"The College of Oxford (legitimately The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate study university in Oxford, England. There is proof of training as early as 1096, making it the earliest university in the English-speaking world and also the world's second-oldest university in constant procedure. It proliferated from 1167 when Henry II outlawed English trainees from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between trainees as well as Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics left north-east to Cambridge where they developed what came to be the College of Cambridge. Both "" old colleges"" are often jointly called "" Oxbridge"". The background and influence of the College of Oxford have actually made it among the most prominent colleges in the world.

The college is made up of 39 component colleges, 6 long-term exclusive halls, as well as a variety of academic divisions which are arranged into four departments. [14] All the universities are self-governing organizations within the college, each regulating its very own membership and also with its very own internal framework and also activities. It does not have a major school, and its structures and facilities are scattered throughout the city centre. Undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around regular tutorials at the colleges as well as halls, supported by classes, talks, workshops, as well as laboratory job supplied by college faculties and divisions; some postgraduate teaching, and sometimes undergraduate mentor, includes tutorials arranged by faculties as well as departments. It operates the globe's oldest college gallery, in addition to the largest university press worldwide as well as the largest scholastic library system nationwide.

In the ending 31 July 2019, the college had an overall income of ₤ 2.45 billion, of which ₤ 624.8 million was from research gives and agreements. The college is placed among the most effective greater understanding organizations by a lot of international as well as major nationwide organization tables.

Oxford has actually informed a variety of noteworthy graduates, including 28 prime ministers of the UK and numerous presidents and government all over the world. As of November 2019, 72 Nobel Prize laureates, 3 Area Medalists, and 6 Turing Award winners have actually researched, functioned, or held checking out fellowships at the University of Oxford, while its alumni have won 160 Olympic medals. Oxford is the residence of various scholarships, including the Rhodes Scholarship, among the oldest worldwide grad scholarship programs."