Which university is more famous in your country, Cambridge or Oxford? (school, universities)

[ruvermillion]

Am a brit here and just wondering, which university if more famous from the country you're from: Oxford or Cambridge?

Famous amongst the general population

Also please list the country you are from!

[Montpellier34]

In Switzerland and France:Oxford

[Joe90]

Oxford.

[survivingearth]

Back in France i would say Cambridge, at least among my peers. In Brazil Oxford. When i lived in the US and Canada it was easily Cambridge. Now i travel a lot for business but we don't really talk about them in the comparison sense. Now Harvard, that's a phenomenon. I've never seem such a praise for a school. If you were to say you studied film at Harvard( don't even think they offer that) people would be more impressed than saying you went to UCLA, USC, NYU, Le Fémis etc

[Davy-040]

Oxford.
The American Cambridge (Harvard) is a lot more famous than the English Cambridge here in the Netherlands.

[Greysholic]

Are you choosing your school based on this survey?

[Natnasci]

I'd say Oxford, but Cambridge is certainly known. I have a friend who lives in Cambridge actually, reminds me I should visit

[Greysholic]

Originally Posted by Natnasci

I'd say Oxford, but Cambridge is certainly known. I have a friend who lives in Cambridge actually, reminds me I should visit

It's pretty, but the hordes of Chinese tourists might cut in your line for ice cream.

[survivingearth]

Originally Posted by Greysholic

Are you choosing your school based on this survey?

well , i chose Harvard based on the size of its endowment

[Brave New World]

Oxford has 64 Nobel Prizes whilst Cambridge has 96.

Cambridge is especially strong in terms of science and together with Oxford and and certain London Colleges forms what is known as the Golden Triangle.

University of Cambridge Mathematics and Sciences - Wiki

Golden triangle (universities) - Wikipedia

Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Cambridge - AstraZeneca