University of Oxford

University of Oxford
Coat of arms
Latin: Universitas Oxoniensis[1][2][3]
Other name
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford[4]
MottoDominus illuminatio mea (Latin)
Motto in English
The Lord is my light
TypeCollegiate research university
Ancient university
Establishedc. 1096 (1096)[5]
Endowment£8.708 billion (2024; including colleges)[8]
Budget£3.055 billion (2023/24)[7]
ChancellorThe Lord Hague of Richmond
Vice-ChancellorIrene Tracey[9]
Academic staff
7,220 (2023/24)[10]
Administrative staff
8,295 (2023/24)[10]
Students27,160 (2023/24)[11]
22,150 FTE (2023/24)[11]
Undergraduates15,040 (2023/24)[11]
Postgraduates12,120 (2023/24)[11]
Other students
430 (2023)[12][13]
Location
Oxford
,
England

51°45′18″N 01°15′18″W / 51.75500°N 1.25500°W / 51.75500; -1.25500
CampusUniversity town
Colours  Oxford Blue[14]
Affiliations
  • ACU
  • EUA
  • Europaeum
  • IARU
  • LERU
  • Russell Group
  • SES
  • Universities UK
Websiteox.ac.uk

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096,[5] making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation.[5][15][16] It grew rapidly from 1167, when Henry II prohibited English students from attending the University of Paris.[5] When disputes erupted between students and the Oxford townspeople, some Oxford academics fled northeast to Cambridge, where they established the University of Cambridge in 1209.[17] The two English ancient universities share many common features and are jointly referred to as Oxbridge.[18]

The University of Oxford comprises 43 constituent colleges, consisting of 36 semi-autonomous colleges, four permanent private halls and three societies (colleges that are departments of the university, without their own royal charter).[19][20] and a range of academic departments that are organised into four divisions.[21] Each college is a self-governing institution within the university that controls its own membership and has its own internal structure and activities. All students are members of a college.[19] Oxford does not have a main campus. Its buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the city centre and around the town. Undergraduate teaching at the university consists of lectures, small-group tutorials at the colleges and halls, seminars, laboratory work and tutorials provided by the central university faculties and departments. Postgraduate teaching is provided in a predominantly centralised fashion.

Oxford operates the Ashmolean Museum, the world's oldest university museum; Oxford University Press, the largest university press in the world; and the largest academic library system nationwide.[22] In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2024, the university had a total consolidated income of £3.05 billion, of which £778.9 million was from research grants and contracts.[7] In 2024, Oxford ranked first nationally for undergraduate education.

Oxford has educated a wide range of notable alumni, including 31 prime ministers of the United Kingdom[23] and many heads of state and government around the world.[24] As of October 2022, 73 Nobel Prize laureates, 4 Fields Medalists, and 6 Turing Award winners have matriculated, worked, or held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford. Its alumni have won 160 Olympic medals.[25] Oxford is home to a number of scholarships, including the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the oldest international graduate scholarship programmes in the world.

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  8. ^ Colleges (group) £6,795.6M,[6] University (consolidated) £1,912.4M[7]
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  20. ^ "Organisation | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2024. The three societies – Kellogg College, Reuben College, and St Cross College – operate very much like the other colleges but are considered departments of the University rather than independent colleges because, unlike the others, they do not have a royal charter.
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  23. ^ "British Prime Ministers". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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