Oxbridge

There are two famous and old universities in Britain. One is the University of Oxford and the other is the University of Cambridge. These Universities are collectively called Oxbridge. Both of them belong to ancient universities. I would like to write about those universities from now.

History

First, I want to write about history. The University of Oxford was built in 11th century. Oxford University is the oldest university of any universities exist in English spoken countries. In 1209, some of scholars in Oxford moved to Cambridge, and Cambridge University was formed by them. In 2009. the University of Cambridge celebrated the 800th anniversary. Many events were held in the year; dance, music, art, and so on. Many students or clubs performed and entertained other people. Click here, and you can find many events held in the university. If you want to know more details about the history of the University of Cambridge, click here.

Colleges
Next, I want to write about colleges. There are many colleges in both Oxford and Cambridge; for example, Christ Church, Brase nose College, Harris Manchester College (Oxford), Darwin College, Clare College, and Churchill College(Cambridge). Please click here if you want to know all of colleges. According to the official web site of the University of Oxford, there are 38 independent colleges in the University of Oxford. Also, there are 31 colleges in the University of Cambridge according to the official site of the University of Cambridge.

I wrote about two famous universities in the U.K. and I was amazed that so many events were held in Cambridge University last year. There are so many students in these universities, so the area is huge. It might be because there are fewer universities in Britain. I cannot imagine the scale!