University of Oxford

Address:  University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom

Admission rate: 20,5% (2012)

Number of participants:  22 116 (2013)

Phone: +44 1865 270000

Founder:  unknown

Foundation date: unknown

Devise: Dominus illuminatio mea

Web site: www.ox.ac.uk

The University of Oxford remains in 2013 the tenth best University worldwide and the second of the European continent. Competitor of Cambridge, Oxford, which is the oldest university in English, founded to 1096, offers a wide range of experience. The majority of its students enrolled in Humanities and social sciences and medicine, maths, physics and life sciences. It is distinguished by its low rate of abandonment during the year: a little more than 1% against an average of more than 8%.Tutoring, courses and faculty quality and the ease of insertion on the labor market contribute to its reputation. More than a third of the students are foreigners, coming from 140 countries around the world.

Note on 100: 55.9

Number of students: 18 703

Country: United Kingdom

Position in 2012: 10^th