About
Oxford International.

We believe in learning without limits and that global access to education provides opportunities for everyone regardless of borders and backgrounds.

A trusted educational partner for over 30 years

Since 1991, Oxford International has been a trusted educational partner, delivering academic partnerships and education services and with a growing portfolio of owned establishments across the UK, Canada, Australia, India, Germany, the USA and beyond borders digitally.

Our in-country, blended-learning centres prepare students for international university progression, in collaboration with trusted local partners.

Each year, we help over 80,000 students from over 100 countries on their education journeys.

Our team of over 250 recruitment, admissions and conversion specialists are strategically located in 50 locations worldwide to provide support to international students and source the right talent for our own institutions as well as our academic partners, enhanced by a network of more than 2,500 educational consultants.

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The secret to our success

Underpinned by our core values, which are unwavering even in times of crisis, we continue to deliver our vision of Learning without Limits.

Integrity

We build relationships through trust, honesty and respect.

Passion & Pride

We love what we do and strive for excellence.

Care

We put our students and their goals at the heart of everything we do.

Creativity

We are not afraid to be different and we celebrate innovation.

Smile

Oh, and we believe that a SMILE goes a long way…

A brief timeline

Our journey begins.

1991

The company was founded by David Brown and Robert Darell.

Across the 1990s

With the support of the King's Trust, we opened our first English language schools in London and Brighton.

Early 2000s

We launched our high-quality summer courses for individual students and grew our presence in the UK's academic centere.

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Our first step into international markets.

In 2013, Oxford International went international for the first time, acquiring our Vancouver and Toronto English language schools. 

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2014

We proudly invited Bowmark Capital on board as minority investor to pursue our ambitious global growth strategy, added San Diego to our centres in North America and further centres in the UK.

2016-2018

We launched International Colleges with Bangor University, University of Dundee and University of Greenwich.

Across the last decade...

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By constantly innovating, we challenge the sector

In 2020 and 2021, we strengthened our position as a global education platform through a management buy-out backed by THI Investments and the sale of our school division to Nord Anglia Education.

We launched the Oxford International Digital Institute (OIDI), further developing the international education sector online.

In response to growing demand for qualified professionals to cover in-demand professions, we developed a range of vocational programmes and opened our Oxford International Career Colleges in Canada, and developed similar programmes in the UK.

The Academic Partnerships division launched several new UK pathways collaboration with the University of Bradford.

The English Language division, opened its latest language school in New York, USA, and continues to enrich its academic offering by equipping students with language skills necessary for the modern-day learner.

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2022-2023

We launched partnerships with Roehampton University, Ravensbourne University, University of Kent, BPP University (UK) and Edinburgh Napier University in the UK and with Mercy University in the US.

2024

We opened our first Oxford International Global Hubs and expanded into Australia launching our partnership with University of Notre Dame and acquiring Universal Learning Group (ULG). We opened our vocational programmes in Canada to domestic students.

2025

We launched partnerships with University of Louisville (Kentucky, USA), Health Services University, Winchester University and Coquitlam College (Canada) and delivered the first UGC-approved international branch campus in India under the National Education Policy 2020 with University of Southampton.

2026

So far, we partnered with Whitecliffe University of Applied Sciences (Berlin International) expanding into Germany, and added international recruitment to the existing domestic provision of Universal Higher Education UK (UHE UK) for degrees designed and delivered by the University of Roehampton, London and by the University of Bradford.

And...

the best is yet to come

We are just getting started...