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About the University of Oxford

Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

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Enid Starkie, Fellow and Tutor in Modern Languages, gives a lecture in Somerville College in 1944

Our history

Oxford is a unique and historic institution. As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, it can lay claim to nine centuries of continuous existence.

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Facts and figures

There are more than 26,000 students at Oxford, including 12,470 undergraduates and 13,920 postgraduates.

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Visiting the colleges

Information on opening times and admission charges for our colleges and permanent private halls.