DECIDED that there is no place quite like Oxford to spend your Junior Year or Semester? Perplexed by the myriad of offerings? Several US colleges and universities offer a fully integrated, efficiently administered, high quality academic program which doesn’t cost the earth. Administered on site by OPUS, the Oxford Programme for Undergraduate Studies, and working continuously and successfully with the largest number of Oxford colleges compared to any other program, there is nothing of essence we do not provide,
Most US accredited programs offer litle or no integration; programs which offer an element of integration are rarely US accredited (hence potential problems with credit transfers and financial aid). The OPUS option is both fully integrated and US accredited, enabling you to earn thirteen hours of academic credit during one twelve week term. You can have your cake and eat it too. If your home college does not yet have an association with us you may be eligible to apply to us through other affiliated US universities.
Use the check-list below to see how we stack up. Unless indicated otherwise, all the following elements, essential in a first rate program, are included in the fees which you will pay to your home college. We do not charge for meals so participants can choose to either dine in hall when they wish (and pay per individual meal) or prepare their own in the modern kitchens in each student house, there are no expensive meal plans you are stuck with.
| Academics | OPUS | College & Social | OPUS | |
| Tutorial method of instruction | YES | Oxford College JCR membership | YES | |
| Teaching done entirely by Oxford tutors | YES | College dining rights | YES | |
| Oxford facultv adviser | YES | Choice of dining arrangements | YES | |
| Full range of subiects | YES | Full participation in college sports | YES | |
| Detailed tutorial reports | YES | Union Society membership | YES | |
| US accredited sponsor* | YES | College library membership | YES | |
| Bodleian Library access | YES | Access to OU clubs and societies | YES | |
| Visiting student option | YES | Special college events | YES | |
| Housing | Pastoral & Other | |||
| High quality housing standard | YES | Intensive on-site Orientation | YES | |
| All housing close to city centre | YES | Central administration office | YES | |
| All houses fully furnished with phones | YES | Low cost group flight option + | YES | |
| Single rooms standard | YES | Airport group pick-up + | YES | |
| Computer or printer facilities at each house | YES | E-mail facilities | YES | |
| Individual cell phones for each student | YES | 12 guided excursions per year | YES | |
| High speed internet option | YES | |||
| Live with British students | YES | Application fee | NIL | |
| Cleaning service during term | YES | |||
| Regular property maintenance | YES | |||
| 24 hour emergency number | YES | |||
| Luxury housing option | YES |
* By acting solely on behalf of US home colleges, the Program benefits from US accreditation. By acting on behalf of the State University of New York, the Program is evaluated by the US Commission on Higher Education.
+ Group flight organized by the home college at its discretion, group flight pick-up from Heathrow Airport organized by OPUS.
We are proud of our achievements; we believe OPUS combines the closest experience yet to being an Oxford undergraduate for a term or a year with the highest level of constant pastoral care available anywhere. But don’t just take our word for it. Speak to those who have attended this Program from your own university. Ask your Study Abroad Adviser to request feedback from the entire community of study abroad advisers. Look at past Student Comments. Or ask those who’ve gone to Oxford through any otherprogram what they have heard about OPUS. We’re not legendary for nothing.
