It is also responsible for running interviews conducted internationally and the international orientation programme at the beginning of the year. The Oxford Language Centre provides specific language support for international students.
Personal support can also be found in the college administration. The University of Oxford is also ranked number one in the UK for the quality of its research. Oxford also ranked first in 12 subjects for their volume of world-leading research.
The 38 Colleges which make up the University of Oxford provide accommodation for all first year undergraduate students. These colleges are not only houses of residence, but also have substantial responsibility for the teaching of undergraduates.
A typical college consists of a hall for dining, a chapel, a library, a college bar, senior, middle postgraduate and junior common rooms, rooms for undergraduates as well as lodgings for the head of the college and other dons. College buildings range from the medieval to modern, but most are made up of interlinked courtyards. Oxford is in south England, around 90 minutes from London, and has a population of , The university is associated with 11 winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, five in physics and 16 in medicine.
As a modern, research-driven university, Oxford has numerous strengths but cites particular prowess in the sciences, having recently ranked number one in the world for medicine if its medical sciences division was a university in its own right, it would be the fourth largest in the UK and among the top ten universities globally for life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities.
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