Apart from lectures teaching is by means of the tutorial system, which has been, in modern times, one of the chief foundations of the greatness of Oxford and Cambridge among universities. This is a system of individual tuition organised by the colleges.

• 除了讲座授课这种形式，还采用了“导师制”。 牛津和剑桥之所以能成为当代出类拔萃的大学，根本原因之一便是导师制，即由学院组织的个别指导制度。