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Corpus Christi College (abbreviated as Corpus or CCC; formally, The President and Scholars of the College of Corpus Christi in the University of Oxford), is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12th oldest college in Oxford, with a financial endowment of £139 million as of 2017[update].[3]
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Corpus Christi College | ||||||
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Oxford | ||||||
Location | Merton Street | |||||
Coordinates | 51.750909°N 1.253702°W / 51.750909; -1.253702 | |||||
Full name | The President and Scholars of the College of Corpus Christi in the University of Oxford | |||||
Established | 1517 | |||||
Named for | Corpus Christi, Body of Christ | |||||
Sister college | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | |||||
President | Helen Moore (acting)[1] | |||||
Undergraduates | 252[2] (December 2017) | |||||
Postgraduates | 93[2] (December 2017) | |||||
Website | www | |||||
JCR | Corpus Christi JCR | |||||
MCR | Corpus Christi MCR | |||||
Boat club | College Boat Club | |||||
Map | ||||||
The college, situated on Merton Street between Merton College and Christ Church, is one of the smallest in Oxford by student population, having around 250 undergraduates and 90 graduates. It is academic by Oxford standards, averaging in the top half of the university's informal ranking system, the Norrington Table, in recent years, and coming second in 2009–10.[4]
The college's role in the translation of the King James Bible is historically significant. The college is also noted for the pillar sundial in the main quadrangle,[5] known as the Pelican Sundial, which was erected in 1581.[6] Corpus achieved notability in more recent years by winning University Challenge on 9 May 2005 and once again on 23 February 2009, although the latter win was later disqualified.[7][8]
The Visitor of the College is ex officio the Bishop of Winchester, currently Tim Dakin.