Universities in UK

The University of Oxford


Oxford University is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is constructed in 11 century, so this university has a long history. It located in English city of Oxford. it takes 1 hour to go to London by train.



Oxford university is really famous and traditional university in the world. There are over 20,000 students at Oxford, including 11,734 undergraduates, 8,101 postgraduates, and there are 10 per cent international students.

47 Nobel laureates, 25 prime minsters, 5 kings of UK, and more then 50 medalist of Olympic game graduated from Oxford University so far

It is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institution. The university of Oxford does not have a clear date of foundation.

The University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is second oldest university in English-speaking world and forth oldest in Europe. it is established in 1209. This university was formed by the sholars leaving from Oxford. the two anciant university is called as "Oxbridge".

There are 31 colleges and over 150 depertments, faculties, schools, and other institutions.

colleges

There are a lot of colleges in the Cambridge university. Each college is very unique. Most college hold "Formal Hall" once a week at least. Formall Holl is a dinner party. All students and teachers dress up, gather in the dining hall, and they enjoy having a dinner and chatting with thier friends.

Meal is very different in each college. In college where the tradition and status are valued, the seat for teacher is higher than the seat for students, and the meal for teachers is also better than for students. on the other hand, in the colleges called "democratic" have a same meal and same seat for students and teachers.