Templeton College, Oxford

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Templeton College, Oxford

College name

Templeton College

Named after

Sir John Templeton

Established

1965

Sister College

None

Dean

Michael Earl

Undergraduates

None

GCR President

Siva Sundaram

Graduates

120

Homepage

Boatclub

Templeton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is an all-graduate college, concentrating on the recruitment of students in business and management studies. It is one of the least wealthy colleges with an estimated financial endowment of £5m (2003).

The college was founded in 1965 as the Oxford Centre for Management Studies. It was renamed Templeton College in 1983 as a result of a donation from Sir John Templeton, in honour of his parents, Harvey Maxwell and Vella Handly Templeton. Initially a "society of entitlement" in the University, Templeton College began admitting graduate students in 1984 and became a full graduate college of the University by Royal Charter in 1995. In November 2005, the College transferred its executive education business to the Saïd Business School. On the 26th of February 2007 two bombs were found planted at Templeton College, Oxford. There is suspicion that Animal Rights protestors were responsible.^[1]

On 26th February 2007, a proposed merger with Green College was announced.^{[citation needed]}

See also Alumni of Templeton College.