Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Harris Manchester College (HMC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded in Warrington in 1757 as a college for Unitarian students and moved to Oxford in 1893. It became a full college of the university in 1996, taking its current name to commemorate its predecessor the Manchester Academy and a benefaction by Lord Harris of Peckham.
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Harris Manchester College Arlosh Quad | ||||||||||||||||
Arms: Gules two torches inflamed in saltire proper, on a chief argent, between two roses of the field barbed and seeded, an open book also proper. | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mansfield Road (map) | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51.755758°N 1.252044°W | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Manchester Academy and Harris College | |||||||||||||||
| Latin name | Collegium de Harris et Manchester | |||||||||||||||
| Abbreviation | HMC | |||||||||||||||
| Motto | Veritas Libertas Pietas (Latin) | |||||||||||||||
| Motto in English | Truth, Freedom, Piety | |||||||||||||||
| Established | 1786 | |||||||||||||||
| Named after | Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Warrington Academy, Manchester Academy and Manchester College | |||||||||||||||
| Architect | Thomas Worthington | |||||||||||||||
| Sister college | Homerton College, Cambridge | |||||||||||||||
| Principal | Professor Jane Shaw | |||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 113 (2020) | |||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 178 (2020) | |||||||||||||||
| Senior tutor | Professor Lesley Smith | |||||||||||||||
| Endowment | £14.1 million (2018) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||
| JCR | hmcjcr | |||||||||||||||
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Location in Oxford city centre | ||||||||||||||||
The college's postgraduate and undergraduate places are exclusively for students aged 21 years or over. With around 100 undergraduates and 150 postgraduates, Harris Manchester is the smallest undergraduate college in either of the Oxbridge universities.
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