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Trinity College, Oxford

<p><b>Trinity College</b> (full name: <b>The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)</b><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span>) is one of the <a href="/en/Colleges_of_the_University_of_Oxford" title="Colleges of the University of Oxford" class="wl">constituent colleges</a> of the <a href="/en/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford" class="wl">University of Oxford</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span> in England. The college was founded in 1555 by Sir <a href="/en/Thomas_Pope" title="Thomas Pope" class="wl">Thomas Pope</a>, on land previously occupied by <a href="/en/Durham_College,_Oxford" title="Durham College, Oxford" class="wl">Durham College</a>, home to <a href="/en/Benedictine" title="Benedictine" class="mw-redirect wl">Benedictine</a> monks from <a href="/en/Durham_Cathedral" title="Durham Cathedral" class="wl">Durham Cathedral</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-hopkins9_7-0"><a href="#cite_note-hopkins9-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span></p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Trinity College, Location, Coordinates, Full ...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Trinity College</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/en/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford" class="wl">Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:UK-2014-Oxford-Trinity_College_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Entrance to Trinity College" data-hash="File:UK-2014-Oxford-Trinity_College_01.JPG"><img loading="lazy"alt="Entrance to Trinity College" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/UK-2014-Oxford-Trinity_College_01.JPG/290px-UK-2014-Oxford-Trinity_College_01.JPG" decoding="async" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="5546" data-file-type="bitmap" height="322" width="290" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/UK-2014-Oxford-Trinity_College_01.JPG/435px-UK-2014-Oxford-Trinity_College_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/UK-2014-Oxford-Trinity_College_01.JPG/580px-UK-2014-Oxford-Trinity_College_01.JPG 2x"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Trinity_College,_Oxford_arms.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Trinity_College,_Oxford_arms.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford_arms.svg/150px-Trinity_College%2C_Oxford_arms.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1916" data-file-type="drawing" height="180" width="150" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford_arms.svg/225px-Trinity_College%2C_Oxford_arms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford_arms.svg/300px-Trinity_College%2C_Oxford_arms.svg.png 2x" alt="Trinity_College%2C_Oxford_arms.svg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><b>Arms:</b> <i><a href="/en/Per_pale" title="Per pale" class="mw-redirect wl">Per pale</a> <a href="/en/Or_(heraldry)" title="Or (heraldry)" class="wl">or</a> and <a href="/en/Azure_(heraldry)" title="Azure (heraldry)" class="wl">azure</a>, on a chevron between three griffins' heads erased four fleurs-de-lis all counter-changed</i><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> (arms of Sir Thomas Pope, Founder<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span>)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%;  border-collapse:collapse;">
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      </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Broad_Street,_Oxford" title="Broad Street, Oxford" class="wl">Broad Street</a>, <a href="/en/Oxford" title="Oxford" class="wl">Oxford</a> OX1 3BH</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system" class="wl">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Trinity_College,_Oxford&amp;params=51.755343_N_1.256958_W_type:edu" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec">51.755343°N 1.256958°W</span><span style="display:none"><span>﻿</span> / <span class="geo">51.755343; -1.256958</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Latin name</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="font-style:italic">Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis in Universitate Oxon. ex Fundatione Thomae Pope Militis<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Latin_language" title="Latin language" class="mw-redirect wl">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Quod tacitum velis nemini dixeris</i> (That which you wish to be secret, tell to nobody)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1555<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>468<span>&nbsp;</span>years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1555</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Named for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Trinity" title="Trinity" class="wl">The Holy Trinity</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Sister_college" title="Sister college" class="wl">Sister college</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Churchill_College,_Cambridge" title="Churchill College, Cambridge" class="wl">Churchill College, Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Dame <a href="/en/Hilary_Boulding" title="Hilary Boulding" class="wl">Hilary Boulding</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Undergraduates</th><td class="infobox-data">308<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> (2011/2012)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postgraduates</th><td class="infobox-data">125</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/" class="external text" target="_blank">www<wbr>.trinity<wbr>.ox<wbr>.ac<wbr>.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Boat club</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.trinitycollegebc.co.uk/" class="external text" target="_blank">Boat Club</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Map</th></tr><tr><td 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<p>Despite its large physical size, the college is relatively small in terms of student numbers at approximately 400. It was founded as a men's college and has been coeducational since 1979.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="#cite_note-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[8]</span></a></span> As of 2022, the total funds of Trinity amounted to £212 million, including a <a href="/en/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment" class="wl">financial endowment</a> of £181 million.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-trinity1718_9-0"><a href="#cite_note-trinity1718-9" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[9]</span></a></span></p>

<p>Trinity has produced three <a href="/en/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom_by_education" title="List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom by education" class="mw-redirect wl">British prime ministers</a>, placing it third after <a href="/en/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford" class="wl">Christ Church</a> and <a href="/en/Balliol_College,_Oxford" title="Balliol College, Oxford" class="wl">Balliol</a> in terms of former students who have held that office.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="#cite_note-10" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[10]</span></a></span></p>



Trinity College  Despite its large physical size, the college is relatively small in terms of student numbers at approximately 400. It was founded as a men's college and has been coeducational since 1979. Trinity has produced three British prime ministers, placing it third after Christ Church and Balliol in terms of former students who have held that office. 