Green Templeton College, Oxford
Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the former Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and is centred on the architecturally important Radcliffe Observatory, an 18th-century building, modelled on the ancient Tower of the Winds at Athens. It is the university's second newest graduate college, after Reuben College, having been founded by the historic merger of Green College and Templeton College in 2008.
| Green Templeton College | ||||||||||||
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| Oxford | ||||||||||||
The Radcliffe Observatory, now part of Green Templeton College | ||||||||||||
Arms: Or between two Flaunches Vert on each a Nautilus Shell the aperture outwards Or a Rod of Aesculapius Sable the Serpent Azure | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51.761223°N 1.262866°W | |||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | |||||||||||
| Named for | Cecil Howard Green and Sir John Templeton | |||||||||||
| Sister college | St Edmund's College, Cambridge | |||||||||||
| Principal | Sir Michael Dixon | |||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 98 (Dec. 2021) | |||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 544 (Dec. 2021) | |||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||
| Boat club | Green Templeton Boat Club | |||||||||||
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Location in Oxford city centre | ||||||||||||
The college has a distinctive academic profile, specialising in subjects relating to human welfare and social, economic, and environmental well-being, including medical and health sciences, management and business, and most social sciences.
Green Templeton's sister college at the University of Cambridge is St Edmund's College.