Come to Somerville and learn to change the world ๐ Breaking down barriers to learning since 1879 ๐ฉ๐ One of the first University Colleges of Sanctuary ๐งก Home to the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. Somerville was one of the first women's colleges at Oxford and is now a mixed-sex college with over 400 undergraduates and 220 graduate students. Famous alumni include Margaret Thatcher, Dorothy Hodgkin, Indira Gandhi and Vera Brittain. Our current Principal is Jan Royall.