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England University In England, any university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university in England is a corporation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of teachers and scholars." As of August 2008, there were ninety-one universities in England, out of a total of 109 in the United Kingdom. This excludes approximately 133 higher education institutions that have not been given the right to call themselves a "university" by the Privy Council (such as colleges of higher education). The number of universities has since increased.

The following is a list of all English universities and university colleges currently recognised by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, together with the date on which they were created.

As of August 2008, there were ninety-one universities in England, out of a total of 109 in the United Kingdom. This excludes approximately 133 higher education institutions that have not been given the right to call themselves a "university" by the Privy Council (such as colleges of higher education). The number of universities has since increased.
The following is a list of all English universities and university colleges currently recognised by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, together with the date on which they were created.

Degree ceremony at the University of Oxford. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor in MA gown and hood, Proctor in official dress and new Doctors of Philosophy in scarlet full dress. Behind them, a bedel, a Doctor and Bachelors of Arts and Medicine graduate.


	The early indications from this year's university admissions suggest there could be a record number of applicants. So far there has been an increase of 2.5% in applicants to UK universities, compared with last year's record level, says the Ucas admissions service. This will mean intense pressure for places in the last year before the increase in tuition fees in England. Universities minister David Willetts said he recognised that demand for places was "likely to increase". But the detail of these figures suggests some uncertainty - with a sharp year-on-year fall in numbers applying in December, the month when MPs backed plans to increase tuition fees to up to £9,000 per year in England. Levelling off These interim figures published by the Ucas admissions service show there had been 344,064 applicants by 20 December 2010, an increase of more than 8,000 at the same stage of the admissions process in the previous year.


	If this pattern is continued it will mean new records will be set in the summer - both for the number of applicants and the number missing out on places. At the end of last year's admissions process, 209,000 applicants were left without a place. But this latest increase of 2.5% is much lower than the rate of increase being reported last year. By the end of January 2010, there had been an increase of 23% on the previous year. This could suggest a levelling off in the increase in demand - after successive years of record application numbers. There will be much attention paid to the impact of raising tuition fees in England - with the prospect of a rush for places in 2011, ahead of fees rising in 2012. There are also expected to be re-applications from people who failed to get a place last year. However there will also be questions raised about the impact of tuition fee protests and concerns about student debt - as applications in December were 17% below the previous year. The overall 2.5% increase in applications has been driven by increases between September and November.

Gender gap

There were also mixed messages from the ages of people applying for places.
The number of 17 and 18-year-olds applying has fallen, compared with the same point in the admissions cycle last year - but there has been an increase in applicants in their twenties, thirties and forties.
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Going to university has always been a competitive process and not all those who apply will be accepted”
David Willetts
Universities minister
There are also differences within the UK - with a rise of 3.3% in England and a drop of 15% in Scotland, where there are no tuition fees.
The gender gap is also widening, with an increasing proportion of female applicants. So far there have been 199,000 applications from women compared with 145,000 from men.
A spokesman for Ucas said there would be a clearer picture of application trends at the end of this month, after the January deadline.
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said: "It's still very early in the admissions cycle, but yes, we recognise demand for university places next year is likely to increase.
"Going to university has always been a competitive process and not all those who apply will be accepted. Even in tough times we are repeating the extra 10,000 places we offered last year."

There is no clear date of foundation, but teaching existed at Oxford in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. Teaching was temporarily suspended in 1209 due to town execution of two scholars and in 1355 due to the St. Scholastica riot, but was continuous during the English Civil War (1642-1651), at which time the University was Royalist. All Souls College and University College have repeatedly claimed that they own documents proving that teaching in Oxford started in the year 825, but these documents have never seen the public light (allegedly, John Speed dated his famous 1605 Oxford maps based in these documents).


	The university is considerably older than its formal founding date, associated with a bull (quia sapientia) issued by Pope Nicholas IV in 1289, combining all the long-existing schools into a single university. It is the oldest medical school in Europe, and the school of law was founded by Placentinus, from the school of law at Bologna, who came to Montpellier in 1160.