1.2 Renaissance period 1.3 Modern period 1.4 Women's education 2 Buildings, collections, and facilities

It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.[1] After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge, where they established what became the University of Cambridge.[8]
Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly tutorials at self-governing colleges and halls, supported by classes, lectures and laboratory work organised by university faculties and departments. Oxford regularly contends with Cambridge for first place in the UK league tables.[9][10][11]
The University of Oxford has been the home of two of the most prestigious graduate scholarships, the Rhodes Scholarship, which has brought international students to read at the university for more than a century,[12] and the Clarendon Scholarships.[13]
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1 History
1.1 Founding
1.2 Renaissance period
1.3 Modern period
1.4 Women's education
2 Buildings, collections, and facilities
2.1 Main sites
2.2 Libraries
2.3 Museums
2.4 Parks
3 Organisation
3.1 Affiliations
3.2 Central governance
3.3 Colleges
3.4 Finances
4 Academic profile
4.1 Teaching and degrees
4.2 Academic year
4.3 Reputation
5 Undergraduate admissions
5.1 Age
5.2 Procedure
5.3 Access