The motto of Oxford University is Latin: Dominus illuminatio mea, which comes from the Bible. English is The Lord is my light, or The Lord Is My Illumination, which is translated into Chinese as "the Lord illuminates me" or "God is the God of knowledge", indicating the strong religious background of the university and emphasizing that God is the source of knowledge and truth. Lucas, the actual manager and vice president of Oxford University, said: "Our school was founded in the era when religion and church prevailed, and it conveyed the pursuit of truth, although it was a truth with religious significance. The motto of Oxford University is to believe and pursue the truth. The truth is what we have been looking for. "

Oxford University, located in Oxford, England, is the oldest university in English-speaking countries and the second oldest university in the world. The history of Oxford University can be traced back to 1096, when people started teaching activities in Oxford. After the baptism of Renaissance and Reformation and the process of modernization, Oxford University has become a new institution of higher learning, with 38 colleges and 6 schools, more than 20,000 students, 80 members of the Royal Society and 65,438+000 academicians of the British Academy of Sciences.

On the basis of the traditional coat of arms, a circular ribbon has been added to the emblem of Oxford University. On the ribbon is the English name of Oxford University. The main part of the school emblem consists of three crowns, with an unfolded book in the middle, which reads the Latin school motto: DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEA. The crown on the school emblem shows the nobility and glory of university education, which is closely related to the university concept of cultivating intelligent, philosophical and cultured gentlemen in British universities.