About the University
The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, though its exact founding date is unknown; there is evidence of teaching at Oxford as far back as 1096. A dispute between students and the town in 1209 led some scholars to leave and settle in Cambridge, where they later founded the University of Cambridge. Oxford is a collegiate university, made up of 36 constituent colleges along with several other academic societies and halls.
Location
The university is based in the city of Oxford, England, with its colleges and departments spread throughout the historic city centre rather than gathered on a single campus. The city itself is built closely around the university, so student life and city life are closely intertwined.
What Students Can Study
Teaching at Oxford happens through a mix of college-based tutorials — small-group or one-to-one sessions with academics — and university-run lectures, classes, and laboratories, with each college responsible for its own students’ tutorial teaching. Subjects such as history have particularly long teaching traditions at Oxford, taught there longer than at almost any other university. Specific course content, structure, and entry requirements vary by subject and college, and should be checked directly with the university.
Why Students Consider This University
Students often consider Oxford for its distinctive collegiate structure, where academic teaching, accommodation, and much of student life happen through an individual college as well as the wider university. That structure gives a smaller, closer-knit community within a much larger, very old institution, though the collegiate admissions process (applying to a specific college as well as a course) works differently from most other UK universities.
Studying in Oxford
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Applying to University of Oxford
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Important Information
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