University of Oxford, located in the
United Kingdom, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It has no clear date of foundation but teaching at Oxford existed at around 1090's.
The University offers
undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs through their
four academic divisions: Medical Sciences Division, Humanities Division, Social Sciences Division, and Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division. Under these divisions are roughly
100 major academic departments.
University of Oxford has a unique collegiate structure with Students and staff having the beneft of belonging both to the University, a large, internationally-renowned institution, and to a hall or college, a smaller academic community.
University of Oxford facts:
- One of its museums, the Ashmolean Museum, is the oldest museum in the UK and one of the oldest in the world.
- Almost 43% of the total student body are international students from more than 150 countries.
- Called as the "city of dreaming spires" by Victorian poet, Matthew Arnold.