The Delegacy for Women Students was a committee formed by the University of Oxford which oversaw the governance of Oxford's women students and colleges.
It marked the first time Oxford officially recognised the existence of women students.
[1] The idea of the Delegacy came from Henry T. Gerrans, secretary of the Delegacy for Local Examinations, who suggested to the Hebdomadal Council that the university should formally assume supervision and responsibility over women students who had been attending Oxford since 1878.
[2] The statute had a total of thirteen resolutions, many of which listed the duties and role of the delegacy.
[3] Its headquarters were located in the basement of the Clarendon Building where it operated alongside the AWE until 1920, when the latter was wound up after the admittance of women as full-time members of Oxford.