As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford University has established international reputation as the world’s best and leading academic institution.

In 2007 Oxford climbed up the rankings as the best university in Europe and second best in the world in Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), alongside the University of Cambridge and Yale University. THES ranking is based on peer review (40%), graduate employability (10%), an international outlook (10%), teaching quality (20%) and research quality (20%) as the criteria.

Ranking Performance:

- Rated 4th in the world by THES 2008, 10th globally by Academic Ranking of World Universities 2007.

- Rated Number One in the UK by Guardian and Times Good University Guide 2008, 2nd place in Sunday Times.

- The Saïd Business School, University of Oxford is highly regarded as the world’s leading business school – rated first for a one-year MBA programme in the UK and 20th overall globally by the Financial Times 2006. (In 2008 it secured a place at 19th by FT Global MBA Rankings)

- Rated 1st for Anthropology, Anatomy and Physiology, Business and Management Studies, Biosciences, Economics, English, Earth and Marine Sciences, Law, Materials and Mineral Engineering, Modern Languages, Music, Psychology, Politics, and Sociology. (Guardian Subject League Tables 2006)

- Rated as the best UK institution for the fourth year running by Guardian (2006 – 2009). The league table assesses teaching quality, staff-student ratios and graduate job prospects.

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Kelvin Wong Loke Yuen is a top academician with extensive years of teaching experience. He holds an MBA and a Postgraduate Diploma from Heriot-Watt (UK's World-Class University) and a BCom degree from Adelaide (Australia's Group of Eight University), as well as many other internationally recognized certifications. Check out his profile on: LinkedIn

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