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The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University or Oxford) is a university located in Oxford, England. It is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the second-oldest surviving university in the world.Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096. The University grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. In post-nominals the University of Oxford was historically abbreviated as Oxon., from the Latin Universitas Oxoniensis, although Oxford is now used in official university publications.