#RANDOM TOP 5 THE WORLDS MOST REPUTABLE UNIVERSITIES IN 2014 #5. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Acceptance rate: 20.5% (2012) Enrollment: 22,177 (Dec 1, 2012) Color: Oxford Blue Motto: Dominus Illuminatio Mea, The Lord is my Light 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 worlds second-oldest surviving university. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled northeast to Cambridge, where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The University is made up from a variety of institutions, including 38 constituent colleges and a full range of academic departments which are organised into four Divisions. All the colleges are self-governing institutions as part of the University, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities.
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