University of Oxford
牛津大学

The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University or simply Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England. While having no known date of foundation, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the world's second-oldest surviving university. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled northeast to Cambridge, where they established the University of Cambridge. The two ancient universities are frequently jointly referred to as “Oxbridge”.
牛津大学，或简称为牛津，是位于英格兰牛津的一所公立研究型大学。尽管其建校的确切日期不明，有证据表明其最早的教学可追溯到1096年，这让它成为英语世界最古老的大学，也是全世界现存第二古老的大学。在1209年牛津大学学生与当地牛津镇居民发生冲突以后，一些学者向东北方逃到了剑桥地区，在那儿他们建立了剑桥大学。这两所古老的大学经常被连起来称作“牛桥”。

Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organized around weekly tutorials at the self-governing colleges and halls, supported by classes, lectures and laboratory work provided by university faculties and departments. Oxford is the home of several notable scholarships, including the Clarendon Scholarship which was launched in 2001 and the Rhodes scholarship which has brought graduate students to read at the university for more than a century. Oxford operates the largest university press in the world and the largest academic library system in the United Kingdom. Oxford has educated many notable alumni, including 27 Nobel laureates, 26 British Prime Ministers (most famous David Cameron) and many foreign heads of state.
牛津大学的本科教育除了各独立学院每周的辅导课程，还有大学其他院系提供的各学科课程、讲座和实验教学等。牛津大学同时是一些著名奖学金计划的举办地，包括：于2001年设立的克拉伦登奖学金和在过去一个多世纪里吸引了不少杰出研究生前来学习的罗德奖学金。牛津拥有全球最具规模的大学出版社及全英最大型的大学图书馆系统。牛津大学培养了众多名人，包括27位诺贝尔奖得主、26位英国首相(包括著名的大卫·卡梅伦)以及多国的领袖与政治要员。