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Oxford is the oldest and one of the most prestigious universities in the English speaking world. Today it’s an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research, attracting students and scholars from all over the world. Oxford is situated about 57 miles (90 km) north- west of London in its own country of Oxfordshire. The city lies at the confluence of the rivers Cherwell and Thames , or “Isis”, as it’s locally known.

HISTORY The University of Oxford does not have a clear date of foundation. Teaching at Oxford existed in some form in 1096. According to a legend Oxford University was founded by King Alfred the Great in 872 when he happened to meet some monks there and had a scholarly debate that lasted several days. A more realistic scenario is that it grew out of efforts begun by Alfred to encourage education and establish schools throughout his territory.

HISTORY Long after Alfred, during the 11 th or 12 th century, it’s known that Oxford became a centre of learning for clerks, from which a school or university could have sprung. Oxford was modeled on the University of Paris with initial faculties of theology, law, medicine and the liberal arts. The university had no buildings in its early years; lectures were given in hired halls or churches. The various colleges of Oxford were originally merely endowed boardinghouses for impoverished scholars. They were intended primarily for masters or bachelors of arts who needed financial assistance to enable them to continue study for a higher degree. The University was promoted in 1167 when, for political reasons, Henry II of England ordered all English students at Paris to return to England. Most of the returning students settled at Oxford and the University began a period of rapid development.

Oxford differs from Many other Universities that there is no university campus. Instead, the University consists of a large number of colleges and associated buildings, scattered throughout the city. Arms Of The Colleges of Oxford University .

NOTABLE COLLEGES The first college, the Lincoln (1427), University College, was Magdalen (1458), founded in 1249. Mansfield (founded 1886; inc. 1995), All Souls (1438), Merton (1264), Balliol (1263– 68), New (1379), Brasenose (1509), Christ Church (1546), Nuffield (founded 1937; inc. 1958), Corpus Christi (1517), Oriel (1326), Exeter (1314), Pembroke (1624), Green (1979), Queen’s (1341), Harris Manchester St. Anne’s (founded 1786; inc. 1879; inc. 1952), 1996), Hertford (founded 1740; St. Antony’s (1950), inc. 1874), St. Catherine’s (1962), Jesus (1571), St. Cross (1965), Keble (founded 1868; inc. St. Edmund Hall (1278), 1870), St. Hilda’s (founded Kellogg (1990), 1893; inc. 1926), Linacre (1962), St. Hugh’s (founded 1886; inc. 1926), St. John’s (1555), St. Peter’s (founded 1929; inc. 1961), Somerville (founded 1879; inc. 1926), Templeton (founded 1965; inc. 1995), Trinity (1554– 55), Wadham (1612), Wolfson (founded 1966; inc. 1981), Worcester (founded 1283; inc. 1714). Lady Margaret Hall (founded 1878)

NOTABLE COLLEGES All Souls Magdalen College Christ Church

NOTABLE COLLEGES Lady Margaret Hall which was the first women’s college. It’s worth saying that women were first admitted to full membership in the university in 1920. Since 1974 all but one of Oxford’s colleges admit both men and women. Keble College

ORGANISATION More than 130 nationalities are represented among a student population of over 20, 000. Ø The University’s formal head is the Chancellor (currently Lord Patten of Barnes). The Chancellor is a titular figure and holds office until death. Ø The Vice-Chancellor, currently Andrew Hamilton, is the “de facto” head of the University. He is who is involved with the day-to-day running of the University. Ø

Organisation The university is a federation : ü Central administration ü 39 colleges ü 6 private halls

Education Oxford’s teaching and research is consistently in the top rank nationally and internationally. What makes Oxford education distinctive is tutorial teaching. Undergraduates attend on average one hour-long tutorial every week and undertake a considerable number of hours’ preparatory work for each tutorial including background reading, essay-writing And a serious research university and problem-solving. means a place where the cleverest people on the planet think really hard about the hardest problems on the planet. So Oxford is a place where they teach you to think. And it gives you everything you need: a quiet atmosphere, research labs and the finest libraries.

THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY The University’s main research library, the Bodleian Library, is four hundred years old. It is the second largest in the UK after the British Library. It has 120 miles of occupied shelving, 29 reading rooms and 2, 490 places for readers.

Ashmolean Museum of Natural History

Botanic Garden

Famous Graduates Oxford has been associated with many of the greatest names in British history, from John Wesley and Cardinal Wolsey to Oscar Wilde and Sir Richard Burton, to Cecil Rhodes and Sir Walter Raleigh. The astronomer Edmond Halley studied at Oxford, and the physicist Robert Boyle performed his most important research there. There have been many famous people who have studied at Oxford University. They include John Locke, Adam Smith, Percey Shelley, Lewis Carrol, Oscar Wilde, J. R. Tolkien, Indira Gandi, Baroness Margaret Thatcher and Bill Clinton. Contemporary stars include Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, as well as Hugh Grant. All in all, Oxford has produced : 4 British and 8 foreign kings 47 Nobel-prize winners 25 British Prime Ministers 28 foreign presidents and prime ministers

Famous Graduates Lewis Caroll Oscar Wilde J. R. Tolkien

Famous Graduates Margaret Thatcher Bill Clinton

Hugh Grant Tim Berners Lee

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