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The University of Oxford began to award doctorates for research in the first third of the 20th century. The first Oxford DPhil in mathematics was awarded in 1921. [60] The list of distinguished scholars at the University of Oxford is long and includes many who have made major contributions to politics, the sciences, medicine, and literature.
A further four UK universities (eleven in total) rank in the top 100. [172] Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial have been consistently ranked in the top ten on this table. [182] In the QS World University Rankings, Oxford (fourth in 2020), Cambridge (seventh), UCL (eighth), and Imperial (ninth) are consistently present in the top ten. [190]
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, often referred to as the THE Rankings, is the annual publication of university rankings by the Times Higher Education magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) to publish the joint THE-QS World University Rankings from 2004 to 2009 before it turned to Thomson ...
University of Oxford: England 1200–1214 [3] Dominus illuminatio mea (The Lord is my light) The earliest record of teaching in Oxford is from the late 11th century, [4] with schools established by the mid-12th century. These organised into a university from c. 1200, with statutes given by a legatine charter in 1214. [3] University by ancient ...
The rankings of each college in the Norrington Table are calculated by awarding 5 points for a student who receives a First Class degree, 3 points for a 2:1, 2 for a 2:2 and 1 for a Third; the total is then divided by the maximum possible score (i.e. the number of finalists in that college multiplied by 5), and the result for each college is expressed as a percentage, rounded to 2 decimal places.
The reputation of the UK higher education sector is likely to weaken in future because of financial challenges, experts have warned.
The QS World University Rankings are a ranking of the world's top universities produced by Quacquarelli Symonds published annually since 2004. In 2024, they ranked 1500 universities, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University of Oxford, Harvard University and University of Cambridge taking the top 5 spots. [15]
Of the 90 British universities ranked by QS, 28 have improved their position over the last year. Oxford and Cambridge climb to second and third in global university rankings Skip to main content