University Oxford Blog

There are about 20,000 students at Oxford University, including 8,101 postgraduates and 11,734 undergraduates.
The university can offer one of the lowest drop-out records in the United Kingdom: latest numberes from HESA show that only 1.1 % of students left their course, in comparison with the 7.1 % national rate.
53 % of undergraduates are studying for their degrees in the social sciences and humanities, and 43 % in the medical, physical, mathematical, and life sciences. The rest of them are studying for undergraduate level certificates and diplomas provided by the Department for Continuing Education.
Undergraduates attend one hour-long tutorial weekly and undertake a necessary number of hours’ prep work for every tutorial, including problem-solving, background reading, and essay-writing.
The tutorial is at the center of undergraduate learning and teaching at Oxford University. It provides students a great learning experience in that they meet with their tutor on a tete-a-tete basis or with other students.
At graduate level, 36 % of students are learning for higher degrees in the mathematical, medical, life and physical sciences and 56 % in the social sciences and humanities. The rest are educated for postgraduate diplomas and certificates provided by the Deparment for Continuing Education.
48 % of students completing undergraduate degrees are going to further study in comparison with a 25 % national average.
Six months after graduation about 91% of undergraduates graduated in 2007 were employed or continued their study.
Annually almost15,000 people participate in courses provided by the Department for Continuing Education that makes Oxford one of the biggest providers of UK continuing education.

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