There are more than 25,000 students at Oxford

Facts and figures

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Oxford was ranked first in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 - a record nine consecutive years.
There are more than 26,000 students at Oxford, including 12,470 undergraduates and 13,920 postgraduates.
Entry to undergraduate courses at Oxford continues to be very competitive: there are usually only around 3,300 places, and over 23,000 people applied to start in 2023.
The majority of Oxford’s UK undergraduates come from state schools. Over 67% of UK students admitted in 2023 were from the state sector.
450 postgraduate courses received applications for year of entry 2022/23 (including part-time variants).
For 2022/23 entry, over 37,500 applications were received for some 6,056 postgraduate places.
International students make up 46% of our total student body - around 12,075 students. Students come to Oxford from more than 160 countries and territories (as of 1 December 2022).
According to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, which assesses the quality of research in UK Higher Education Institutions, Oxford’s submission had the highest volume of world-leading research¹.
The University of Oxford contributes around £15.7 billion to the UK economy, and supports more than 28,000 full time jobs (2018/19). Find out more here.

(¹Largest volume of world-leading research is calculated from the sum of (overall %4* x submitted FTE) across all submissions.)