Balliol College
Academic excellence
Balliol College is a place where people of exceptional potential study with academics who are experts in their field.
Social responsibility
In this community in the centre of Oxford, Balliol generates ideas and educates people who seek to change the world for the better.
Sir Anthony Kenny 1931–2026
The College is greatly saddened to learn of the death of Sir Anthony Kenny, MA DPhil DLitt Oxf, FBA, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy 1964–1978, Master of Balliol 1978–1989, and Honorary Fellow from 1989.
Balliol biologists contribute to study on origins of complex brains
A study involving Balliol biologists has shed new light on the evolutionary origins of complex brains.
Professor Seamus Perry in Voices from Oxford
Professor Seamus Perry featured in Voices from Oxford as new Master of Balliol