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Linacre College is one of the constituent colleges of the University Of Oxford in the United Kingdom , currently offering graduate entry only. It is located in St. Cross Road, next to the University Parks. It is one of the least wealthy colleges with an estimated Financial Endowment of £9m ( 2003 ).

The college is named after Thomas Linacre (1460-1524), a distinguished Oxford humanist. Linacre was also a medical scientist and a classicist. His ideals were multi-disciplinary. The college aims to reflect this multi-disciplinary approach.


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Linacre College was founded in 1962 . It currently has about 350 graduate students. The college was the first of Oxford's colleges to admit female and male students on an equal basis. It is proud of its international students. Over fifty countries are represented in the college's membership.


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