Understably, Oxford is best known for the world-famous University. There is no actual date of foundation, but there is evidence of teaching dating back to the late 11th Century, making Oxford the second-oldest surviving university in the world.
The University has no central campus, instead comprising thirty-eight different colleges that are scattered throughout the city centre. You will see from the dates of establishment that new colleges have constantly been added, and undoubtedly will continue to be. Some of the facilities have been around for a while before official college status is granted, and these are denoted by the years in brackets.
The current listing, by date of establishment, is :
1236 - St. Edmund Hall (1957)
1249 - University College
1263 - Balliol College
1264 - Merton College
1282 - Hertford College (1740)
1314 - Exeter College
1324 - Oriel College
1341 - The Queen's College
1379 - New College
1427 - Lincoln College
1438 - All Souls College
All Souls College
1458 - Magdalen College
1509 - Brasenose College
1517 - Corpus Christi College
1546 - Christ Church
1555 - St. John's College
1555 - Trinity College
1571 - Jesus College
1610 - Wadham College
1624 - Pembroke College
1714 - Worcester College
1786 - Harris Manchester College (1986)
1870 - Keble College
1878 - Lady Margaret Hall
1879 - St Anne's College (1952)
1879 - Somerville College
1886 - Mansfield College (1995)
1886 - St. Hugh's College
1893 - St. Hilda's College
1929 - St. Peter's College (1961)
1937 - Nuffield College
Nuffield College
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1950 - St. Antony's College (1963)
1962 - Linacre College
1962 - St. Catherine's College
1965 - St. Cross College
1965 - Wolfson College (1981)
1990 - Kellogg College (1994)
2008 - Green Templeton College
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