University of Oxford
Region: Northern Europe
Country/Region: United Kingdom
Found Year: 1096
Address: Wellington Square
Introduction

Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. For the quality and impact of its research, which extends from the study of the formation of the Universe and the development of early civilisations to high-performance computing and the latest medical breakthroughs, it has few peers. Researchers are tackling the major challenges facing the world, including the prevention and treatment of major diseases such as malaria and cancer; globalisation; climate change; migration; ageing populations; growing pressure on resources; and biodiversity. Alongside research, Oxford provides exceptional education, distinguished by the close contact of students with leading scholars. Oxford’s 22,000 students come from all over the world. They are attracted by the chance to study at an internationally-renowned university with a reputation for innovation and outstanding academic achievement; excellent resources in world-famous libraries, laboratories and museums; and the opportunity to work alongside world-leading researchers. Oxford’s collegiate system is at the heart of Oxford’s success, giving students and academics the benefits of belonging both to a large, internationally-renowned institution and to a small, interdisciplinary academic community. Colleges bring together scholars from different disciplines and cultures, and foster the intense interdisciplinary approach that inspires much of Oxford’s outstanding research achievement and makes it a leader in so many fields.

Academic Ranking of World Universities
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Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one. ARWU presents the world's top 1000 research universities annually based on transparent methodology and objective third-party data.
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Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
All Subjects
Subject
Rank
Best Ranked Subjects
Subject Rank
Geography
1
Ecology
1
Mathematics
3
Clinical Medicine
4
Public Health
5
Biological Sciences
6
Human Biological Sciences
6
Sociology
6
Key Statistics
20785
Total Enrollment
7565(36.4%)
International Students
11900
Undergraduate Enrollment
2390(20.1%)
International Students
8885
Graduate Enrollment
5175(58.2%)
International Students
Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Archaeology and Anthropology
Biochemistry (Molecular and Cellular)
Biological Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Chemistry
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Classics
Classics and English
Classics and Modern Languages
Classics and Oriental Studies
Computer Science
Computer Science and Philosophy
Earth Sciences (Geology)
Economics and Management
Engineering Science
Engineering, Economics and Management
English and Modern Languages
English Language and Literature
European and Middle Eastern Languages
Experimental Psychology
Fine Art
Geography
History
History (Ancient and Modern)
History and Economics
History and English
History and Modern Languages
History and Politics
History of Art
Human Sciences
Law (Jurisprudence)
Materials Science
Materials, Economics and Management
Mathematics
Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics and Philosophy
Mathematics and Statistics
Medicine
Modern Languages
Modern Languages and Linguistics
Music
Oriental Studies
Philosophy and Modern Languages
Philosophy and Theology
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)
Physics
Physics and Philosophy
Psychology and Philosophy
Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics
Theology
Theology and Oriental Studies
Graduate Programs
Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies | MSc, PG Diploma
African Studies | MSc
Anaesthetics | DPhil
Ancient History | DPhil
Ancient History | DPhil
Ancient History | DPhil
Ancient Philosophy | MSt
Anthropology | DPhil,
Applied Landscape Archaeology | MSc
Applied Landscape Archaeology | MSc
Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition | MSc
Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition | MSc
Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition | MSc
Applied Statistics | MSc, PG Diploma
Applied Theology | MTh
Applied Theology | MTh
Archaeological Science | DPhil, MSc, MSt
Archaeology | DPhil, MPhil, MSt
Architectural History | DPhil, PG Certificate
Architectural History | DPhil, PG Certificate
Astrophysics | DPhil
Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics | DPhil
Atomic and Laser Physics | DPhil
Bachelor of Civil Law | BCL
Biochemistry | DPhil, Joint Oxford/The Scripps Research Institute Programme, MSc (R)
Biodiversity, Conservation & Management | MSc
Biodiversity, Conservation and Management | MSc
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | DPhil
Biomedical Engineering | MSc
Biomedical Engineering | MSc
Cardiovascular Medicine | DPhil
Celtic Studies | MPhil, MSt
Centre for Doctoral Training in Healthcare Innovation | DPhil
Centre for Doctoral Training in Healthcare Innovation | DPhil
Chemical Biology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Chemical Biology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Chinese Studies | MSt,
Chromosome & Developmental Biology | DPhil
Chromosome and Developmental Biology | DPhil
Classical Archaeology | MPhil, MSt
Classical Archaeology | MPhil, MSt
Classical Armenian Studies | MSt
Classical Armenian Studies | MSt
Classical Hebrew Studies | MSt
Classical Hebrew Studies | MSt
Classical Indian Religion | MPhil
Classical Indian Religion | MPhil
Classical Indian Religion | MSc
Classical Languages & Literature | DPhil
Classical Languages and Literature | DPhil,
Clinical Embryology | MSc
Clinical Laboratory Sciences | DPhil, MSc (R)
Clinical Medicine | DPhil, MSc (R)
Clinical Neurology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Clinical Pharmacology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology | MSc
Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology | MSc
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychological Trauma | PG Certificate
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | DPhil, PG Certificate
Cognitive Therapy | PG Diploma
Comparative Philology & General Linguistics | DPhil, MPhil, MSt
Comparative Philology and General Linguistics | DPhil
Comparative Social Policy | MPhil, MSc
Computer Science | DPhil, MSc (R), MSc
Condensed Matter Physics | DPhil
Contemporary India | MSc
Contemporary India | MSc
Creative Writing | MSt
Criminology & Criminal Justice (Research Methods) | MSc
Criminology & Criminal Justice | MPhil, MSc
Criminology | DPhil
Cuneiform Studies | MPhil
Design, History of | MSt
Development Studies | DPhil, MPhil
Diagnostic Imaging | MSc
Diplomatic Studies | Certificate, PG Diploma
Earth Sciences | DPhil, MSc (R)
Eastern Christian Studies | MPhil
Eastern Christian Studies | MPhil
Economic & Social History | MPhil, MSc
Economics for Development | MSc
Economics | DPhil, MPhil
Education (Comparative and International Education, Child Development and Education, e-Learning or Higher Learning) | MSc
Education | DPhil
Educational Research Methodology | MSc
Egyptology | MPhil
Endovascular Neurosurgery | MSc
Engineering Science | DPhil, MSc (R)
English (-1550) | DPhil
English (650-1550, 1550-1700, 1660-1830, 1800-1914, or 1900-Present) | MSt
English (English & American Studies) | MSt
English Language | MSt
English Local History | DPhil, MSc
English Local History | DPhil, MSc
English Studies (Medieval Period) | MPhil
English | DPhil
Environmental Change & Management | MSc
Evidence-Based Health Care | DPhil, MSc
Evidence-Based Social Intervention | MPhil, MSc
Evidenced-Based Health Care | DPhil, MSc
Experimental Psychology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Experimental Therapeutics | MSc
Film Aesthetics | MSt
Financial Economics | MSc
Financial Economics | MSc
Fine Art | DPhil
Fine Art | DPhil
Forced Migration Studies, Refugee & | MSc
General Linguistics & Comparative Philology | DPhil, MPhil, MSt
General Linguistics & Comparative Philology | DPhil, MPhil, MSt
Genomic Medicine & Statistics | DPhil
Geography & the Environment | DPhil, MPhil
Geography & the Environment | DPhil, MPhil
Global & Imperial History | MSt
Global Governance & Diplomacy | MSc
Global Health Science | MSc
Global Health Science | MSc
Global Health Science | MSc
Government,
Greek and/or Latin Languages & Literature | MPhil, MSt
Greek and/or Latin Languages & Literature | MPhil, MSt
Greek and/or Latin Literature Languages & Literature | MPhil, MSt
Greek and/or Roman History | MPhil, MSt
Greek and/or Roman History | MPhil, MSt
Greek and/or Roman History | MPhil, MSt
Health Research | PG Certificate, PG Diploma
Historical Studies | PG Certificate
History (for Economic & Social History, History of Science) | DPhil
History of Art & Visual Culture | MSt
History of Art & Visual Culture | MSt
History of Art | DPhil
History of Art | DPhil
History of Design | MSt
History of Science, Medicine & Technology | MPhil, MSc
History | DPhil
Infection, Immunology & Translational Medicine | DPhil
Infection, Immunology & Translational Medicine | DPhil
Information, Communication & the Social Sciences | DPhil
Inorganic Chemistry | DPhil, MSc (R)
Inorganic Chemistry | DPhil, MSc (R)
Integrated Immunology | MSc
Intellectual Property Law & Practice | PG Diploma
International Human Rights Law | MSt
International Human Rights Law | MSt
International Human Rights Law | MSt
International Relations | DPhil, MPhil
International Wildlife Conservation Practice | PG Diploma
International Wildlife Conservation Practice | PG Diploma
International Wildlife Conservation Practice | PG Diploma
Islamic Art & Archaeology | MPhil, MSt
Islamic Studies & History | MPhil
Japanese Studies | MSt
Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period | MPhil
Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period | MPhil, MSt
Jewish Studies | MSt
Judaism & Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World | MPhil [Offered Jointly: 1, 2]
Judaism & Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World | MPhil [Offered Jointly: 1, 2]
Korean Studies | MSt
Late Antique & Byzantine Studies | MPhil, MSt
Latin American Studies | MPhil, MSc
Law & Finance | MSc
Law & Finance | MSc
Law | DPhil
Learning & Teaching | MSc
Learning & Teaching | MSc
Legal Research | MSt
Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre | DPhil
Literature and Arts | MSt
Magister Juris | MJur
Major Programme Management | MSc
Major Programme Management | MSc
Management Studies | DPhil
Management Studies | DPhil
Master of Business Administration | MBA, Executive MBA
Master of Business Administration | MBA, Executive MBA
Material Anthropology & Museum Ethnography (Research Methods) | MSc
Material Anthropology & Museum Ethnography (Research Methods) | MSc
Material Anthropology & Museum Ethnography | MPhil, MSc
Material Anthropology & Museum Ethnography | MPhil, MSc
Materials | DPhil, MSc (R)
Mathematical & Computational Finance | MSc
Mathematical & Computational Finance | MSc
Mathematical Finance | MSc, PG Diploma
Mathematical Finance | PG Dip
Mathematical Modelling & Scientific Computing | MSc
Mathematics & Foundations of Computer Science | MSc
Mathematics | DPhil, MSc (R)
Medical Anthropology | MPhil, MSc
Medical Anthropology | MPhil, MSc
Medical Oncology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Medicinal Chemistry for Cancer | 1+3 Combined Doctoral Programme
Medieval & Modern Languages | DPhil, MPhil, MSt
Medieval & Modern Languages | DPhil, MPhil, MSt
Medieval History | MSt
Medieval Studies | MSt
Migration Studies | MSc
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy | MSt
Modern British & European History | MPhil
Modern Chinese Studies | MPhil
Modern Chinese Studies | MPhil
Modern Chinese Studies | MSc
Modern Chinese Studies | MSc
Modern Japanese Studies | MPhil, MSc
Modern Japanese Studies | MPhil, MSc
Modern Jewish Studies | MPhil, MSt
Modern Jewish Studies | MPhil, MSt
Modern Middle Eastern Studies | MPhil, MSt
Modern South Asian Studies | MPhil
Modern South Asian Studies | MPhil
Musculoskeletal Sciences | DPhil, MSc (R)
Musculoskeletal Sciences | MSc
Music (Performance, Composition or Musicology) | MPhil, MSt
Music | DPhil
Nanotechnology | PG Certificate
Nature, Society & Environmental Policy | MSc
Nature, Society & Environmental Policy | MSc
Neuroscience | MSc, Wellcome 4-Year Trust Doctoral Programme, see also
Numerical Analysis | DPhil
Obstetrics & Gynaecology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Ophthalmology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Organic Chemistry | DPhil, MSc (R)
Organic Chemistry | DPhil, MSc (R)
Oriental Studies | DPhil, MSt
Orthopaedic Surgery
Paediatric Infectious Diseases | PG Diploma
Paediatrics | DPhil, MSc (R)
Particle Physics | DPhil
Pathology | DPhil, MSc (R)
Pharmacology | DPhil, MSc (R), MSc
Pharmacology, Clinical | DPhil, MSc (R)
Philosophical Theology | MPhil, MSt
Philosophy of Physics | MSt
Philosophy | BPhil, DPhil, MSt
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry | DPhil, MSc (R)
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry | DPhil, MSc (R)
Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics | DPhil
Plant Sciences | DPhil, MSc (R)
Political Theory Research | MSc
Politics (Comparative Government, European Politics & Society or Political Theory) | MPhil
Politics Research | MSc
Politics | DPhil
Postgraduate Certificate in Education | PGCE
Postgraduate Certificate in Education | PGCE
Primary Health Care | DPhil, MSc (R)
Primary Health Care | DPhil, MSc (R)
Psychiatry | DPhil, MSc (R)
Psychodynamic Counselling | PG Certificate
Psychodynamic Practice | MSt, PG Diploma
Psychological Research | MSc
Public Health | DPhil, MSc (R)
Public Health | DPhil, MSc (R)
Public Policy in Latin America | MSc
Public Policy in Latin America | MSc
Radiation Biology | MSc
Radiation Biology | MSc
Radiobiology | 4-Year Doctoral Programme, DPhil, MSc (R)
Refugee & Forced Migration Studies | MSc
Russian & Eastern European Studies | MPhil, MSc
Slavonic Studies | MPhil, MSt
Social Anthropology (Research Methods) | MSc
Social Anthropology (Research Methods) | MSc
Social Anthropology | MPhil, MSc, MSt
Social Anthropology | MPhil, MSc, MSt
Social Intervention | DPhil
Social Policy | DPhil
Social Science of the Internet | MSc
Socio-Legal Research | MSt
Socio-Legal Research | MSt
Socio-Legal Studies | DPhil
Socio-Legal Studies | DPhil
Sociology | DPhil, MPhil, MSc
Software & Systems Security | MSc
Software Engineering | MSc
Statistics | DPhil, MSc (R)
Structural Biology | DPhil
Structural Biology | DPhil
Study of Religion | MSt
Study of Religion | MSt
Surgical Science and Practice | MSc
Surgical Sciences | DPhil, MSc (R)
Sustainable Urban Development | MSc
Sustainable Urban Development | MSc
Syriac Studies | MSt
Systems Approaches to Biomedical Sciences Industrial Doctorate Centre | DPhil
Systems Approaches to Biomedical Sciences Industrial Doctorate Centre | DPhil
Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre | DPhil
Teaching English Language in University Settings | PG Diploma
Theology | DPhil, MPhil, MSt, PG Diploma
Theology | DPhil, MPhil, MSt, PGDiploma
Theoretical Chemistry | MSc
Theoretical Chemistry | MSc
Theoretical Physics | DPhil
Tibetan & Himalayan Studies | MPhil
US History | MSt
Visual Anthropology | MSc
Visual Anthropology | MSc
Water Science, Policy & Management | MSc
Water Science, Policy & Management | MSc
Water Science, Policy & Management | MSc
Wellcome Trust 4-Year Neuroscience Doctoral Programme
Women's Studies | MSt
Yiddish Studies | MSt
Zoology | DPhil, MSc (R)