St Antony's College is a world-renowned centre for research and teaching in global and regional issues, and is the most cosmopolitan of the seven graduate colleges of the University of Oxford. It specialises in international relations, economics, politics and history of particular parts of the world. 

The College has seven regional centres. Most of the Centres are housed on the College’s campus in converted Victorian houses. College also contains modern buildings, including a new building designed by the late Zaha Hadid.

St Antony’s has between 450 and 550 postgraduate students working on taught master’s courses and research-based doctorates. Membership of the College is itself an important educational experience for the students. Coming from more than 70 countries, they learn from each other’s experience and broaden their understanding of the world.  They also benefit from the experience and scholarship of the hundred or more senior visitors whom St Antony’s welcomes each year.  In addition to world-renowned scholars, these include businesspeople, politicians and government officials.  World leaders often come to speak at the College.