Teaching and research on the south bank of the Pontar since 1583

A university of 11,862 students and 2,947 staff, with one of the oldest libraries in England, a university press that has published every year since 1875, and one of the largest faculties of philosophy in the country.

The riverfront from the Novigrad landing stage. Drawing by the University’s Estates drawing office, 2019.
CALU 0712 LATIN VERBS II 1984 · 8-bit · 1 disk

The Library’s early educational software is now in the catalogue

Every one of the 1,412 programs written by the University’s Computer-Assisted Learning Unit between 1979 and 1996 now has a catalogue record, linked to the copy kept by the Lazarus archive since 1998.

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Who has a say in what an implant sees?

The Centre for the Ethics of Perception and the Kiroshi Foundation’s Chiba Centre for Visual Science tested nine optical implants and the law in thirteen countries. Seven of the nine detect the faces of passers-by in every frame.

The Bystanders project

  • Inaugural lecture: “Letters that answered back”

    , 17:30 · Great Hall, Old Schools

    Places were allocated by ballot to members of the University and are now taken. The lecture will be recorded.

  • Consent by proxy: who can agree to be seen?

    , 16:15 to 17:45 · Upper Room, Chapter House

    For members of the University. No booking is needed; bring your University card.

  • Winter Congregation

    , 11:00 and 15:00 · Great Hall, Old Schools

    Tickets are issued to graduands only, two guests each, through the Congregation Office.

University events are open to members of the University unless stated otherwise. Ceremonies are by ticket to graduands only.

The University in figures

students in 2026–27
11,862
printed volumes in the Library
1.16m
titles published by the Press since 1875
6,118
volumes of the Oxenfurt Philosophical Review
87
year the Library joined Lazarus
1998