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Anthropology;

archeology;

biochemistry;

geography;

science of plants;

zoology;

mathematics;

statistics;

Chemistry;

Earth Sciences;

engineering;

materials science;

physics;

anesthesia;

cardiovascular medicine;

Anatomy and Human Genetics;

pathology;

pharmacology;

physiology;

Africa;

Brazil;

Modern China;

Japan;

Latin America;

Russia and Eastern Europe;

South Asia;

the economy;

education;

Institute of the Internet;

law;

management;

politics and international relations;

social policy and social work;

sociology;

additional education.

Oxford - not only the university but also the largest research center in Oxford more than a hundred libraries (the most extensive university library in the UK) and museums, its publisher.

Students have the opportunity to a lot of their time to leisure - at their disposal more than 300 groups of interest. Traditionally, attention is paid to the sport at Oxford as a useful and prestigious mind rest.

From the walls of Oxford was a whole group of brilliant men of science, literature, art - are taught by Christopher Wren, John Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, attended Roger Bacon and Margaret Thatcher. 25 British Prime Ministers finished Oxford.

Interesting Facts

At Oxford University, Clarendon Laboratory, an electric bell that rings continuously since 1840. It

uses the force of electrostatic attraction, so to keep the spent very little energy. Dry batteries for bell were installed when it was created, and hermetically sealed with molten sulfur, so no

one knows exactly how they work. Over 170 years, the tool is one of the longest continuous experiment in history.

Oxford University has had an impact on culture. The world-famous costume student, one of the attributes which - Oxford "bags"

Notable alumni

Thomas Hobbes - philosopher

Jonathan Swift - writer

John Locke - Philosopher

Oscar Wilde - a poet, writer, playwright, essayist, esthete

JRR Tolkien - linguist, writer

•Aldous Huxley - writer

•Stephen Hawking - physicist

•Tim Berners-Lee - the inventor of the World Wide Web

•Edward VII - King of Great Britain from 1902 to 1910

•Edward VIII - King of Great Britain in 1936

Tony Blair - British Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007

Harold Wilson - British Prime Minister from 1964 to 1976 (with a break)

William Ewart Gladstone - British Prime Minister from 1868 to 1894 (with interruptions)

David Cameron - the British Prime Minister on May 11, 2010, the leader of the Conservative Party from 2005

Henry Pelem - the third prime minister of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754

William Pitt, 1st Earl Chetem - 10th Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768

Margaret Thatcher - British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990

Karekin I - 131st Supreme Patriarch and

Catholicos of All Armenians from 1995 to 1999

Edward Heath - British Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974

Abingdon Willoughby Bertie - composer and philanthropist

Sources

http://translate.google.com.ua

http://ru.wikipedia.org

www.google.com.ua

http://www.universityreview.org