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。