Structure of Oxford and Cambridge explained!

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Simon Clark

Simon Clark

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Because so many people have asked me questions about how the college and department structure works in Oxford (/Cambridge) I thought I would answer such questions in a video. Please let me know in the comments if anything is still unclear.
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I am Simon, a fourth year physics student at St. Peter's College, University of Oxford. I try my best to help applicants to Oxbridge with answers from the other side of the fence and, where possible, make videos that people will find useful.
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@AlexCowan2
@AlexCowan2 10 жыл бұрын
When explaining this, I usually use the analogy of a family: a family is a coherent unit made up of multiple people - there is no physical object that is 'the family', it just exists as a group that binds individuals together. That's basically the relationship between the colleges & the University. Within any family, you'll have a maternal & paternal lineage, which equates to the college/department divide.
@soumyakanti17
@soumyakanti17 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video. I have been searching for something like this for years. Clears all my doubts!
@samiraclex
@samiraclex 10 жыл бұрын
Oh, a Simon video! I've missed these.
@experiencebg
@experiencebg 10 жыл бұрын
Great video ! Hope I can study at Oxbridge one day.
@sebastiangil2680
@sebastiangil2680 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This was concise and useful. Do you have any information for how the structure of teaching changes at the masters level?
@umangasarathchandra717
@umangasarathchandra717 10 жыл бұрын
glad to see you again
@joselitojaldo7647
@joselitojaldo7647 7 жыл бұрын
Now I have a bit knowledge about the education system of oxbridge. Can you please show some graphics that show how it works or go. Thank you
@amerkiller1995
@amerkiller1995 10 жыл бұрын
Thanks, fantastic video
@TheBeesKneess
@TheBeesKneess 10 жыл бұрын
hey simon, you should do a video showing your wall behind you and all its posters.
@calumjohn3
@calumjohn3 10 жыл бұрын
Just wondering whether Biological sciences is an essay based course, which I would assume. Thanks :D
@Alarmedy8
@Alarmedy8 10 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon can you do more similar videos
@malv4935
@malv4935 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, all that I needed.
@ellasalt8996
@ellasalt8996 4 жыл бұрын
thanks for this video!
@mengrupu4042
@mengrupu4042 10 жыл бұрын
THANKS!!
@millieeved
@millieeved 10 жыл бұрын
No no, there are no requirements about religion or political affiliation or anything personal like that :) there are several colleges of Oxford that are named after saints (e.g. St. Catherine's, St. Anne's, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Hilda's) but you don't have to be religious to go to them. The only requirement is the grades you need for the course, then of course they use the interview system to see who's most suited to the course :)
@Lara-fx4ex
@Lara-fx4ex 3 жыл бұрын
XD
@ksnmmmm11
@ksnmmmm11 6 жыл бұрын
Do you get to choose which collage you want to be in, in Cambridge?
@SimonClark
@SimonClark 6 жыл бұрын
Yes you can choose a college or submit an open application where a college is chosen for you at random
@kamlakshivats140
@kamlakshivats140 5 жыл бұрын
I am coming there
@o11y217
@o11y217 10 жыл бұрын
no, your application will be based solely on academic merit wherever you apply. you dont need to be religious to go to a college named after a saint (or any other college for that matter) the requirements are the same at every college and they are pretty damn simple. be good at your subject.
@idraote
@idraote 4 жыл бұрын
It was all very clear when you said college and department were two separate entities, one housing you and the other teaching you. You - not you, really, the system - lost me when you said that tutorials were not organised by the department but by the college.
@KiatHuang
@KiatHuang 2 жыл бұрын
It can happen either way - the lines are a little blurred because each tutoring academic has their own college and are very keen to ensure their students have suitable tutorials.
@tuvsho2076
@tuvsho2076 2 жыл бұрын
wish all university colleges have oxford university standard learning systems
@iamziano
@iamziano 6 жыл бұрын
Oxford's structure is so different from the educational system here in the Philippines. Here, a university is composed of colleges. And these colleges are composed of different departments. One good example is my college, College of Arts and Sciences, and under it, there are four different departments: Department of Languages and Mass Communication, Dept of Social Sciences and Humanities, dept of Biological Sciences, and dept Physical Sciences. But, I definitely agree that Oxford is the best university! hahaha!
@MattWebb1000
@MattWebb1000 10 жыл бұрын
How much easier are A-levels compared to degrees?
@beastkaybyt2865
@beastkaybyt2865 7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Webb a levels are generally harder than degrees
@TheRuinedUniverse
@TheRuinedUniverse 7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Webb Depends on the uni and course, but this is a three year old comment so it hardly matters nowadays.
@MattWebb1000
@MattWebb1000 7 жыл бұрын
I can confirm that degrees are harder than a levels
@pierzing.glint1sh76
@pierzing.glint1sh76 6 жыл бұрын
beastkay byt if you want to get a 2:1 or 1:1 then degrees are harder...much harder. If you just want to pass then it’s probably slightly easier than getting an A at a level
@johnmartin2813
@johnmartin2813 6 жыл бұрын
The biggest jump I ever made was from 'O' level to 'A' level, not from 'A' level to degree. In many ways the first year of a degree is a recapitulation of 'A' level anyway. But this may not be so true of Oxbridge. Where as I understand it the bachelor's degree is the equivalent of a master's everywhere else. All this was true some years ago and may not be quite so true now.
@katheriness4277
@katheriness4277 3 жыл бұрын
I’m in Oxford uni!!!!
@Menosaverus
@Menosaverus 5 жыл бұрын
Can I ask which Christian sect each University follows.
@alexbenfield3374
@alexbenfield3374 10 жыл бұрын
@TheMLGForcer Do you go to Oxford?
@alexibrailey9529
@alexibrailey9529 6 жыл бұрын
Erm... No, Cambridge natsci and Peterhouse are best
@GGE415
@GGE415 2 жыл бұрын
This would get more views if you kept on saying “object of influence…the best in the world” LMAO
@ravidoad5253
@ravidoad5253 5 жыл бұрын
hello I am from India
@inyourgame6131
@inyourgame6131 2 жыл бұрын
Let's everyone take a moment to appriciate his bias opinion on oxford's ranking hahha
@alisonmckay9291
@alisonmckay9291 7 жыл бұрын
Interesting video with helpful information but you speak SOOOOOO so fast, heaps of people won't be able to understand you. It'd be better to go a little slower. but thanks anyway, it was useful.
@PauloConstantino167
@PauloConstantino167 5 жыл бұрын
Nah he is actually slow.
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