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.
Town and Gown 2026
Team Balliol turned out in impressive numbers for this year’s Oxford Town and Gown Fun Run.
Balliol physicists demonstrate new quantum interaction
Three Balliol physicists were among a team of researchers at Oxford to demonstrate a new type of quantum interaction for the first time, in findings published in Nature Physics.
New Fellows and Academic Visitors
A warm welcome to John Chu (Keeper of Western Art, Garlick Fellow and Professorial Fellow) and Professor Elaine Treharne (Oliver Smithies Visiting Lecturer), who join Balliol this Trinity Term.