"The University of Oxford (legitimately The Chancellor Masters as well as Scholars of the College of Oxford) is a collegiate study university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the earliest university in the English-speaking globe and also the world's second-oldest university in constant operation. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II outlawed English pupils from attending the College of Paris. After conflicts in between students as well as Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what came to be the University of Cambridge. Both "" ancient universities"" are frequently jointly called "" Oxbridge"". The background as well as impact of the College of Oxford have made it among the most distinguished universities on the planet.

The college is comprised of 39 component colleges, 6 permanent private halls, and a series of scholastic departments which are arranged right into 4 divisions. [14] All the colleges are independent establishments within the college, each managing its very own membership and also with its own inner structure and tasks. It does not have a primary university, and also its structures and facilities are spread throughout the city centre. Undergraduate mentor at Oxford is arranged around regular tutorials at the colleges as well as halls, sustained by courses, lectures, workshops, and lab work offered by college professors as well as divisions; some postgraduate training, as well as periodically undergraduate mentor, includes tutorials organised by professors and also divisions. It operates the globe's earliest college museum, as well as the biggest university press in the world as well as the largest scholastic library system across the country.

In the fiscal year finishing 31 July 2019, the college had an overall earnings of ₤ 2.45 billion, of which ₤ 624.8 million was from research study gives and also contracts. The university is placed among the most effective higher learning organizations by the majority of global and also significant national organization tables.

Oxford has educated a wide range of noteworthy alumni, including 28 head of states of the UK and also lots of presidents and government around the world. As of November 2019, 72 Nobel Reward laureates, 3 Fields Medalists, and also 6 Turing Award winners have actually examined, functioned, or held checking out fellowships at the University of Oxford, while its graduates have won 160 Olympic medals. Oxford is the house of countless scholarships, including the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the oldest international graduate scholarship programmes."