We're delighted to see the English Faculty at the top of two University league tables released this week. In the Guardian University Guide 2026, the University of Oxford was awarded first place for English for the second year running. The University of Oxford also comes out on top overall.
Oxford is also ranked first for English in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 alongside the University of St Andrews.
Professor Simon Horobin, Chair of the English Faculty Board, said: "I’m delighted that the English Faculty at Oxford has been ranked top in both The Times Good University Guide and the Guardian University Guide. It’s wonderful to see the exceptional research, teaching, learning and support carried out by our faculty, staff and students being recognised in this way. Oxford is an exciting, challenging and rewarding place to study and research English Language and Literature, especially as we prepare to move into our new home in the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities."
