University of Oxford

Easily accessible by car from the M40 motorway as well as by train (1 hour south east from Birmingham), the University of Oxford probably needs little introduction.

As a collegiate university the many colleges are spread around the city, but none are more than a ten minute cycle ride to the centre. As with other collegiate universities, the different colleges vary in size and who they allow in. Some are for graduates only, others are theological colleges, but the majority accept a wide variety of students studying the spectrum of subjects on offer at the university. Wherever you find yourself, the standard of teaching will be high and on a very personal level through the ubiquitous tutorial system.

Colleges at Oxford are as follows: All Soul’s, Balliol, Blackfriars, Brasenose, Campion Hall, Christ Church, Corpus Christi, Exeter, Green, Greyfriars, Harris Manchester, Hertford, Jesus, Keble, Kellog, Lady Margaret Hall, Linacre, Magdalen, Mansfield, Merton, New, Nuffield, Oriel, Pembroke, Regent’s Park, Somerville, St. Anne’s, St. Anthony’s, St. Benet’s, St. Catherine’s, St. Cross, St. Edmund Hall, St. Hilda’s, St. Hugh’s, St. John’s, St. Peter’s, St. Stephen’s House, Templeton, Queen’s, Trinity, University, Wadham, Wolfson, Worcester, and Wycliffe Hall.

Notable alumni are numerous, but recent graduates include scientists Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking, filmmaker Ken Loach, comedian and traveller Michael Palin, and ex-Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair.