Wolfson College, Oxford

Wolfson College
Blazon: Per pale gules and or on a chevron between three roses and two pears all countercharged the roses barbed and seeded proper.
University	University of Oxford
Location	Linton Road, Oxford
Motto	"Humani nil alienum" (Homo sum, humani nil alienum a me puto)
Established	1965
Named for	Sir Isaac Wolfson
Previous names	Iffley College
Sister college	Darwin College, Cambridge
President	Dame Hermione Lee
Undergraduates	none (graduate-only college)
Postgraduates	614 (2008)
Website	www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk
Boat club	Boatclub

Wolfson College /ˈwʊlfsən/ is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Located in north Oxford along the River Cherwell, Wolfson is an all-graduate college with over sixty governing body fellows, in addition to both research and junior research fellows. It caters to a wide range of subjects, from the humanities to the social and natural sciences. The college is also Oxford University's most international and interdisciplinary graduate college, with students from 75 nationalities enrolled in masters and doctoral programs.

The liberal philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin was the college's first president, and was instrumental not only in its founding in 1965, but establishing its tradition of academic excellence and egalitarianism. The college houses The Isaiah Berlin Literary Trust and the annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture. The current president of Wolfson College is Dame Hermione Lee, to be succeeded in Summer 2018 by Tim Hitchens.

As of 2006, the college had a financial endowment of £33.5 million.

Wolfson's first president Sir Isaiah Berlin, the influential political philosopher and historian of ideas, was instrumental in the college's founding in 1965.

The college began its existence with the name Iffley College, which offered a new community for graduate students at Oxford, particularly in natural and social sciences. Twelve other colleges of the university provided grants to make the establishment of Iffley possible. As of 1965, the college had neither a president nor a building. Berlin set out to change this, eventually securing support from the Wolfson Foundation and Ford Foundation in 1966 to establish a separate site for the college, which included 'Cherwell', the former residence of J.S. Haldane and his family, as well as new buildings built around it. Isaac Wolfson generously contributed to the foundation of the college. In recognition of his contribution the college's name was changed to Wolfson College.