United States of America - Introduction
The connections between Oxford and the United States are strong across the spectrum of the University’s activities. The USA is the largest source of students and staff outside of the UK and is home to the largest number of international Oxford alumni. Oxford academics and scientists publish research with American colleagues more frequently than with any other nationality, and the USA provides the largest source of funding for Oxford research outside of the UK.
Oxford University Press has deep historical links to the US: in January
2009, President Barack Obama was sworn into office on the same Bible as
that used by Abraham Lincoln in 1861, which was published by Oxford
University Press in 1853. The Oxford University Press, Inc. (OUP USA) is
Oxford University Press’s second major publishing centre after Oxford,
and is by far the largest university press in the USA. Set up in 1896,
OUP USA was the Press’ first international office. Since it began to
publish its own US books in the 1920s, the Press has been honored with
seven Pulitzer Prizes, several National Book Awards, and over a dozen
Bancroft Prizes in American history. It publishes at a variety of levels
and for a wide range of audiences in almost every academic discipline,
furthering Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research,
scholarship, and education.
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