ALL ABOUT OXFORD UNIVERSITY 

 Oxford was ranked first in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) World
University Rankings 2016-2017.
 There are over 23,000 students at Oxford, including 11,728 undergraduates and 10,941
postgraduates
 42% of our total student bodies - almost 9,900 students - are citizens of foreign
countries. Students come to Oxford from over 140 countries and territories

STUDENTS BY COUNTRY

The largest groups of international students are those from:

USA - 1,573
China (including Hong Kong and Macao) - 1,151
Germany - 883
India - 390
Italy - 385
Canada - 361
Australia - 348
France - 308
Singapore - 290
Ireland – 242

 Oxford offers more than 300 different graduate degree programmes. 5% of all the UK’s
graduate research students are studying at Oxford University.

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 The University, including the colleges and Oxford University Press, is the largest
employer in Oxfordshire, supporting around 17,000 jobs and injecting more than £750
million annually into the regional economy.

ACCESS TARGET

 Target 1: to increase the percentage of UK undergraduate students to 25% by 2016-17

at Oxford from schools and colleges that historically have had limited progression to
Oxford.
 Target 2: to increase the percentage from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds
(ACORN postcodes 4 and 5) to 9% by 2016-17.
 Target 3: to increase the percentage from neighbourhoods with low participation in
higher education (Participation of Local Areas (POLAR) postcodes 1 and 2) to 13% by
2016-17.
 Target 4: to meet the HEFCE benchmark on UK undergraduate students at Oxford with
declared disabilities or specific learning differences.