efile GRAPHIC p rint - DO NOT PROCESS As Filed Data - DLN: 93493072003465 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax OMB No 1545-0047 Form 990 Under section 501(c), 527, or 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (except private foundations) 2O1 3 Do not enter Social Security numbers on this form as it may be made public By law, the IRS Department of the Treasury Open generally cannot redact the information on the form Internal Revenue Service Inspection - Information about Form 990 and its instructions is at www.IRS.gov/form990 For the 2013 calendar year, or tax year beginning 08-01-2013 , 2013, and ending 07-31-2014 C Name of organization B Check if applicable D Employer identification number The Chancellor Master & Scholars of the University of Oxford F Address change 98-6001062 Doing Business As F Name change Oxford University 1 Initial return Number and street (or P 0 box if mail is not delivered to street address) Room/suite E Telephone number Wellington Square Terminated (- Amended return City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2]D 1 Application pending United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) G Gross receipts $ 2,533,038,324 F Name and address of principal officer H(a) Is this a group return for Mr Giles Kerr subordinates? fl Yes F No Finance Division University of Oxford H(b) Are all subordinates (-Yes (- No Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2ET included? U K If "No," attach a list (see instructions) I Tax-exempt status F 501(c)(3) 1 501(c) ( ) I (insert no ) (- 4947(a)(1) or F_ 527 H(c) Group exemption number 0- 3 Website : 0- www ox ac uk K Form of organization F Corporation 1 Trust F_ Association (- Other 0- L Year of formation 1096 M State of legal domicile UK Summary 1 Briefly describe the organization's mission or most significant activities The principal objectives of the University are the advancement of learning by teaching and research and its dissemination by every means w 2 Check this box if the organization discontinued its operations or disposed of more than 25% of its net assets 3 Number of voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1a) . 3 26 of :2 4 Number of independent voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1b) . 4 4 5 Total number of individuals employed in calendar year 2013 (Part V, line 2a) . 5 796 6 Total number of volunteers (estimate if necessary) 6 0 7aTotal unrelated business revenue from Part VIII, column (C), line 12 . 7a 987,392 b Net unrelated business taxable income from Form 990-T, line 34 . 7b 987,392 Prior Year Current Year 8 Contributions and grants (Part VIII, line 1h) . 786,454,739 828,150,832 9 Program service revenue (Part V I I I , l i n e 2g) . 1,300,409,498 1,553,740,876 N 10 Investment income (Part VIII, column (A), lines 3, 4, and 7d ) . 46,975,113 106,443,704 11 Other revenue (Part VIII, column (A), lines 5, 6d, 8c, 9c, 10c, and 11e) 23,479,756 34,125,305 12 Total revenue-add lines 8 through 11 (must equal Part VIII, column (A), line 12) . 2,157,319,106 2,522,460,717 13 Grants and similar amounts paid (Part IX, column (A), lines 1-3) . 98,289,083 111,977,037 14 Benefits paid to or for members (Part IX, column (A), line 4) . 0 0 15 Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits (Part IX, column (A), lines 5-10) 1,084,763,715 1,278,906,405 16a Professional fundraising fees (Part IX, column (A), line 11e) 43,848 136,756 b Total fundraising expenses (Part IX, column (D), line 25) 0-15,334,313 LLJ 17 Other expenses (Part IX, column (A), lines h1a-11d, 11f-24e) . 835,341,888 1,032,205,465 18 Total expenses Add lines 13-17 (must equal Part IX, column (A), line 25) 2,018,438,534 2,423,225,663 19 Revenue less expenses Subtract line 18 from line 12 138,880,572 99,235,054 Beginning of Current End of Year Year 20 Total assets (Part X, l i n e 1 6 ) . 5,640,894,035 6,414,531,593 % 21 Total l i a b i l i t i e s (Part X, l i n e 2 6 ) . 1,058,187,860 1,302,895,193 ZLL 22 Net assets or fund balances Subtract line 21 from line 20 4,582,706,175 5,111,636,400 lijaW Signature Block Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, includin my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete Declaration of preps preparer has any knowledge Signature of officer Sign Here Giles Kerr Director of Finance Type or print name and title Print/Type preparer's name Preparers signature Paid Firm's name Pre pare r Use Only Firm's address 1- May the IRS discuss this return with the preparer shown above? (see instructs For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the separate instructions. Form 990 (2013) Page 2 Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Check if Schedule 0 contains a response or note to any line in this Part III .F 1 Briefly describe the organization's mission The principal objectives of the University are the advancement of learning by teaching and research and its dissemination by every means See Schedule 0 2 Did the organization undertake any significant program services during the year which were not listed on the prior Form 990 or 990-EZ? . fl Yes F No If "Yes," describe these new services on Schedule 0 3 Did the organization cease conducting, or make significant changes in how it conducts, any program services? . F Yes F No If "Yes," describe these changes on Schedule 0 4 Describe the organization's program service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expenses Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations are required to report the amount of grants and allocations to others, the total expenses, and revenue, if any, for each program service reported 4a (Code ) (Expenses $ 2,211,917,471 including grants of $ 111,977,037 ) (Revenue $ 1,553,740,876 More than 22,100 students, from a diverse range of backgrounds and nationalities, benefit from Oxford's resources This includes 11,772 undergraduates and 9,850 postgraduates The scale of research activity at Oxford is substantial, involving more than 70 departments, the colleges, over 1,600 academic staff (teaching and research), more than 4,100 research and research support staff, and over 5,500 postgraduate research students Oxford consistently has the highest research income from external sponsors of any UK University, earning US$810 million in 2013-14, representing an increase of 9 5% on the previous financial year Oxford was ranked first in the UK and third in the world in the Times Higher Education Supplement's World University Rankings 2014-2015 In the disciplinary tables, Oxford was ranked first in the world in clinical, pre-clinical and health subjects, third for social sciences, fourth for life sciences, and fifth for the arts and humanities Oxford is repeatedly ranked in the top ten of universities worldwide in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by Shanghai Jiaotong University, and in the QS World Rankings In 2014 Oxford was ranked joint first in the UK by The Sunday Times and second in the UK by The Guardian and The Complete University Guide In December 2014 the Research Excellence Framework, the official UK-wide assessment of all university research, found that Oxford has the largest volume of world-leading research in the country Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide OUP is the world's largest university press with the widest global presence It currently publishes thousands of new publications a year, has offices in more than seventy countries, and employs some 7,000 people worldwide It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing programme that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, children's books, materials for teaching English as a foreign language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and academic journals Highlights from 2013/14 included the launch of Oxford Research Encyclopaedias, a series of continuously updated online reference encyclopaedias, and the Oxford Learners Bookshelf, a tablet app that enables easy access to 220 interactive course-books and more than 130 readers for English language learners The Press won a total of 205 prizes for its publishing over the course of the year including a British Academy Medal for Dr Noel Malcom's Thomas Hobbes Leviathan For more information on program service accomplishments, news and events, visit www ox ac uk/news 4b (Code ) (Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ 4c (Code ) (Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ 4d Other program services (Describe in Schedule 0 ) (Expenses $ 0 including grants of $ 0 ) (Revenue $ 0 ) 4e Total program service expenses - 2,211,917,471 Form 990 (2013) Form 990 (2013) Page 3 Checklist of Required Schedules Yes No 1 Is the organization described in section 501(c)(3) or4947(a)(1) (other than a private foundation)? If "Yes," Yes complete Schedule As . 1 2 Is the organization required to complete Schedule B, Schedule of Contributors (see instructions)? 2 Yes 3 Did the organization engage in direct or indirect political campaign activities on behalf of or in opposition to No candidates for public office? If "Yes,"complete Schedule C, Part I .