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OXFORD

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:

  • Located in Oxford, London

  • Oxford's motto is Dominus Illuminatio mea,  meaning ''The Lord is my light''

  • The number of students attending is approximately 26,00

  • The student-faculty ratio is 10,5:1

  • About 30 prime ministers have attended this university

  • According to legend, the university was founded when Alfred the Great happened to meet some monks in the year 872, Oxford, and had a scholarly debate  which lasted several days

  • In reality, there is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making  it the oldest English-speaking university in the world

  • In 1167, the school grew immensely when Henry II. banned students from England to attend the University of Paris.

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:

  • Oxford houses around 50 undergraduate courses such as Biochemistry (Molecular and Cellular), Computer Science and Philosophy, Material Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine...

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ALUMNI:

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

Oxford bridge

  • 70 Nobel Prize laureates, including:

  • 11 from Chemistry

  • 16 from Medicine

  • 6 from Physics 

  • 9 Balzan Prize Winners

  • 4 Field Medal Winners

  • Erwin Schrödinger (Schrödinger's Cat)

  • Theresa May (former prime minister)

  • Howard Florey (discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases)

  • Stephen Hawking

CAMPUS INFO:

  • Oxford is not a campus university , it consists of many buildings, libraries, gardens, colleges , halls  and and other amazing facilities  scattered around the centre of Oxford

  • Some of these buildings are open for visitors during the day

  • You can choose from over 400 different clubs and societies

  • During their studies, students belong to Oxfords'colleges.

  • There are over 30 colleges located around Oxford’s city centre. These are safe and welcoming communities where students spend much of their time.

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REQUIREMENTS:

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