牛津大学University of Oxford

学费Tuition Fee

英国欧盟UK/EU fees                                                 £9,000

实习／海外年Fees (placement/overseas year)     £1,800/£1,350

国际学生Fees (international)                                   £14,415-£21,220

国际学生（医科）Fees (international, medical) £16,545-£29,225

地址Address

University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD

Performance		Score数值	Ranking排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		1
2014 Times Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		2
World Ranking	世界排名		5
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	85.4%	11
Research quality	研究质量	44.3%	2
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	580	2
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	82.6%	6
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	91.5%	1
Completion rate	完成度	98.9%	1
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	11:1	2
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£3,506	1
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£25,974
Sports points/rank	体育	1855.5	13

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	11,525
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	7,305
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	17,780/3,225
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	5.5:1
EU students	欧盟学生	4.7%
Other overseas students	海外学生	7.5%
Mature	成年学生	3.2%
State school educated	公立学校教育	57.4%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	90.4/9.6

Student satisfaction 学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	％
Anatomy & Physiology	解剖和生理学	81.1
Anthropology	人类学	84.6
Archaeology	考古学	83.8
Art & Design	艺术设计	87.8
Biological Science	生物科学	87.0
Business Studies	商务研究	84.6
Chemistry	化学	82.5
Classics & Ancient History	古典和古代史	89.7
Computer Science	计算机科学	91.2
East & South Asian Studies	东南亚研究	88.0
Economics	经济学	84.6
English	英语	89.5
French	法语	88.5
General Engineering	通用工程	73.7
Geography & Environmental Science	地理和环境科学	88.2
Geology	地质学	75.2
German	德语	88.4
History	历史	82.6
History of Art, Architecture & Design	艺术、建筑和设计史	88.2
Iberian Languages	伊比利亚语	88.0
Italian	意大利语	85.6
Law	法律	86.5
Lingusistics	语言学	86.7
Materials Technology	材料科学	81.3
Mathematics	数学	83.7
Medicine	医学	95.4
Middle Eastern & African Studies	中东和非洲研究	88.0
Music	音乐	90.5
Philosophy	哲学	85.8
Physics and Astronomy	物理和天文学	84.2
Politics	政治	85.7
Psychology	心理学	81.6
Russian and East European Languages	俄语和东欧语言	88.0
Theology & Religious Studies	神学和宗教研究	86.8

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

UK/EU students with household income up to £16K, a bursary of £4,500 a year; £16K–£42.6K, bursary on sliding scale £3,500–£500 a year. In addition Moritz–Heyman scholarships for students with household income below £16K and other conditions, £3,000 a year fee waiver.

Wide range of departmental and College awards. International students also pay College fees of £6,725 (£2,765 for clinical medicine years).

大学概况University Profile

The margins are only ever slight but this year’s dead heat between Oxford and Cambridge at the top of our league table – the first since 1993 – really does reflect reality most accurately.

Attempts to separate the two institutions are pretty meaningless as both are so far ahead of all other multi-faculty institutions in Britain as to be in a league of their own, and are consistently ranked among the top in the world in every international ranking.

Among our eight league table performance measures, Oxford has a significantly higher spend on student services and facilities but this is the only one of our measures where Oxford is well ahead.

A higher proportion of firsts and 2:1s awarded and slightly more generous staffing levels are the other two areas where Oxford comes out on top. Cambridge leads in four of the indicators, with one – covering completion rates – a dead heat.

In terms of reputation and international standing, there is nothing to choose between the two universities institutionally, although at individual subject level there remain important differences worth exploring depending on your choice of degree.

Oxford is the oldest and probably the most famous university in the English-speaking world. The introduction of £9,000 fees had predictably little impact on the demand for places. There were still fewer than six applicants to the place – a much more favourable ratio than at some other leading universities – but 99% of successful candidates achieve at least three As at A-level, or their equivalent.

Some subjects now demand two A* grades and another A at A-level. The university is still struggling to broaden its intake and shake off allegations of social elitism and the latest social indicators suggest Cambridge is making more of an impression in this area. Oxford manages to recruit just 57.4% of its students from state schools, comfortably the smallest proportion of any university, while 63% of Cambridge’s students are now state educated.

However, the long-term growth in demand for places is due, at least partly, to more systematic attempts to get the message through to teenagers that Oxford is open to all who can meet the exacting entrance requirements. Student visits to comprehensive schools have been supplemented by summer schools, recruitment fairs and colleges’ own initiatives, as well as tireless public statements of intent by the university.

For all the university’s efforts to shed itsBrideshead Revisited stereotype, however, official figures still show just one student in nine comes from a working-class home, despite the introduction of generous financial support that will be extended in 2014.

The university expects 15% of its undergraduates to receive some support, with fee waivers bringing the effective rate for students from the poorest homes down to £3,500 in their first year and £6,000 subsequently.

In addition, there will be bursaries of between £500 and £3,300 for students whose parental income is less than £42,600, funded partly by Europe’s biggest-ever donation for student support from alumnus Sir Michael Moritz and his wife, Harriet Heyman. The university spends £7m a year centrally on bursaries with the individual colleges adding more on top.

Applications must be made by mid October – a month earlier if you wish to be interviewed overseas. There are written tests for some subjects and you may be asked to submit samples of work.

Selection is in the hands of the 30 undergraduate colleges, which vary considerably in their approach to this issue and others. Sound advice on academic strengths and social factors is essential for applicants to give themselves the best chance of winning a place and finding a setting in which they can thrive – the atmosphere and subject mix vary considerably from college to college.

A minority of candidates opt to go straight into the admissions pool without expressing a preference for a particular college. However, the choice of college is particularly important for arts and social science students, whose world-famous individual or small group tuition is based in college.

Science and technology are taught mainly in central facilities. All subjects operate on eight-week terms and assess students entirely on final examinations – a system some find too pressurised. Nevertheless, Oxford remains one of the top universities for student satisfaction.

The development of a new campus on the site of the Radcliffe Infirmary represents the first fruit of the Oxford Thinking fundraising campaign, which passed its £1.25bn target in 2012. Oxford’s biggest capital development for more than a century will provide more student accommodation for neighbouring Somerville College, a new Mathematical Institute building and a new building for the humanities.

In the Science Area, existing buildings will be refurbished and modernised. Among the many current projects is an £11m Middle East Centre, due to open in 2014.

There was never much doubt about the strength of Oxford’s research, but the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise found more than 70% of it to be world-leading or internationally excellent. Oxford entered more academics for assessment than any other university – twice as many as some research-based universities of similar size.

There were good results in all areas, but the university was pre-eminent in several medical specialisms, as well as statistics, development studies, education and French. Oxford also attracts the largest amount of research income among UK universities.

The social, cultural and sporting opportunities fill in any spare time students may have between completing their rigorous academic assignments. The Oxford Union and various political societies have forged many a political career, while the Iffley Road sports  complex this year celebrated the 60^thanniversary of Sir Roger Bannister’s first sub-four minute mile, the cinder track a distant memory now in facilities fit for the 21^stcentury.

学生观点Student view

Louis Trup, students’ union president

First impressions

You are assigned college parents, so when you get here you are integrated with students in all year groups.

Worst feature

Living somewhere so beautiful means that you’re constantly getting held up by tourists on the way to lectures.

Making a difference

The students’ union runs award-winning sexual consent workshops, making Oxford safer for women. 

Deal clincher

We have the most generous undergraduate financial support in the country, meaning that regardless of background everyone can get involved in the 750 societies.