"The University of Oxford (legally The Chancellor Masters and also Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate study university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of training as very early as 1096, making it the earliest college in the English-speaking world and also the world's second-oldest college in continual procedure. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English trainees from participating in the College of Paris. After disputes in between students and also Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they developed what ended up being the University of Cambridge. The two "" ancient colleges"" are frequently collectively called "" Oxbridge"". The background and also influence of the College of Oxford have made it among one of the most respected universities in the world.

The college is composed of 39 constituent universities, 6 long-term exclusive halls, and a range of scholastic departments which are arranged right into 4 divisions. [14] All the colleges are self-governing establishments within the university, each controlling its very own subscription and also with its own interior framework and also tasks. It does not have a primary school, and its buildings as well as centers are scattered throughout the city centre. Undergraduate mentor at Oxford is arranged around regular tutorials at the universities as well as halls, sustained by classes, talks, workshops, and also research laboratory job supplied by university professors as well as divisions; some postgraduate mentor, and also sometimes undergraduate teaching, includes tutorials arranged by faculties and departments. It runs the world's earliest college museum, along with the biggest university press worldwide as well as the largest scholastic library system across the country.

In the ending 31 July 2019, the college had a complete earnings of ₤ 2.45 billion, of which ₤ 624.8 million was from research gives and also contracts. The college is ranked among the very best greater understanding organizations by the majority of international and also major nationwide organization tables.

Oxford has informed a vast array of notable alumni, consisting of 28 head of states of the UK and lots of presidents and also federal government around the world. Since November 2019, 72 Nobel Prize laureates, 3 Area Medalists, and 6 Turing Award champions have actually researched, worked, or held going to fellowships at the University of Oxford, while its graduates have actually won 160 Olympic medals. Oxford is the residence of countless scholarships, consisting of the Rhodes Scholarship, among the earliest worldwide graduate scholarship programs."