University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University or simply Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England. While having no known date of foundation, there is evidence of teaching as far 

back as 1 it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the university.It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.After disputes between

 students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled northeast to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge.The two "ancient universities" are frequently jointly referred to as "

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. the colleges are self-governing 

institutions as part of the university, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and a city university, it does not have a main campus; instead, all the buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the city 

Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly tutorials at the self-governing colleges and halls, supported by classes, lectures and laboratory work provided by university faculties and 

departments. Oxford is the home of several notable scholarships, including the Clarendon Scholarship which was launched in the Rhodes Scholarship which has brought graduate students to study at the university for more than a century The university operates the largest university press in the the largest 

academic library system in the United Kingdom.Oxford has educated many notable alumni, including 27

The Vice-Chancellor, currently Andrew Hamilton,head of the university. Five Pro-Vice-Chancellors have specific responsibilities for Education; Research; Planning and Resources; Development and External Affairs; 

and Personnel and Equal Opportunities. The University Council is the executive policy-forming body, which consists of the Vice-Chancellor as well as heads of departments and other members elected by 

Congregation, in addition to observers from the students' union. Congregation, the "parliament of the dons", comprises over 3,700 members of the university's academic and administrative staff, and has ultimate responsibility for legislative matters: it discusses and pronounces on policies proposed by the University Council.

Two university proctors, elected annually on a rotating basis from two of the colleges, are the internal ombudsmen who make sure that the university and its members adhere to its statutes. This role incorporates 

student welfare and discipline, as well as oversight of the university's proceedings. The university's professors are collectively referred to as the "Statutory Professors of the University of Oxford". They are particularly influential in the running of the university's graduate

 Examples of Statutory Professors are the Professorships and the  Professor of Political Economy. The various academic faculties, departments, and institutes are organised into four divisions, each with its own 

Head and elected board. They are the Humanities division; the Social Sciences Division; the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division; and the Medical Sciences Division.

The University of Oxford is a "public university" in the sense that it receives some public money from the government, but it is a "private university" in the sense that it is entirely s and, in theory, could choose to become entirely private by rejecting public funds