University Oxford Blog

Oxford University holds each year a summer program for people. The participants live in the dorms of the university campus, eat traditional English meal, visit famous sights of seeing and take part in the traditional English activities. The University of Oxford consists of 39 colleges, but the summer program is holding each year in the Christ Church of the Oxford University. The program was establishes in 1990 and is very popular nowadays among the people. The age of the participants is from 22 to 95 and all people are different: they have different interests, native cities, professions, citizenships and nationalities. People from 25 countries can take part in this summer program. The program consists of 50 one – week seminars. The participation is quite expensive: one week fee is about $ 1000. The students study very interesting subjects, such as Tolkien, Cotswolds, British gardens, medieval monasteries, philosophy, film, etc. The teachers are usually from the Oxford University and have wide experience in the chosen field. The students live in the rooms which are decorated according to the British style. The students like the program very much and some of them participate several times.

Christ church, where the summer program is held, is itself the living museum of the university and its landmark. It was built in 1525 by Cardinal Wolsey and renewed in 1546 by King Henry VIII. At these times the Church was a combination of cathedral and college. Besides, the Christ Church is famous for its students, such as British Prime Minister, Charles Dodgson, which is well known as Lewis Carroll, an author of ”Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”. He was a student of the Oxford University and lecturer in mathematics. Alice is the daughter of the author and she was born there.

There are many interesting facts about the Church and walk around the cathedral is an impressive cultural experience. Some parts of the film about Harry Potter were filmed there. Besides, the Church is famous for its huge bell in the tower and a statue of Mercury, which is the largest in the Oxford.