St Catz MCR

Graduate Freshers’ Dinner
2025-10-10 18:30 - 23:30 (Europe/London)
18:30 – Riverside Walkway (Pre-Dinner Reception)
19:15 – Hall Marquee (Dinner)
20:30 – Ainsworth Graduate Centre, MCR (Post-dinner reception)
Organised by College & MCR
Sign-up is necessary. You will be asked by the Academic Office (academic.registrar@stcatz.ox.ac.uk) to register and submit your dietary restrictions.
Get to know Catz Dining and enjoy dinner with the Catz graduate community. Dinner is offered by college. The bar will be open after dinner. If you couldn’t go to the dinner, you are still welcome to come to the post-dinner reception in the MCR afterwards.

Sexy Salsa with Señor Sandoval
2025-10-11 11:30 - 12:30 | Catz MCR, MCR, St Catherine's College, Manor Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3UJ, United Kingdom
11:30–12:30 – Ainsworth Graduate Centre, MCR – Organised by MCR
Sign-up is highly encouraged. Partners and family are welcome.
An introduction to salsa dancing, suitable for beginners.

Yummy Lunch with Signore Pydugadu
2025-10-11 12:30 - 14:00
12:30–14:00 – Ainsworth Graduate Centre, MCR – Organised by MCR
Sign-up is highly encouraged. Partners and family are welcome.
Enjoy lunch together with fellow Catz graduate students.

Catz Rowing Freshers Barbecue
2025-10-11 15:00 - 17:00
15:00–17:00 – Catz Boat House – Organised by Catz Rowing Club
Enjoy a barbecue with the Catz Rowing team and get to know our Boat House!

The ‘Name Game’ Entz
2025-10-11 22:00 - 23:30
22:00 – JCR marquee – Organised by JCR
Dress as something or someone beginning with the first letter of your name and meet the undergraduate community.

Registration and Briefing
2025-10-18 09:30 - 11:15 | Riverside Lecture Theatre
09:30 – Riverside Lecture Theatre – Organised by College
Compulsory attendance before the ceremony.

Group Photograph
2025-10-18 11:15 - 12:15 | Main Quad
11:15 – Main Quad – Organised by College
The traditional matriculation photo with your cohort.

Individual Photographs
2025-10-18 12:15 - 13:00 | Main Quad
12:15 – Main Quad – Organised by College
Portraits taken after the group photo.

Lunch
2025-10-18 13:15 - 14:00 | Riverside Walkway
13:15 – Riverside Walkway – Organised by College
Sandwich lunch with refreshments

Matriculation Ceremony
2025-10-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3AZ
15:00 – Sheldonian Theatre – Organised by University
Attendance is compulsory. The formal ceremony where you officially become a member of the University of Oxford. Partners and family are welcome to join outside the Sheldonian Theatre.
