Permanent Private Hall

A Permanent Private Hall (PPH) at the University of Oxford is an educational institution within the university. There are six Permanent Private Halls at Oxford, five of which admit undergraduates. They were founded by different Christian denominations.The principal difference between a college and a PPH is that whereas the former are governed by the fellows of the college, the governance of a PPH resides, at least in part, with the corresponding Christian denomination.

Students at PPHs are members of the University of Oxford and have full access to the University's facilities and activities. Regent’s Park College is the largest PPH, and admits men and women of any age. St Benet’s accepts only male students. Blackfriars, St Stephen’s House and Wycliffe Hall only accept mature students. Campion Hall admitsJesuits and priests of other orders and congregations.

In some cases, a Permanent Private Hall can be granted full collegiate status; recent examples include Mansfield College (became a full college in 1995) and Harris Manchester College (became a full college in 1996). However, one hall, Greyfriars (1224 — refounded 1910) , closed at the end of the academic year 2007–08, as the Franciscan order which ran and funded it could no longer afford the expense. Greyfriar's students were transferred to Regent's Park College when it closed.

Permanent Private Halls of the University of Oxford

Name	Founded	PPH status since	Affiliation	Student numbers (undergraduates/graduates)	Undergraduate degree subjects
Blackfriars website	1221 — refounded 1921	1994	Roman Catholic (Dominican)	7/18	PPE, Philosophy and Theology, Theology
Campion Hall website	1896	1918	Roman Catholic (Jesuit)	1/9	-
Regent's Park website	1810	1957	Baptist Union of Great Britain	100/55	Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, Classics, Classics and English, English, Geography, History, History and Politics, Law, Philosophy and Theology, PPE, Theology
St Benet's Hall website	1897	1918	Roman Catholic (Benedictine)	45/2	Classics, Classics and Oriental Studies, History, History and Politics, Oriental Studies, PPE, Philosophy and Theology, Theology
St Stephen's House website	1876	2003	Church of England (Anglo-Catholic)	20/20	Theology
Wycliffe Hall website	1877	1996	Church of England (evangelical)	50/25	Philosophy and Theology, Theology

Former Permanent Private Halls

Name	Founded	PPH status from	Affiliation	Fate
Mansfield	1886	1955	Nonconformist	Became a full college 1995
Harris Manchester	1889	1990	Nonconformist	Became a full college 1996
Greyfriars	1224 — refounded 1910	1957	Roman Catholic (Franciscan)	Closed 2008

External links

• Regulations for the Establishment and Maintenance of Permanent Private Halls

• Review of the Permanent Private Halls associated with the University of Oxford