The University of Oxford , located in the English city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking word. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back as the 11th century. The University of Oxford does not have a clear date of foundation. Teaching at Oxford existed in some form in 1096. The University of Cambridge, located in the City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world and the fourth oldest in Europe.Hugh Balsham, Bishop of Ely, founded Peterhouse in 1284, Cambridge’e799bee5baa6e79fa5e98193e59b9ee7ad9431333332623936s first college. Many colleges were founded during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but colleges continued to be established throughout the centuries to modern times,