The
University of Oxford is a collegiate research university located in Oxford,
England. The Oxford brand is extremely strong, with both halves of Oxford
getting high ratings in QS’s global surveys of academics and employers. Oxford
has the world’s highest rating from graduate employers, and is ranked third by
academics. In short: if you want to study at a university with a solid
international reputation, whichever pathway you plan to pursue in future, a
degree from Oxford will stand you in good stead.
The
university is made up of a variety of institutions, including 38 constituent
colleges and a full range of academic departments, which are organised into
four divisions. All the colleges are self-governing institutions as part of the
university, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal
structure and activities. Being a city university, it does not have a main
campus; instead, all the buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the
city center.
In the twenty-first century Oxford recruits more
broadly than ever before. The collegiate system is intact but less dominant.
High technology, laboratory science, medicine, and postgraduate research are
more closely associated with the professors than with the tutors, and with the
university more than with the colleges. New market-based initiatives for financing
have enhanced the importance of the central administration. However, as the
bulk of Oxford’s income is derived from the government, institutional
independence and academic freedom are serious issues for the twenty-first
century. Universities everywhere are being called upon to address multiple
social problems, generate wealth, and improve national efficiency in a global
environment. However challenging these conditions, it is abundantly clear that
contemporary Oxford has little interest in becoming a home for lost causes.
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