Oxford University

About the University of Oxford Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world. The role of the colleges and halls and the University in student life Colleges, societies and halls: - select and admit undergraduate students, and select postgraduate students after they are admitted by the University - provide accommodation, meals, common rooms, libraries, sports and social facilities, and pastoral care for their students - are responsible for students' undergraduate tutorial teaching and welfare The University: - determines the content of the courses within which college teaching takes place - organises lectures and seminars - provides a wide range of resources for teaching and learning in the form of libraries, laboratories, museums, computing facilities, etc - admits and supervises postgraduate students - examines theses - sets and marks examinations - awards degrees