University of Oxford

Finances

Dining hall at Christ Church. The hall is an important feature of the typical Oxford college, providing a place to both dine and socialise
In 2014/15, the university had an income of £1,429m; key sources were research grants (£522.9m) and academic fees (£258.3m).^[69] The colleges had a total income of £415m,^[70]
While the university has a larger annual income and operating budget, the colleges have a larger aggregate endowment: over £3.8bn compared to the university's £834m.^[71] The Central University's endowment, along with some of the colleges', is managed by the university's wholly owned endowment management office, Oxford University Endowment Management, formed in 2007.^[72] The university has substantial investments in fossil fuel companies, and in 2014 began consultations on whether it should follow some US universities which have committed to sell off their fossil fuel investments.^[73]
The University was one of the first in the UK to raise money through a major public fundraising campaign, The Campaign for Oxford. The current campaign, its second, was launched in May 2008 and is entitled "Oxford Thinking – The Campaign for the University of Oxford".^[74] This is looking to support three areas: academic posts and programmes, student support, and buildings and infrastructure;^[75] having passed its original target of £1.25 billion in March 2012, the target has now been raised to £3 billion.^[69] The university has raised £2 billion so far in 2015.^[76]
Affiliations
Oxford is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities, the G5, the League of European Research Universities, and the International Alliance of Research Universities. It is also a core member of the Europaeum and forms part of the "golden triangle" of highly research intensive and elite English universities.^[77]