1. The University of Oxford welcomes some of the brightest minds from across the globe every year. International students currently make up over a third of all those studying at the University, with 138 nationalities represented.
2. The University of Oxford has no known foundation date. Teaching at Oxford existed in some form as early as 1096, but it is unclear when a university came into being.
3. Oxford was first settled in Anglo-Saxon times and was initially known as "Oxenaforda", meaning "ford of the oxen".