"The College of Oxford (legally The Chancellor Masters as well as Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research study university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the earliest university in the English-speaking world as well as the world's second-oldest college in constant operation. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II prohibited English pupils from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students as well as Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics took off north-east to Cambridge where they established what came to be the University of Cambridge. Both "" old colleges"" are frequently collectively called "" Oxbridge"". The background as well as influence of the University of Oxford have made it among the most prominent colleges worldwide.

The college is composed of 39 constituent universities, 6 long-term private halls, as well as a range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions. [14] All the universities are self-governing organizations within the university, each managing its own subscription as well as with its own inner framework and activities. It does not have a major university, and also its buildings and also facilities are scattered throughout the city centre. Undergraduate training at Oxford is organised around weekly tutorials at the colleges and also halls, supported by classes, lectures, workshops, as well as research laboratory work provided by university faculties as well as divisions; some postgraduate teaching, as well as occasionally undergraduate teaching, includes tutorials arranged by professors as well as divisions. It runs the world's earliest college gallery, in addition to the biggest university press in the world and the biggest scholastic collection system across the country.

In the finishing 31 July 2019, the college had an overall earnings of ₤ 2.45 billion, of which ₤ 624.8 million was from research study grants as well as contracts. The university is ranked among the very best higher understanding institutions by most worldwide as well as major nationwide organization tables.

Oxford has educated a wide variety of notable graduates, consisting of 28 prime ministers of the UK and also many presidents and also government around the globe. As of November 2019, 72 Nobel Prize laureates, 3 Fields Medalists, and also 6 Turing Award winners have actually studied, functioned, or held visiting fellowships at the College of Oxford, while its alumni have actually won 160 Olympic medals. Oxford is the residence of countless scholarships, including the Rhodes Scholarship, among the earliest global grad scholarship programmes."