Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the
University of Oxford in the
United Kingdom. It is an all-graduate college and primarily a research establishment, specialising in the social sciences, particularly politics and economics. Despite being one of the newest and smallest of the colleges, its architecture is designed to conform to the traditional college layout, and its modernistic spire is a landmark for those approaching
Oxford from the west.
Nuffield College was founded in 1937, on a site on the westernn side of the city centre, donated by Lord Nuffield.