CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Education: 2024-25 HIGHLIGHTS * 26,025 students at Oxford, including 12,375 undergraduates and 13,650 postgraduates * Almost one in four (2,445) UK full-time undergraduates at the University currently receive an annual, non-repayable bursary. * 1,543 graduate students were in receipt of a scholarship, with over $81m disbursed in stipend and fee costs. In 2024/25, the University continued to enhance its undergraduate financial support package, allocating over $14m in bursary support to UK students from lower income-households. Scholarships also play a key role in attracting and retaining the highest calibre of graduate students. The Clarendon and Academic Futures programmes are complemented by the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program as well as a number of other University-wide graduate scholarship schemes. The Department for Continuing Education plays a vital role within the University of Oxford's mission, offering ever growing support for non-traditional learners worldwide. The department continues to expand flexible and digitally enabled provision of opportunities that support students and lifelong learners throughout their educational journeys. Its extensive portfolio serves around 21,000 students annually, reaching local, national, and international learners. Under the new Oxford Lifelong Learning brand, the department offers a wide range of part-time courses, including postgraduate certificates and diplomas, Masters' degrees, DPhils, undergraduate certificates, diplomas and advanced diplomas, short accredited courses and professional development programmes. The University seeks to equip all its students with the skills and knowledge to succeed in future study or employment. Outside the curriculum, support provided for students included the following: * Careers advisers offered personalised support to students, researchers and alumni in over 6,000 one-to-one advice appointments * The Careers Service organised over 250 events and conferences, over 2,000 exclusive internships and nine in-person careers fairs. * Skills development programs, including the Oxford Strategy Challenge, and the Future Leaders Innovation Programme gave more than 300 undergraduate and postgraduate students the chance to participate in authentic business projects with real organisations, both locally and internationally * Almost 5,000 students submitted more than 9,000 applications for approximately 2,000 exclusive internships advertised through the Internship Office, both in the UK and internationally. These opportunities encompassed the Summer Internship, Micro-Internship and the Crankstart Internship Programmes

Research: * For the tenth consecutive year, ranked first in the Times Higher Education (THE) worldwide ranking of universities (both overall and for the research environment) * Oxford is the recipient of the highest quality-related recurrent funding for research of any UK university in 2024/25 * In 2023/24 (the last year for which data is available) Oxford University retained top spot as the leading UK academic institution for generating spinouts The University research activity is extensive, engaging over 2,000 academics, more than 5,100 research staff and 7,350 postgraduate research students. Collaborating with universities, research organisations, healthcare providers, businesses, community groups, charities and government agencies, both nationally and internationally, the University drives significant public benefits. These include enhanced public policy, improved health outcomes, economic prosperity, social cohesion, international development, community identity, and achievement in the arts, culture and overall quality of life. In 2024/25 the University received 2,367 new research awards, amounting to a cumulative value of $1,353m , which will be utilised over the duration of the awards in the coming years. Additionally, Research England provided crucial support through QR recurrent grant funding, totalling $224m . Selected research funding highlights in the past year include: * Long-term strategic alliance with the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT); at least $133m investment in joint research programmes, and $40m of scholarship funding for the new University of Oxford-EIT Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in the Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence. * $52m received from the European Research Councils for 22 awards, across all four academic divisions. * Up to $66m investment from GSK for the GSK-Oxford Cancer Immuno-Prevention Programme to explore the potential of cancer prevention through early treatments.