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Understanding Oxford (CRISP presentation)
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Extracurricular groups flourish…
Oxford is a great university-driven city
- As well as education, Oxfordshire is well known for its music scene and brewing culture
- Heathrow airport - the world's busiest - is an hour and half away. Low cost flights are available to most European capitals
Typical graduate entrance requirements
- The equivalent of a first-class or strong upper second UK degree (GPA of 3.8 or more)
- English language ability: minimum IELTS test score of 7.0 for applicants from non-English speaking countries
- Further requirements differ by course
Applying for graduate study at Oxford
- Applicants answer questions, upload supporting documents and register referees
- Application deadlines vary from course to course, but will be between November and March for students commencing their studies in October
Renowned for its strengths in the humanities, its libraries and museums
Educator of 26 British Prime Ministers
Outside of small-group teaching, students study in Oxford's world famous libraries and labs
A diverse academic community – a third of our students come from outside the UK
A day in the life of an Oxford undergraduate...
Educator of world leaders: over 30 overseas presidents and prime ministers
Home to the world’s best medical school
Interviews and admissions decisions are made by academics. The same people that tutor students, decide which applicants to offer places to
Specific subjects may be required for some courses
Oxford interviews
For undergraduate students...
An Oxford interview is an academic interview, not a general discussion about your interests and abilities
Applications are considered on an academic basis alone: the University does not select students for extra-curricular achievements, sporting ability or leadership
Admissions are so competitive that even with excellent grades, a place is not guaranteed
- Challenge even the best students
- Require independent initiative
- Reward logical, critical, and lateral thinking (not memorising)
Oxford offers some 220 courses
- Last at least 3 years, culminating in a Bachelors, Masters or Doctorate degree
- Provide a focused programme of study
Courses at Oxford:
Specialised, intense courses are at the heart of an Oxford education
• Communicate
• Defend
• Analyze
While colleges teach undergraduates, lectures and research is located in more then 60 departments within the University' four academic divisions:
Further important services are provided by the University for the use of staff and students in all departments:
• Critique
Their ideas and the ideas of their tutor and fellow students
Tutors are often leaders in their field
The tutorial system makes an Oxford education more rigorous and challenging than at other universities.
Oxford and India: 400 years of dialogue
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
Sagarika Ghose, journalist
Soha Ali Khan, actress
...playing key roles in many areas
Mukund Rajan, MD Tata Teleservices Maharashtra
Jesse Bhattal,
Executive director, Nomura
Amitav Ghosh, novelist
1630: Album of Mughal paintings given to Bodleian Library
1871: First Indian students arrive
…as does sport
The 44 colleges and permanent halls are at the heart of Oxford's teaching culture
Young Lives project: childhood poverty
Endometriosis research
Oxford – India Network in Theoretical Physics
INTERGROWTH-21: fetal development
INDOX: the India-Oxford Cancer Network
Cutting-edge collaborative research continues
in medicine and other disciplines
Colleges are where Oxford's unique tutorials are delivered. In small groups, students must:
1832: Boden Chair of Sanskrit created
International student numbers have risen over the past decade
The oldest university in the English-speaking world
Understanding
Oxford
Humanities
2011: Oxford India Day
Math, Physical & Life Sciences
Indira Gandhi,
former Prime Minister
Oxford alumni have transformed modern India
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
1912: Oxford University Press India opens
Undergraduate entrance Requirements
Medical Sciences
- Applications should be submitted online*
*Paper applications can be made in exceptional circumstances
The complete picture
Oxford
Understanding
1579: Father Thomas Stephens, of New College, is the first Englishman to arrive in India
More than a third of Oxford students come from outside the UK
2004: Oxford-educated Manmohan Singh becomes Prime Minister
is the average interview length
20-30 minutes
The Oxford you may know less well
Social Sciences
2006: Oxford India Business Forum launched
1966: Oxford-educated Indira Ghandi becomes Prime Minister
of applicants are invited to an interview
70%
academic tutors will usually be present
2
days will be spent in Oxford
2-3
1982: Asian Studies Centre founded at
St Antony's College
* including students from Oxford's second university, Brookes
- More than 40,000 students* live in a vibrant city of 130,000
Libraries
Language Centre
Careers
IT
is the cost of food and accommodation in Oxford - the colleges will provide this for all interviewees
£0
A dynamic, research-intensive university
- The city is located within an hour of both London and Birmingham
The Oxford you hear about
The number of Indian students has also increased
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