Oxford University

Cambridge University

Cambridge and Oxford universities are known to be international, because people from many parts of the world come to study at their colleges. Margaret Thatcher, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wild were students of Oxford University.

London University

A number of well-known scientists and writers, among them Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, George Gordon Byron were educated in Cambridge. Oxford and Cambridge are very popular with young people and on account of their prestige they continue to attract many of the world’s best brains. These universities are often called Oxbridge.

English universities differ from each other in traditions, general organization, internal government, etc. British universities are comparatively small, the approximate number is about 7-8 thousand students. Most universities have fewer than 3,000 students, some even less than 1,500 ones.

A university consists of a number of departments: art, law, music, economy, education, medicine, engineering, etc. After three years of study a student may proceed to a Bachelor's degree, and later to the degrees of Master and Doctor. There are 300 technical colleges, providing part-time and full-time education at present in Britain besides universities.