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The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
The universities of Oxford and CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is the second-oldest academic institution in the English-speaking world (after Oxford). According to legend, the University was founded in 1209 by scholars escaping Oxford after a fight with locals. Cambridge and the University are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities have a long history of competition with each other, as they are the two oldest and most famous universities in England (see Oxbridge rivalryOxbridge is a portmanteau word referring to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. They are among the most famous and prestigious universities in the world. Both were founded circa the 11th to 13th centuries (the exact dates are unclear), an).
Oxford is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British Universities. It has recently come top of some league tablesStarting in the early 1990s, The Times newspaper started publishing league tables ranking British universities based on a number of criteria, such as the quality of their teaching and research (which were assessed by external inspectors), entry standards which rank universities in Britain. Oxford is, like Cambridge and others, a member of the Coimbra Group, a network of leading European universities, and the LERU (League of European Research Universities).
