Oxford University was founded in 1 167. Oxford University, located in Britain, enjoys a world-renowned reputation. It plays an extremely important role in British society and higher education system and has worldwide influence. Many young students in Britain and the world want to go to Oxford University for further study.
Oxford is a medium-sized city with more than 30,000 students, including students from Oxford University and oxford brookes university. So you will feel the atmosphere of a young and dynamic international city. Here you will see beautiful classical buildings on both sides of the main street, a large number of coffee shops and restaurants, as well as various bars and clubs with prosperous business. Oxford also has vast green areas, including beautiful riverside trails, China's oldest botanical garden and university park. Most colleges are located in the city center, and the accommodation area is usually on the main campus or just a few steps away.
At present, there are 39 colleges in Oxford, and their relationship with schools is the same as the relationship between the central government and local governments in the United States, which is a form of federalism. Each college is managed by the dean of the college and several researchers, who are experts in various academic fields, and most of them have positions in the school. Six colleges (called? Permanent private school? -permanentprivatehols, run by various religious factions), they still keep their religious charters. In addition, there is a continuing education college. Among the 35 colleges, Wanling College currently has no students, only academicians (including visiting academicians). Each college has a different size, but all colleges have less than 500 students. Students and teachers (academicians) come from different professional disciplines.
In addition to colleges, the teaching and research activities of Oxford University (especially the latter) are mainly organized by departments, which are not autonomous units within the university. They are all inter-school institutions and are not affiliated to any college. However, teachers and students in each department must first be members of Oxford University College. Oxford now has 16 departments: anthropology and geography, biological sciences, clinical medicine, English and literature, law, classical literature, philosophy and ancient history, mathematics, medieval and modern languages, modern history, music, orientalism, physical sciences, physiology, psychology, sociology, theology and art. In addition, some research institutes (such as education colleges that recruit graduate students) are not affiliated to the above departments, but directly affiliated to universities.
Oxford University has more than 100 independent libraries, and its various book resources can meet the needs of students, teachers and international research teams. Every student's professional content is different, but all students will spend a lot of time reading, searching, studying papers or research projects. For example, if a student wants to write a political paper, he may need more than a dozen books, periodicals and other reference books in the search process. There are three kinds of libraries in the school: college library, department library and research library, including Oxford University Library, the largest library in the school, which is affectionately called? Bod？ .
Undergraduate students must live within 6 kilometers of Kafax (the center of Oxford), and graduate students must live within 25 kilometers. Each college will provide accommodation for undergraduates in their first year of degree study. After that, many students will move to apartments and college annexes in Cowley or Jericho. The specific situation varies from college to college.
By the end of 12 century, Oxford had become an important education center. Scholars from continental Europe and other places have settled here, and 1096 has some teaching activities. 1 167 The xenophobic activities of the University of Paris made many British scholars leave France and return to Oxford, England.
The establishment time of Oxford University is unknown, because it is not an independent event, which can be traced back to the teaching started there in 1096. When the relationship between Britain and France deteriorated and King Henry II banned British students from studying at the University of Paris in 1 167, Oxford began to develop rapidly. It was from this time that the first school apartment was established and then gradually became a college. 1209, the university was dissolved due to student violence (this incident led some students and teachers to leave Oxford and set up Cambridge University). 1265438+On June 20th, 2004, the university returned to Oxford and was chartered. A bill passed in 157 1 confirmed the identity of Oxford University.