Quantity of pupils: 1304, (full board) 1304. Boys 1304.

Eton College (Eton) - one their most well-known schools, giving secondary education in England.

It is known as a smithy of outstanding statesmen - from here has been let out eighteen prime ministers of the Great Britain, one - Northern Ireland and one - Thailand.

Besides formation always includes aesthetic education, scientific work in England.

Eton pays to it special attention, and the result is obvious - here at various times studied Georges Oruell, Persi Shelley, Robert Boyle, Stefan Tungsten. And volume number Sir Alexander Douglas Home (Lord Home of the Hirsel), Douglas Hurd, Harold Macmillan, Lord Hailsham, Lord Carrington, Antony Powell, Humphrey Litteleton, Matthew Pinsent...

Eton - one of the most known colleges in the world, guaranteeing practically absolute receipt in prestigious university (Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Harvard, Sorbonne).

Eton - a boarding school which for more than five and a half of centuries of the existence has got various traditions,

Steady reputation and reliable education system.

The college has been based in 1440 by King Henry VI («Royal College of the Sacred Mother of god in Eton near Windsor»).

In Eton princes, prime ministers, writers and set of very rich or simply rich people were trained.

The diploma of Eton is a miss in a circle of elite, it is a sign on the status.

But the most important is really good formation. Therefore to Eton sent to study in XV century and continue to send in XXI. However, study in Eton is not for poor.

One year of training costs nearby 20 thousand pounds sterling (the full board enters into cost, but charges on the trustee, clothes, a school uniform, air tickets do not enter,

Ski or years trips with school, and also pocket money).

Certainly, in college there are also so-called royal grant-aided students - some tens especially presented children which the state pays training in prestigious Eton.

The good terminator here are abilities of the child. If they are not present, no money will help the child to cross through a threshold of Eton, unless with fact-finding excursion.

One more terminator - entrance examinations in college.

For example, such small nuance: wishing to be trained in Eton it is necessary to hand over some foreign languages - Latin, French and English.

And if French and English are included into a circle of attention of parents Latin is absolutely unusual, and very few people reflects on it. And here in fact - it is necessary.

Arrangement Eton

Eton College is located in the same city of Eton, a county Berkshire on the river Thames in 20 miles to the West from London and nearby from Windsor.

School Eton CollegeSchool Eton College Eton College has been based in 1440 by King Henry VI with the purpose of preparation of young men to service to the God and the state. Originally in college was only 70 royal pupils or Collegers, which lived in College and coming pupils from small town Eton - Ophidians which should pay for the formation were trained free of charge, and some.

All graduates continued the training in King's College in Cambridge. On July, 1st, 1444 the unique friendly agreement (amicabilis concordia) between Eton College, King's College in Cambridge, Winchester College and New College Oxford has been signed. Mutual relations between Winchester and New College became the sample for Eton and King's. Four colleges have agreed always to support each other "in common causes, courts and disputes".

To this day representatives of colleges invite each other to anniversaries and other actions. The majority of ancient school buildings Eton College including church, a chapel, younger school and the basic building, constructed during creation of college have sunk into oblivion.

Today Eton - the civilized enclave representing an integral modern architectural complex. It is one of the most equipped schools in England. The set of school buildings is located in a city boundaries in an environment of fine parks, game fields for tennis, a golf and football. Eton College has some libraries with remarkable collections of rare books and manuscripts. The big collective of the highly skilled teachers possessing in huge academic potential influences results of training. Outstanding examination successes of students allow the majority of them to continue training in (Oxbridge) .Students show fine results in special traditional competitions Eton Wall Game and Eton Field Game by various kinds of sports both on the open areas, and in sports halls.

Traditionally Eton is considered as a training platform for ruling class of the Great Britain. In past Eton named «main nursemaid English statesmen».

Eton College is famous for high academic parameters, high percent acting in Oxford, Cambridge and other outstanding universities. Eton remains the most aristocratic school of the Great Britain. For five existences with superfluous centuries it has brought up outstanding figures in all spheres of human activity.

On peak of the influence in the end XIX and the beginning of XX century graduates of Eton made more than 50% of the government of conservatives. The prestige of school is high, as before - both the son of Prince Charles - William and Harry have finished Eton.

Today in Eton studies about 1,300 boys from thirteen till eighteen years. All students live in a hostel that is characteristic for prestigious English schools. Parents of the majority of students constantly live in the Great Britain, but also there is a quantity of foreign students.

1200 students are paid with the training and, by tradition, they are called Ophidians and 70 children study as grants, and them name Colleges or King's Scholar.

Features The Arms of college Eton (Arms Of Eton College).

According to the document, Date on January, 1st 1449, King Henry of the sixth has ordered to college to have the arms with the image of three silvery lilies on a black background.

King has wished again formed college to prosper eternally and to work in glory of king of England and France which symbolize a flower of France on an azure background and the going leopard.

One of the oldest colleges of Cambridge University King's College has received the arms with the description word for word repeating the description of the arms of Eton, but with three roses instead of three lilies.

The motto of Eton - Floret Etona that in translation can sound, as «Yes Eton» let prospers.

Training at school Eton College Age of students from 13 till 18 years. The majority of students are enlisted in school Eton in the age of 13 years and, in unusual cases, in 16 years. Approximately 30% of students are children of former students.

To be registered in school it is necessary in the age of up to ten and a half of years, and in 11 years to pass preliminary testing and interview.

In the age of 12-13 years the registered candidates hand over entrance examinations (common entrance).

For transfer in 16 years students should have estimations and at least in six academic subjects of program GCSE (including subjects A-level).

No requirements on possession of special knowledge and skills and are present religious restrictions, though the school is sponsored by Anglican Church.

On program GCSE in Eton College the basic subjects (English and mathematics, three main sciences - biology, chemistry, the physics, two languages - French and Latin or Greek are studied all Later are added German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.

Boys also study religion, history and a number of practical and creative disciplines - designing and technology, information technology, art, a drama and music. In the senior classes the choice of languages for studying is offered: ancient, European, east and Arabian. On program AS-level of 26 subjects, on program A-level 22 subjects.

Subjects on A-level: mathematics and higher mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology, design and technologies, psychology, electronics, Latin, Greek, ancient history, classical civilizations,

French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, history, history of arts, theology, geography, economy, management and a policy, English, the English literature, theatrical training, art, music, musical technologies, sports training. Also students continue rate General Studies including divinity, up to four subjects at the choice of, morning assemblies, assemblies and private business.

As studying English, the English literature and mathematics and 5 or 6 subjects on a choice.

99% of graduates act in universities, from them of 30% to Oxford and Cambridge.

4% choose medicine and veterinary science, 20% natural sciences and engineering, 74% humanitarian and social studies, 1% of art and design,

1% music and theatre. The School uniform is obligatory everywhere during all training. Regular visiting school church if parents will not ask about the return is

provided.

Strict discipline - at default of a homework the student will be obliged to execute additional exercises. Noticed in smoking hashish at schools will be expelled immediately from.

More than 40 clubs and communities unite students of all conceivable interests and hobbies. Since 1863 each trimester is published the newspaper " the Chronicle of College Eton

Students Eton College are improbably strong in music a drama and art. More than 600 students play on musical instruments.

20 musical include three orchestras, 4 choruses, 2 jazz orchestras, 5 chamber ensembles.

At specially constructed theatre Farer two drama schools in which about 20 performances annually are put work. Trips on an exchange will annually be organized to Germany, France, Spain, Russia and Japan. Some students in a year visit on an exchange of the USA and India.

Residing in Eton College

Today in Eton College 1,283 boys are trained, everyone live in houses (boarding houses), in territory of school. All students have a separate room. This room is their personal space,

And the pupil can decorate a room to the taste, but observing restrictions certain by the senior tutor approximately half of students accept food in central dining room Boynton, and the others in their table hostels. Also the second breakfast and after-dinner tea is given. Heads of houses watch for observance of rules.

In territory of college the qualified nurses and doctors live. Visits to nearby city are resolved. School territory Eton College is surrounded by set of athletic fields.

Sports always played an essential role in Eton and, speak, that the victory over fight Wellington with Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 has been won on athletic fields of Eton.

Each pupil of Eton can try itself in set of kinds of sports.

The choice is really enormous, beginning from football, Rugby football, hockey, cricket, rowing, athletics and squash up to less known «rekets » and «faivsa».

Here too there are the unique kinds of sports cultivated only in Eton, for example game Wall and Field.

More than 30 game kinds of sports under direction of skilled trainers are accessible to boys in Eton.

The result of all these expenditure can become the diploma of Eton, and it not simply start in life, it is an air liner submitted directly to a threshold.

Eventually Eton knowingly names a smithy of gentlemen, that is - a smithy of the managerial personnel (in fact the gentleman is not only that, who is obliged to name a cat a cat even having attacked it in darkness, but the one who should «conduct behind itself people at an o'clock of tests »).

British Universities

There are 46 universities in Britain. The oldest and best known are located in Oxford, Cambridge, London, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Southampton, Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham.

British universities differ greatly from each other. They differ in date of foundation, size, history, tradition, general organization, methods of instruction, way of student life.

The two intellectual eyes of Britain — Oxford and Cambridge universities — date back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

The Scottish universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh date back to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

In the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth centuries the so-called Redbrick universities were founded. These include London, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, and Birmingham. During the late sixties and the early seventies some 20 "new" universities were set up. Sometimes they are called "concrete and glass" universities. Among them are the universities of Sussex, York, East Anglia and some others.

Good "A" Level results in at least two subjects are necessary to get a place at a university. However, good exam passes alone are not enough. Universities choose their students after interviews, and competition for places at university is fierce.

For all British citizens a place at university brings with it a grant from their Local Education authority. The grants cover tuition fees and some of the living expenses. The amount depends on the parents' income. If the parents do not earn much money, their children will receive a full grant which will cover all their expenses.

There is an interesting form of studies which is called the Open University. It is intended for people who study in their own free time and who "attend" lectures by watching television and listening to the radio. They keep in touch by phone and letter with their tutors and attend summer schools. The Open University students have no formal qualifications and would be unable to enter ordinary universities.

The academic year in Britain's universities is divided into three terms, which usually run from the beginning of October to the middle of December, from the middle of January to the end of March, and from the middle of April to the end of June or the beginning of July.

After three years of study a university graduate will leave with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine, etc. Later he may continue to take the Master's Degree and then the Doctor's Degree. Research is an important Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest and the most prestigious universities in Great Britain. They are often called collectively Oxbridge to denote an elitarian education. Both universities are independent.

The tutorial is the basic mode of instruction at Oxford and Cambridge, with lectures as optional extras.

The normal length of the degree course is three years, after which the students take the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (B. A.). Some courses, such as languages or medicine, may be one or two years longer. The students may work for other degrees as well. The degrees are awarded at public degree ceremonies. Oxford and Cambridge cling to their traditions, such as the use of Latin at degree ceremonies. Full academic dress is worn at examinations.

Oxford and Cambridge universities consist of a number of colleges. Each college is different, but in many ways they are alike. Each college has its name, its coat of arms. Each college is governed by a Master. The large ones have more than 400 members, the smallest colleges have less than 30. Each college offers teaching in a wide range of subjects. Within the college one will normally find a chapel, a dining hall, a library, rooms for undergraduates, fellows and the Master, and also rooms for teaching purposes.

Oxford is one of the oldest universities in Europe. It is the second largest in Britain, after London. The town of Oxford is first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 911 A.D. and it was popular with the early English kings (Richard Coeur de Lion, or Lion Hearted was probably here). The university's earliest charter is dated back to 1213. There are now 24 colleges for men, five for women and another five which have both men and women members, many from overseas studying for higher degrees. Among the oldest colleges are University College (founded in 1249), All Souls (founded in 1438) and Christ Church (founded in 1525).

The Cambridge University started during the thirteenth century and grew until today. Now there are more than twenty colleges.

On the river bank of the Cam willow trees weep their branches into the water. The colleges line the right bank. There are beautiful college gardens with green lawns and lines of tall trees. The oldest college is Peterhouse, which was founded in 1284, and the most recent is Robinson College, which was opened in 1977. The most famous is probably King's College (founded in 1441) because of its magnificent chapel, the largest and the most beautiful building in Cambridge and the most perfect example left of English fifteenth-century architecture.

The University was only for men until 1871, when the first women's college was opened. In the 1970s, most colleges opened their doors to both men and women. Almost all colleges are now mixed.

Many great men studied at Cambridge, among them Desiderius Erasmus, the great Dutch scholar, Roger Bacon, the philosopher, Milton, the poet, Oliver Cromwell, the soldier, Newton, the scientist, and Kapitza, the famous Russian physicist.

The universities have over a hundred societies and clubs, enough for every interst one could imagine. Sport is part of students life at Oxbridge. The most popular sports are rowing and punting.

A Brief History of the Oxford University Oxford is a unique and historic institution. As the oldest English-speaking university in the world, it lays claim to eight centuries of continuous existence. There is no clear date of foundation, but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.

In 1188, the historian, Gerald of Wales, gave a public reading to the assembled Oxford dons and in 1190 the arrival of Emo of Friesland, the first known overseas student, initiated the University's tradition of international scholarship. By 1201, the University was headed by a magister scolarum Oxonie, on whom the title of Chancellor was conferred in 1214, and in 1231 the masters were recognized as a universitas or corporation.

In the 13th century, rioting between town and gown (students and townspeople) hastened the establishment of primitive halls of residence. These were succeeded by the first of Oxford's colleges, which began as medieval 'halls of residence' or endowed houses under the supervision of a Master. University, Balliol and Merton Colleges, established between 1249 and 1264, were the oldest.

Less than a century later, Oxford had achieved eminence above every other seat of learning, and won the praises of popes, kings and sages by virtue of its antiquity, curriculum, doctrine and privileges. In 1355, Edward III paid tribute to the University for its invaluable contribution to learning; he also commented on the services rendered to the state by distinguished Oxford graduates.

In 1530, Henry VIII forced the University to accept his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. During the Reformation in the 16th century, the Anglican churchmen Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley were tried for heresy¹ and burnt at the stake in Oxford.

In the late 17th century, the Oxford philosopher John Locke, suspected of treason, was forced to flee the country.

The University assumed a leading role in the Victorian era, especially in religious controversy. One of its leaders, John Henry Newman, became a Roman Catholic in 1845 and was later made a Cardinal. In 1860 the new University Museum was the site of a famous debate between Thomas Huxley, the champion of evolution, and Bishop Wilberforce.

From 1878, academic halls were established for women, who became members of the University in 1920. Since 1974, all but one of Oxford's 39 colleges have changed their statutes to admit both men and women. St Hilda's remains the only women's college.

In the years since the war, Oxford has added to its humanistic core a major new research capacity in the natural and applied sciences, including medicine. In so doing, it has enhanced and strengthened its traditional role as a focus for learning and a forum for intellectual debate.

Structure of the University Oxford is an independent and self-governing institution, consisting of the central University and the Colleges.

The Vice-Chancellor, who holds office for seven years, is effectively the 'Chief Executive' of the University. ThreePro-Vice-Chancellors have specific, functional responsibility for Academic Matters, Academic Services and University Collections, and Planning and Resource Allocation. The Chancellor, who is usually an eminent public figure elected for life, serves as the titular head of the University, presiding over all major ceremonies.

The principal policy-making body is the Council of the University, which has 26 members, including those elected by Congregation, representatives of the Colleges and two members from outside the University. Council is responsible for the academic policy and strategic direction of the University, and operates through four major committees: Educational Policy and Standards, General Purposes, Personnel, and Planning and Resource Allocation.

Final responsibility for legislative matters rests withCongregation, which comprises over 3600 members of the academic, senior research, library, museum and administrative staff.

Day-to-day decision-making in matters such as finance and planning is devolved to the University's five Academic Divisions - Humanities, Life and Environmental Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Medical Sciences and social sciences Each division has a full-time divisional head and an elected divisional board.Continuing Education is the responsibility of a separate board.

TheColleges, though independent and self-governing, form a core element of the University, to which they are related in a federal system, not unlike the United States. In time, each college is granted a charter approved by the Privy Council, under which it is governed by a Head of House and a Governing Body comprising of a number of Fellows, most of whom also hold University posts. There are also six Permanent Private Halls, which were founded by different Christian denominations, and which still retain their religious character. Thirty colleges and all six halls admit students for both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Seven other colleges are for graduates only; one, All Souls, has fellows only, and one, Kellogg College, specialises in part-time graduate and continuing education.

Oxford's current academic community includes 78 Fellows of the Royal Society

and 112 Fellows of the British Academy. A further 100 Emeritus and Honorary College Fellows are Fellows of the Royal Society and 145 Emeritus and Honorary College Fellows are also Fellows of the British Academy.

Staff Oxford's current academic community includes 78 Fellows of the Royal Society and 112 Fellows of the British Academy. A further 100 Emeritus and Honorary College Fellows are Fellows of the Royal Society and 145 Emeritus and Honorary College Fellows are also Fellows of the British Academy.

The University of Oxford has more academic staff working in world-class research departments (rated 5* or 5 in the RAE 2001) than any other UK university.

Students The University of Oxford's total student population numbers just over 16,500 (students in residence, 2000-2001).

Almost a quarter of these students are from overseas.

More than 130 nationalities are represented among our student body.

Almost 5,000 students are engaged in postgraduate work. Of these, around 3,000 are working in the arts and humanities.

Every year more than 16,500 people take part in courses offered by the University's Department for Continuing Education.

Oxford has a higher number of first degree graduates (36%) entering further training than the national average (20%).

Students and staff are currently involved in over 55 initiatives, including visits to more than 3,700 schools and colleges, to encourage the brightest and best students to apply to Oxford, whatever their background.

The University of Oxford has more academic staff working in world-class research departments (rated 5* or 5 in the RAE 2001) than any other UK university.

Across both the Arts and the Sciences, Oxford research is consistently in the top rank both nationally and internationally. As well as being in the forefront of scientific, medical and technological achievement, the University has strong links with research institutions and industrial concerns both in the United Kingdom and overseas. The University's income from externally funded research grants and contracts in 2000-1 totalled over 142-4 million. The University's great age also allows its teaching staff and research students to draw on a heritage of magnificent library and museum collections.

In all these fields, Oxford attracts scholars from many parts of the world to join its teaching and research staff, and values also the important role of overseas graduate students (approximately one quarter of the total graduate body) in providing intellectual stimulation and creating and maintaining academic links with colleagues abroad. A hundred countries are at present represented in this way.

Graduate courses The University offers a wide range of taught graduate courses and research degrees, ranging from one to three or more years in length. While the Master of Studies (MSt) degree is awarded after examination at the end of three terms' work, three or more years are normally required to complete a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

For all diplomas and degrees, except the few offered as part-time courses, students must spend a period in residence - which means postgraduate students live in term time within 25 miles of Oxford. There are no external degrees and there are only a few part-time courses in specific subjects. The minimum period of residence for most diplomas or the degrees of MSc or MSt is three terms. The minimum period of residence for the degrees of MPhil (BPhil in Philosophy), MLitt, or DPhil is normally six terms.

The academic year runs from October to September and is divided into three terms, Michaelmas, Hilary, and Trinity, and three vacations. The dates of FullTerms, eight-week periods during which lectures and other instruction are given, are as follows for the next two years:

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