Postsecondary Institution
University of Oxford
Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
IDSCU ID: PS-0001Type: UniversityStatus: ActiveData captured: 7 Sept 2026
Overview
The University of Oxford is a collegiate university in Oxford, England, whose teaching history extends back to at least the eleventh century. It developed over centuries rather than from a single documented foundation event. Its academic life is distributed across university departments, colleges, libraries and other facilities in and around the city.
Institution information
- Institution type
- University
- Operating status
- Active
- Ownership
- Public
- Founded information
- Teaching existed at Oxford by 1096; there is no single known foundation date.
- Teaching languages
- English
Qualifications & fields
- Primary pathway
- Higher Education
- Education pathways
- Higher Education
- Qualification levels
- Bachelor
- Master
- Doctorate
- Fields of study
- Arts and Humanities
- Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
- Engineering and Technology
- Medicine and Health
- Academic divisions
- Humanities
- Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
- Medical Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Delivery modes
- On-campus
- Awarding bodies
- University of Oxford
Campuses & admissions
- Address
- Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
- Campuses
- Name: Oxford collegiate university · City: Oxford · Relationship: University departments and self-governing colleges across the city
- Admissions
- Open official page
- Course catalogue
- Open official page
- Accommodation
- Accommodation is provided through colleges and university housing, with arrangements varying by student and course.
- Facilities
- Bodleian Libraries
- University museums and collections
Record information
- IDSCU record ID
- PS-0001
- Education sector
- Postsecondary Institution
- Country code
- GB
- Data captured
- 7 Sept 2026
- Data release
- 20260908T071051Z
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