Презентация на тему по английскому языку Famous Universities of Great Britain

city of Oxford is one of the oldest and

most highly revered Universities in Europe. It was the first university established in Britain.

King Alfred the Great.

Oxford is an aristocratic university. Now there are 27

colleges for men, 5 for women and another five are co-educational.

have studied at Oxford University e.g.:












John Locke








Adam Smith

Lewis Carroll







Oscar Wilde









John Tolkien







Indira Gandhi









Baroness
Margaret Thatcher











Bill Clinton

All in all, Oxford has produced four British and at least eight foreign kings, 47 Nobel prize-winners, 25 British Prime Ministers, 28 foreign presidents and prime ministers, 86 archbishops, 18 cardinals, and one pope. Seven of the last eleven British Prime Ministers have been Oxford graduates.

the English-speaking world (after Oxford). The start of the

University is generally taken as 1209.

London. The town of Cambridge got its name from

the river 'Cam'.
The university was basically established to study for religious purpose. The first sessions of the University were held in churches or private houses.

colleges. The oldest college in Cambridge is Peterhouse.

are :










Lord Byron








Sir Isaac Newton







Oliver Cromwell







John Milton







Sir Charles

DarwiN









The great Russian scientist Pavlov came to Cambridge to receive the degree of the Honorary Doctor of Cambridge.







Cambridge University has produced 80 Nobel-prize winners, 13 British Prime Ministers and 8 Archbishops.

both universities.  
There is a great competition between the universities

and they play all sorts of games between each other like cricket and rugby football.
Also they compete at punting and rowing, which are the most popular sports. The Oxford team wears dark blue uniform and the Cambridge team wears light blue one.

in the English-speaking world. You never say Cambridge and Oxford; Oxford

always comes first. They are often called Oxbridge.