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Cambridge was founded in 1209 (it is celebrating its 800th anniversary in 2009). Oxford was founded a little bit earlier though the exact date is unknown. Cambridge was founded by faculty from Oxford who realised they could do better and left.
All the Oxford colleges (what make up Oxford University) were founded many years after the founding of Cambridge and are thus younger than Cambridge University.
The University of Oxford is the oldest English-speaking university in the world.
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DevinTwo different universities
Cambridge - 800 years old
Oxford - 900 years old
Cambridge - lies in Cambridge north of London
Oxford - lies in Oxford west of London
Cambridge - popular for natural science, engineering, medicine and mathematics.
Oxford - popular for Politics, law, history and literature.
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Cambridge is top of most lists of UK unviersities on most academic criteria, while Oxford a little lower on academic criteria but is probably just a shade more classy. (Since 1945 Britain has had 13 prime ministers. Of these, nine (!) - Attlee, Eden, Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Wilson, Heath, Thatcher, Blair and Cameron - went to Olde Oxenford and none went to Cambridge. One has to go right the way back to 1937, to Stanley Baldwin - one of Britain's most appalling prime ministers - to find a Cambridge graduate in 10 Downing Street).
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During what historic period were Oxford and Cambridge Universities established?
Oxford has its root in 12 th century though the exact date could not be known. Cambridge was established in 1209 mostly by the academics who left Oxford because of a clash with the townpeople.
Which is better Oxford or Cambridge university?
Oxford and Cambridge are practically the same in terms of academic acheivement: you can see this in league tables in which they're constantly battling over 1st, often separated only by negligible amounts. So, when choosing whether to apply to Oxford or Cambridge, try to focus of other questions such as: Which University offers my course? Which course do I prefer? Which University do I feel more at home at? What extra-curricular activities are available at each University? etc. Take some friendly advice from an Oxford graduate: pick the one which you think is prettiest. All colleges have good and bad points; you'll learn to live with the bad, and you will love the good. Clare is a particularly pretty Cambridge College; University is a particularly pretty Oxford College.
What does the word Oxibridge signify in the system of higher education of Britain?
The term is Oxbridge not Oxibridge. It is a collective name for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Where were at least four of the early Medieval universities located?
There were universities in Bologna, Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge in the Middle Ages. Please use the link below for more.
You would like to find a good a-level school that can get you into Cambridge University?
Try to find a school with a good track record of getting people into Oxford and Cambridge. You might also contact an unpretentious college at Cambridge and ask which schools recent entrants have come from. Contact the Admissions Tutor. (Avoid Trinity College and St John's. Try somewhere like St. Catherine's, Emmanuel, Sidney Sussex to start with). Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge is also a school which is excellent at getting students into Oxbridge. It is also a state run sixth form, so free.Note that the Class Lists (BA Finals results lists) at Oxford and Cambridge include the schools and Colleges.
