The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and lays claim to nine centuries of continuous existence. As an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research, Oxford attracts students and scholars from across the globe, with almost a quarter of our students from outside of Great Britain. More than 130 nationalities are represented among a student population of over 18,000. Oxford is a collegiate university, with 39 self-governing colleges related to the University in a type of federal system. There are also seven Permanent Private Halls, founded by different Christian denominations. Thirty colleges and all halls admit students for both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Seven other colleges are for graduate students only; one has Fellows only, and one specializes in part-time and continuing education. For information about Oxford's North American Office, click here.
25 November 2019 I 6:00pm
The eighth annual Kenneth W. McCarter Memorial Dinner will be held at Massey College, in the University of Toronto.
5 December 2019 I 5:30pm
Featuring an address by Professor Graham Virgo, Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, on "What is the point of Oxbridge?"
5 December 2019 I 6:00pm
The University of Oxford North American Office is extied to host the Vice Chancellor's Annual Holiday Party, featuring remarks from Vice-Chancellor Louise Richardson.
5 December 2019 I 6:00pm
Join the Oxford & Cambridge Society of Colorado for their Annual Holiday Dinner, held at the University Club Denver.
Highlight
Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe awarded a 2019 Nobel Prize!
Professor Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, Director of the Target Discovery Institute, within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University, has been announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2019. Sir Peter was a member of a team of three researchers who won the award "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability." Alongside William G. Kaelin, Jr. of Harvard University and Gregg L. Semenza of Johns Hopkins University, he discovered the key mechanisms that our cells use to detect and respond to low oxygen levels, known as 'hypoxia.'
Read more about Sir Peter Ratcliffe's Nobel Prize win here.
Giving
For almost 1,000 years, Oxford University has been recognized and celebrated across the world as a jewel in the crown of world learning. Just as our past inspires us, it also demands that we achieve greater heights in the centuries to come. Inspired philanthropy has always played an important role in this University by providing resources for great scholarship, architectural jewels such the Bodleian Library and the Radcliffe Camera, or the great engineering, medical and scientific laboratories of the 20th century. By giving to Americans for Oxford, you are continuing this tradition of excellence. Thank you.
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