University Oxford Blog

Oxford University is the informal name for the University of Oxford. Sometimes, the informal Oxford University is even abbreviated simple to Oxford. This higher educational institution is considered to be one of the best ones not only in England, but also allover the world.

The University of Oxford is located is located in Oxfordshire, and considered to be the oldest higher educational institution in the world of English-speaking countries. Moreover, the University of Oxford has been awarded by the title of the world’s leading academic institution.

The structure of the university is really great, the body of the University of Oxford numbers 39 Colleges and Halls which are independent ones. The history of the University of Oxford has started in the 12 century. However, the exact date of the foundation of the higher educational institution is not stated yet. That time there was a great dispute between the students of the University of Oxford and the authorities of the city, and after such a quarrel, some of the scholars left the University of Oxford and moved to Cambridge in order to found the Cambridge University. Since the time of the Cambridge university establishing, through all the pages of the history one can see one and the same plot: the plot is as follows, two best higher educational institutions are fighting for the title of the better one.

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