Oxford is another University of London, which is the main competition. For several years now, Oxford has been a leader in various lists and rankings of the best institutions of higher education. The University of Oxford is the oldest English-speaking university in the world. And also takes an honorable first place among universities in the UK. ( 11 photos)
Today, the University of Oxford is already a synonym for success and knowledge. And it all started back in the 11th century, it was then that Oxford was formed in 1096. Oxford is on the second position in the list of the oldest universities in Europe. In general, the full name of the university looks like this - "Oxford University" (University of Oxford).
The university is located in the eponymous city of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. Today Oxford is known all over the world and probably most of the students would like to study at this legendary university. Oxford diploma received such celebrities as: Margaret Thatcher, John Tolkien, I. Turgenev, A. Akhmatova and others.
Oxford in recent days is becoming increasingly popular as a tourist destination, every year thousands of tourists come here to look at the annual, traditional May holiday called "May Day". And also see with your own eyes at Christ Church College, where the legendary "Harry Potter" was filmed.
And of course, the Nobel Prizes received by Oxford brought great popularity to the university, of which Oxford has about 40. It is from Oxford University that prominent figures and first persons of the country come out. So 25 Oxford graduates became British prime ministers, 6 kings, and about 100 people became the largest businessmen in the world.
Education at Oxford follows the same system as in Cambridge, the academic year is divided into three semesters: the first lasts from October to December, the second from January to March, and the last from April to June. It is here in Oxford that students are trained according to a special, “individual” training system, which is probably the result of the deep knowledge of graduates.
Throughout the academic year, students attend lectures, seminars, etc. But still, Oxford is a different system of education from the one we are used to seeing, the fact is that at the university there are about 3-4 students for each teacher, which allows you to find a more individual approach to each, and not teach a subject in a huge audience and find understandable to all methods of explanation. It is believed here that teaching a subject in an audience with a large number of students, that is, for everyone at the same time, dulls their personal, individual abilities, and does not allow their talents to be revealed in the area to which they are inclined.
By the way, the admission committee of the university also uses a non-standard method. At the interview, the commission asks unusual questions, and maybe even stupid ones, this is done in order to understand whether the future student can think outside the box, and reasonably prove his position. For education at Oxford, you will have to pay about 7 thousand pounds (300 thousand rubles), depending on the faculty.
Today, there are more than 18 thousand students in Oxford, of which a quarter are citizens of other states. Of course, for many, such an amount will be unbearable for education, but it is worth noting that the university has a system of grants and scholarships, which allows you to partially or fully cover the amount of tuition.
Oxford makes a separate exception for students in Russia and Israel, it annually allocates a certain number of scholarships, which fully covers the amount of tuition. The main areas of study at Oxford are the humanities, mathematics, physics, social sciences, medical sciences, life sciences and the environment.
One of the best universities in the world and the UK in particular is the famous Oxford University in London.
