church and Trinity were founded in the time of the Renaissance.

These four colleges have generally been in the top 25% in the Oxford Academic League Tables: the percentage of students who earn First Class degrees, etc. Last year, Magdalen and Christ Church were ranked second and third, respectively. The previous year Magdalen and New College were tied for third place.

Each of those colleges has an experienced degree candidate (usually British) who is appointed by the college and paid by us to act as a student adviser. So far as we know, no other Oxford overseas program provides this invaluable help to students in joining clubs and in integrating fully in the life of the college.

We began recommending students for Visiting Student places in 1987 so we are the oldest overseas program (open to all qualified students) for Visiting Students in Oxford.

We have also placed a few Visiting Students with Greyfriars, Blackfrairs and St Antony's, the graduate college for International Relations.

We also have a special relationship (in co-operation with Oglethorpe University, Georgia) with Corpus Christi College (founded in 1517). The founder of Georgia was a Corpus Christi graduate, General Oglethorpe.

In Fall 2007, we signed (through WISC) a new three-way consortium agreement with New College, Oxford and the Dartmouth College Chemistry Department. Dartmouth has many excellent overseas programs, usually conducted by individual departments.

We also have a new consortium agreement (through WISC) for graduate Law students with the University of San Diego Law School. Accepted students are able to study Law in Oxford for one 15-week semester and earn an accredited transcript from USDL.

We have many other consortium agreements with other leading US universities.

The descriptions of the Oxford colleges have been scrutinized by senior fellows for accuracy.