Oxford University is one of the top 20 Universities in the UK

Famous for both acamedic rigour and the 'old boys network', Oxford is consistently found at the very top of the list of the UK University Top 20.

 

Founded around 1096 AD, Oxford is England's oldest educational esablishment.

Students have access to the Bodleian, founded in 1598 and the The Ashmolean Museum, founded in 1683, the oldest museum in the country. In addtion the World famous Pitt-Rivers museum of anthropology is part of the University.

The University of Oxford comprises 39 Colleges, which are named as follows:

All Souls College - founded 1438
Balliol College - founded 1263
Brasenose College - founded 1509
Christ Church - founded 1546
Corpus Christi College - founded 1517
Exeter College - founded 1314
Green College - founded 1979
Harris Manchester College - founded 1786
Hertford College - founded 1282
Jesus College - founded 1571
Keble College - founded 1870
Kellogg College - founded 1990
Lady Margaret Hall - founded 1878
Linacre College - founded 1962
Lincoln College - founded 1427
Magdalen College - founded 1458
Mansfield College - founded 1886
Merton College - founded 1264
New College - founded 1379
Nuffield College - founded 1937
Oriel College - founded 1326
Pembroke College - founded 1624
The Queen's College - founded 1341
St Anne's College - founded 1878
St Antony's College - founded 1950
St Catherine's College - founded 1963
St Cross College - founded 1965
St Edmund Hall - founded 1226
St Hilda's College - founded 1893
St Hugh's College - founded 1886
St John's College - founded 1555
St Peter's College - founded 1929
Somerville College - founded 1879
Templeton College - founded 1965
Trinity College - founded 1554
University College - founded 1249
Wadham College - founded 1610
Wolfson College - founded 1966
Worcester College - founded 1714

 

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