A-Z of courses | University of Oxford (2024)

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What is the easiest Oxford course to get into? ›

Offers for Oxford places are between A*A*A and AAA at A-level, depending on the course. (See course pages.) See a list of Oxford courses with conditional offers including at least one A*. A-level grades of students who applied in 2022 during the 2023 UCAS cycle.

Economics and Management: University of Oxford has an acceptance rate of 7%! It is easily the most difficult subject to pursue in Oxford. Computer Science: University of Oxford has an acceptance rate of about 9 % which is probably the lowest for this course in any given university.

As of 2023, Harvard's acceptance rate is 4%. Half of the applicants accepted at Harvard have an SAT score between 1480 and 1580. On the other hand, Oxford's acceptance rate of about 17.5% is appealing. However, the Oxford acceptance rate and Harvard acceptance rate for international students happens to be 9%.

Undergraduate qualifications

If your graduate course at Oxford requires a 'first-class undergraduate degree with honours' in the UK system, you will usually need a bachelor's degree with an overall grade of Class 1, 'A' or 80%, or a GPA of 3.7 out of 4.0.

Both Oxford and Cambridge are highly competitive, and unfortunately, you can only apply to one per year. Based on acceptance rates and numbers, however, it is easier to get into Cambridge than Oxford. Both Harvard and Oxford are esteemed, top-ranked universities where students strive to get their degrees.

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What is the most elite college at Oxford? ›

Christ Church College

The castle-like Christ Church is arguably the most impressive Oxford college, and one of the most popular colleges to visit.

Competition for places at all Oxford colleges is very strong. None of them is easy to get in to. Some colleges tend to receive more applications for each place than others, but this varies from year to year. Open applicants are allocated to colleges which have fewer applications in that year.

Oxford prefers applicants to have as many A*s and 9s as possible, and many applicants have a lot of 7, 8 and 9 grades. So you should ensure that your historic grades don't let you down, especially in subjects relevant to your course. Also, don't stretch yourself too thin if you're struggling to get great grades.

2022. Economics & Management is one of the most competitive courses at Oxford due to its very small cohort size of under 100 students. This is unusual for a major course like this, but it goes to show that you're application is going to have to really stand out to be apart of the those 5% of successful applicants.