St Catherine's College, Oxford

</div> St Catherine's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Familiarly known as "Catz", the college's modern architecture by Arne Jacobsen reflects the date of its foundation, and it is a Grade I listed building.

History

The college was founded in 1962 by Alan Bullock, out of the former St Catherine's Society for unattached undergraduates. In 1974, it became one of the first five co-educational colleges in the university.

Notable former students

• John Birt - director-general of the BBC
• Joseph Heller - Catch-22 author
• Peter Mandelson - architect of "New Labour" and twice a Cabinet minister
• Matthew Pinsent - triple Olympic gold medallist
• Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit author