The Oxford tutorial system is unique. The College is an academic society in which you study under the guidance of your College tutors.

Undergraduate teaching at Oxford combines centrally organised lectures and seminars with weekly or twice-weekly tutorials or classes. If you are taking a science subject you also have laboratory sessions. The system of tutorials in College is a central part of undergraduate teaching at Oxford for all subjects. Your tutor will set work each week, usually involving reading, writing an essay, or solving some problems. He or she will then meet with you to go through your work (either individually or with one or two other undergraduates) and will advise you on how to organise your studies, which lectures to attend, which optional papers to choose, and so on. Later on, as your work becomes more specialised, your tutor will arrange tutorials and classes with appropriate experts elsewhere in the University.

You will find that your tutor is understanding and approachable, someone who will encourage you to work hard and achieve your best by stimulating your interest. In Oxford’s collegiate system you will have the advantage of belonging to a large university, with a huge number of specialist teachers in different branches of science, the arts, and the humanities. At the same time you will have the opportunity to work in close contact with your College tutors, who will guide your studies and take a direct personal interest in your welfare and intellectual development.