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Oxford and Cambridge (11) from the rest of the universities in Great Britain in many important (12) , but resemble each other quite closely.
Oxford was founded in the 12th century. There are (13) thirty-five colleges: three are for women only and the (14) take both men and women. There are at present approximately 9400 students in residence, of whom over a third are women. The city of Oxford is popular with tourists because of the University’s many (15) medieval buildings.