The oldest universities of Great Britain Oxford Cambridge

There are about 90 Universities in Great Britain, the biggest one

Oxford was founded in the 12th century (1133) as an aristocratic

. It has an aristocratic character today.

The cost of studies in the university is rather high. Students

The university is a collection of 35 colleges: two for women

Each college gives students a specialized training in arts, law, medicine,

The academic year has three terms, each lasts from eight to

The formal head of the University is the Chancellor, but the

50 scientists – laureates of the Nobel Prize studied in

Frederic Soddy
1921 radio – chemist

Hinshelwood Cyril
1956 physicist and

Only in the 19th century women
of any race could
enter

Cambridge

Cambridge is the second oldest university in Britain. It was opened

At present Cambridge has 28 colleges. One is for men

Cambridge takes its name from the river Cam on which it

the Cam

The university is full of ancient building, chapels, libraries.

In old times students of Cambridge were not allowed to play

During the course students live in the college. There are 9,000

Cromwell, Newton, Byron, Darwin studied in this university. The great Russian

80 Nobel Prize winners studied in this University : 29 in

Niles Bohr
1922 physics

Bertran Russell
1950 literature

the Royal College of Cambridge

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