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Corpus Christi College, Oxford

LocationMerton Street, Oxford OX1 4JFCoordinates51°45′03″N1°15′13″W / 51.7509°N 1.2537°W / 51.7509; -1.2537Full nameThe College of the Body of Christ in the University of OxfordLatin nameCollegium Corporis ChristiFounderRichard Foxe, Bishop of WinchesterEstablished1517 (1517)Named forCorpus Christi, Body of ChristCorpus Christi College, CambridgePresidentHelen MooreUndergraduatesc.265 (December 2023)Postgraduatesc.100 (December 2023)Endowment£198.1 million (2023)Websitewww.ccc.ox.ac.ukCorpus Christi JCRCorpus Christi MCRBoat clubCorpus Christi College Boat ClubMap
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Location within Oxford city centre

Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1517 by Richard Foxe, Bishop of Winchester.

The college, situated on Merton Street between Merton College and Christ Church, is one of the smallest in Oxford by student population, having around 250 undergraduates and 90 graduates. It is academic by Oxford standards, averaging in the top half of the university's informal ranking system, the Norrington Table, in recent years, and coming second in 2009–10.

The college's role in the translation of the King James Bible is historically significant. The college is also noted for the pillar sundial in the main quadrangle, known as the Pelican Sundial, which was erected in 1581. Corpus achieved notability in more recent years by winning University Challenge on 9 May 2005 and once again on 23 February 2009, although the latter win was later disqualified.

The Bishop of Winchester (currently Philip Mounstephen) is Visitor of the college ex officio.