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1 Famous universities in the UK
Juraj Labant 3D

2 Ancient british universities
University of Oxford University of Cambridge University of Aberdeen University of St Andrews University of Glasgow University of Edinburgh University of Dublin – Trinity College

3 University of Oxford Founded in 11 century
One of the best universities in the world

4 University of Oxford three terms – Michaelmas Term, Hilary Term and Trinity Term Tutorials hour long session with your tutor and you usually discuss your week´s work Colleges - 38 colleges in Oxford, many of them centuries old

5 University of Oxford 27 prime ministers - the current prime minister David Cameron. 30 other international leaders, 47 Nobel prize winners, 20 Archbishops of Canterbury and many other. Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Locke and actor Hugh Grant.

6 University of Cambridge
Founded after some argue or misunderstanding when many scholars from Oxford went north to the village of Cambridge After time of Newton the university maintained a strong emphasise on applied mathematics, particularly mathematical physics

7 University of Cambridge
Teaching in Cambridge is mostly similar to that one in Oxford Tutorials, colleges and three terms

8 University of Cambridge
88 Nobel prizes - more than any other institution in the world 15 British Prime Ministersstudied here, also at least 25 foreign Heads of Government, 9 monarchs and a large number of other royals, 3 Signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence, Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Francis Crick and James D. Watson, Charles Darwin Hugh Laurie

9 University of Dublin Trinity College or officially College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin. Founded in 1592

10 University of Dublin Women were admitted to Trinity as full members for the first time in 1904. Famous alumni are Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker and also 3 presidents of Ireland.

11 Thank you for attention


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