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Blazon: Lozengy ermine and sable, on a chief of the second three lilies argent slipped and seeded or.
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| Location | Longwall Street and High Street |
| Coordinates | 51°45′09″N 1°14′49″W / 51.752374°N 1.247077°WCoordinates: 51°45′09″N 1°14′49″W / 51.752374°N 1.247077°W |
| Full name | The President and Fellows of the College of St Mary Magdalen in the University of Oxford |
| Latin name | Collegium Beatae Mariae Magdalenae |
| Motto | Floreat Magdalena |
| Established | 1458 |
| Named for | Mary Magdalene |
| Sister college | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| President | Sir David Clary FRS |
| Undergraduates | 411 (2013) |
| Postgraduates | 159 |
| Website | www |
| Boat club | Boatclub website |
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 Location in Oxford city centre
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Magdalen College (/ˈmɔːdlɪn/ MAWD-lin) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. Magdalen is one of the wealthiest colleges in Oxford, with an estimated financial endowment of £180.8 million as of 2014.
Magdalen stands next to the River Cherwell and has within its grounds a deer park and Addison's Walk. The large, square Magdalen Tower is an Oxford landmark, and it is a tradition, dating to the days of Henry VII, that the college choir sings from the top of it at 6 am on May Morning.
Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor. The founder's statutes included provision for a choral foundation of men and boys (a tradition that has continued to the present day) and made reference to the pronunciation of the name of the college in English. The college received another substantial endowment from the estate of Sir John Fastolf of Caister Castle in Norfolk (1380–1459). Another unrelated college named Magdalen Hall adjacent to Magdalen College eventually became part of Hertford College.
Magdalen's prominence since the mid-20th century owes much to such famous fellows as C. S. Lewis and A. J. P. Taylor, and its academic success to the work of such dons as Thomas Dewar Weldon. Women were first admitted to the college in 1979. In 2015, Magdalen topped Oxford's Norrington Table of college undergraduate examination results, and its average score over the 2006-2016 period is the best among the colleges.
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