Unlike other colleges the undergraduate and graduate members of Wadham have their own Students' Union with extensive powers, providing a common room with wide-ranging facilities, and organising welfare and charity support. Members of the SU also represent the students on college committees. Location Wadham is situated on the corner of Parks Road and Holywell Street, across the road from the Bodleian Library and close to the science laboratories and the city centre. Although right at the heart of the city it has large and beautiful gardens. Remaining rooms are allocated by ballot.
All rooms have telephones and can be fitted with ethernet connections.
The three floors provide over a hundred desk-spaces and the library has ethernet points connected to the University's datasets. The collection of Persian and Arabic books and manuscripts, and the pre-1800 Old Books Collection are of particular value to specialists in these fields. A Computer Manager is employed to give support to members of the college. Wadham also has a large sports ground, with modern pavilion, and a well-appointed boat house. Students are encouraged to take an active part in managing and planning improvements to facilities.