About one-third of the students of the University of Oxford comprises of the international students who come from more than 138 countries throughout the world to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The university has associations with the National Institutes of Health, The European Universities Association and the COIMBRA Group of Universities.
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| Name of the Institution | University of Oxford |
| Type of Institution | Public |
| Location | Wellington Square,
Oxford. Tel: +44 (0)1865 270059, +44 (0)1865 288000, +44 (0)1865 270360 Fax: +44 (0)1865 270049 Email: enquiries@conted.ox.ac.uk |
| Ownership | Government |
| Courses Offered | Undergraduate degrees, postgraduate degrees, certificates, PG certificates and PG diplomas in
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| Admission Procedure | The applications for admission to the courses can be sent through the official website of the university. |
| Campus Placements | The university has an active placement cell. |
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| Fee Structure | For undergraduate courses:
£ 6,600 – £ 27,550 For postgraduate courses: £ 6,600 – £ 29,400 For PG diploma courses: £ 6,600 – £ 17,500 For PG certificate courses: £ 6,600 – £ 15,550 For Certificate courses: £ 9,275 – £ 15,150 |
| Eligibility Criteria | For gaining admission to the undergraduate as well as the postgraduate courses, international students who do not belong to a country that has English as its native language will have to prove their competence in the language by appearing for examinations such as TOEFL and IELTS. For undergraduate courses, the candidates have to appear for their 10+2 examinations. But this alone would not be sufficient; the candidates will have to pursue at least a year of Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university before they can apply. Even taking A-Levels will make the candidate eligible for application. For postgraduate degrees, the candidates need to be graduates in the relevant field. |
| Established in the Year | There is not much information available regarding the date of foundation of the University of Oxford but it is roughly estimated that the institution existed in the year 1096. |
| Website | http://www.ox.ac.uk/ |
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| Events | Seminars, international career fairs and public lectures. |
| Famous alumni | Stephen Hawking (physicist), C.S. Lewis (author), Matthew Arnold (poet), Percy Bysshe Shelley (poet), Vikram Seth (author), Indira Gandhi (former Prime Minister of India), Hugh Grant (actor), Erasmus (scholar), Sir Walter Raleigh (explorer), Sir Christopher Wren (architect), and John Locke (philosopher). |
| Distance Learning | The University of Oxford also offers 73 online and distance learning courses. Some of the courses are as follows:
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