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Learning at Oxford

Oxford is a famous university because it offers one of the best educations in the world and has been doing so for a very long time.

We believe a world-class education will expand your choices and enrich your experiences, allowing you to fulfil your potential and make the most of life's opportunities.

Learning at Oxford is active, focused and deeply engaging. Through personalised teaching in tutorials and small classes, alongside lectures and independent study, you’ll explore ideas in depth and develop the confidence to think critically and independently. You’ll be supported by extensive learning resources, from specialist libraries and museums to laboratories and digital collections enabling you to pursue your studies rigorously. Alongside your core studies, opportunities to engage with research allow you to explore new questions, contribute to ongoing work and experience your subject at the forefront of discovery.

Student in a tutorial

Personalised learning

Oxford's core teaching is based around conversations, normally between two or three students and their tutor, who is an expert on that topic. Known as tutorials, this style of learning offers a very rare level of personalised attention from academic experts. 

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Learning resources

Oxford's learning resources are some of the most sought after in the world, and as a student here, you have free access to them all.

Student looking down a Nikon binocular microscope with a video camera attachment in a laboratory within the Department of Biochemistry

Research opportunities

The University of Oxford is the world’s number one university for the tenth consecutive year according to the Times Higher Education Rankings 2026.

What will you choose to study?