The Queen's College, Oxford University

Name

The Queen's College, Oxford University

Legal name

The Queen's College, Oxford

Website

https://queens.ox.ac.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Liberal Arts Colleges (EDAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

University & Academic Conference Venues (THAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• University undergraduate programs
• Postgraduate research education
• Student accommodation services
• Academic conference venues

Headquarters

HQ city

Oxford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tuition and College Fees: Students pay tuition fees to the University and college fees to the College for accommodation, meals, tutorial teaching, and facilities.
2. Accommodation Charges: Graduate accommodation at approximately £24.71 per day (room only). Kitchen establishment charge of £60 per term. Additional meal costs for breakfast (£2.99), lunch (£3.46), and dinner (£5.98).
3. Conference and Event Hosting: The College offers venues (Hall, Lecture Rooms, Shulman Auditorium, function rooms) for academic events, weddings, and conferences, generating revenue from hiring fees and catering services.
4. Donations and Endowments: Old Members and benefactors make gifts, with options including online giving, legacy bequests, and benefactor societies. The 650th Anniversary Trust Fund was established by Old Members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford providing undergraduate and postgraduate education through Oxford's tutorial-based teaching system. It offers student accommodation, subsidised hall dining, 24/7 library access, music and chapel facilities, a programme of more than 20 graduate scholarships, and conference and event venue hire services. The College admits around 75 graduate students annually and operates as a historic residential academic community in central Oxford.

Product overview

The Queen's College, Oxford University is a constituent college of the University of Oxford offering undergraduate and graduate education across multiple disciplines. The college provides a comprehensive suite of student services organized around its core educational mission: the Library system (Upper, Lower, New, and Special Collections with approximately 150,000 volumes), College IT Services (featuring SSO, Eduroam wireless, Canvas VLE, Microsoft Office 365, and VPN access), graduate accommodation at three off-site properties, the Middle Common Room for graduate social life, Hall dining services with halal and kosher options, music and chapel facilities including the renowned chapel choir, graduate scholarship programmes with over 20 schemes, financial support including hardship funds and grants, sports facilities, and conference/event venues. The college's infrastructure combines historic facilities with modern technology to support approximately 75 graduate students annually across diverse specialisms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate Education Programmes Undergraduate degrees at the University of Oxford taught through the tutorial system at Queen's College. Students receive personalised academic supervision, guaranteed accommodation in a historic setting, access to library and dining facilities, scholarships and grants, and membership of a close-knit college community.
• Postgraduate Education Programmes Postgraduate (Master's and DPhil) research and taught programmes at the University of Oxford delivered through Queen's College. Approximately 75 graduate students are admitted annually, with access to the Middle Common Room, off-site graduate accommodation, dedicated study facilities, supervisors' dinners and over 20 named scholarship schemes.
• Graduate Accommodation Off-site graduate student housing at three properties in Oxford (Oxley-Wright Building on Banbury Road, Venneit Close near Port Meadow, and St Clement's Street near Cowley Road). Rooms are offered on 38-48 week licence periods with shared kitchens, laundry and study bedrooms. Average room rate approximately £24.71 per day, room only.
• Hall Dining Services Subsidised College meals served in Hall for students and members, including breakfast (£2.99), lunch (£3.46) and a bookable two-course dinner (£5.98) (2026/2027 prices). Includes halal and kosher options, Ramadan provisions and Fairtrade accreditation. A Kitchen Establishment Charge of £60 per term applies to all students.
• Library and Special Collections On-site College Library system comprising the Upper Library, Lower Library, New Library (24/7 access) and Special Collections including the Feinberg Special Collections Reading Room. Approximately 50,000 lending volumes plus around 100,000 rare book volumes are held. Students access the SOLO online system with a Click & Collect service allowing up to 5 items per request and up to 30 books on loan.
• Chapel Choir and Music Facilities The College's mixed-voice Chapel Choir, two Music Practice Rooms (one with grand piano, one with upright piano and harpsichord) and the Eglesfield Musical Society (one of Oxford's oldest music societies), supporting regular concerts and the College's musical tradition.
• Graduate Scholarships Programme Over 20 named graduate scholarship schemes (including Cyril and Phillis Long, Waverley, Oxford-Queen's Graduate, Kingsland, AHRC Doctoral Landscape, MPLS, Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Law, Mathematics, Physics and Taberdarships) plus subject-specific awards, with approximately £333,000 per year disbursed by the College.
• Conference and Event Venue Hire External venue hire for academic events, conferences, club dinners, weddings and filming, offering bookable spaces (Shulman Auditorium, Lecture Rooms A/B/C, Small Teaching Room, Carrodus Quad Lecture Room, Hall, Magrath Room, New Dining Room, Memorial Room, Fellows' Garden) along with catering and overnight guest accommodation, managed by the Conference Office.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately £333,000 per year spent on graduate scholarships and grants
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Integration7 records

AI capability3 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Access ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational outreach partnership supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Queen's participates in The Access Project which connects university student volunteers with secondary school pupils for tutoring and mentoring.
• Translation ExchangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Translation Exchange at Queen's runs the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, engaging over 25,000 students from 500+ schools. Also runs research initiatives in translation studies.
• Academic Futures (Oxford)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOxford's major scholarship programme. Queen's partners with Academic Futures for Cyril and Phillis Long Scholarships and Waverley Scholarships in any subject.
• Clarendon Fund (Oxford)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOxford's flagship scholarship programme for graduate students. Queen's partners with Clarendon for Kingsland Graduate Scholarships in Biochemistry/Medical Sciences.
• Centre for Manuscript and Text CulturesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch centre hosted at Queen's focusing on manuscript and text cultures studies.
• Collegiate Accommodation Support Service (CASS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-college service helping graduate students find suitable accommodation across all Oxford colleges.
• University Graduate Accommodation OfficeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity office helping students with private housing search, free of charge.
• IT Services (Oxford)coreTechnology or IntegrationUniversity IT department providing infrastructure for Eduroam, VPN, OXFORD SSO, Canvas VLE, Microsoft Office 365, and other central IT services used by Queen's.
• Wakehurst, Royal Botanic Gardens, KewminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership hosting Queen's DPhil student Rafael Pérez Evans' 'Horizontals' exhibition featuring sculptural resting places in the Nothofagus forest.
• DAWN and ISAMBARD-AI SupercomputerscoreTechnology or IntegrationUK sovereign AI supercomputing infrastructure used for cancer vaccine AI research, providing computational power essential for training and operating AI models.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Christ Church, Oxford: Oxford's largest and one of its wealthiest colleges, founded 1546. Directly comparable residential collegiate model with tutorial teaching, historic buildings, chapel choir, dining hall, conference and events business, and significant endowment — competing for the same applicants and Old Members.
• Magdalen College, Oxford: Founded in 1458, Magdalen is one of Oxford's wealthiest and most prestigious colleges with a comparable residential tutorial model, renowned choir, extensive grounds, and similar academic breadth. Competes with Queen's for top applicants and Old Member loyalty.
• Trinity College, Oxford: Founded 1555, Trinity offers the same residential tutorial-based education as Queen's along with chapel, library, dining, gardens, and conference venue services. Competes with Queen's for the same applicant pool.
• Worcester College, Oxford: Oxford constituent college operating the same residential collegiate model with tutorial teaching, library, dining, sports facilities, and conference venue services — comparable scale and structure to Queen's.
• Exeter College, Oxford: Founded 1314, very close in age to Queen's (1341). Provides the same residential tutorial experience, library, dining hall, and conference venue business — making it a particularly close peer on heritage, scale, and offerings.
• Balliol College, Oxford: Founded 1263, Balliol is one of Oxford's oldest colleges with a strong reputation in PPE, sciences, and humanities. Offers the same tutorial-based residential model, library, dining, and conference services that compete head-to-head with Queen's for applicants.
• Merton College, Oxford: Founded 1264, Merton is one of the oldest Oxford colleges with a comparable collegiate residential model, historic library, chapel, and tutorial teaching. Strong research and Old Member network parallels Queen's positioning.
• New College, Oxford: Another ancient (1379) constituent college of the University of Oxford with a similar residential collegiate model, tutorial-based teaching, chapel choir, and historic quadrangles. Most directly comparable Oxford peer in age, structure, and offerings including library, accommodation, dining, and conference venue services.
• St John's College, Oxford: Founded 1555, one of Oxford's largest and wealthiest colleges with extensive library, chapel choir, and tutorial-based teaching. Operates a comparable conference and venue business alongside core educational mission, making it a strong direct peer.

Broad incumbents

• Trinity College, Cambridge: The largest and wealthiest Cambridge college, offering the closest analogue to the Oxford collegiate model outside of Oxford itself. While operating in a different university system, Trinity Cambridge shares the tutorial-based teaching, residential community, historic chapel and library, and significant endowment — competing for the same global pool of elite applicants and faculty.

Market position

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Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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