Oxford University Press

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Oxford University Press
Parent companyUniversity of Oxford
Founded1586; 438 years ago (1586)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationOxford, England
Key peopleNigel Portwood (Secretary to the Delegates and CEO)[1]
Publication types
Imprints
No. of employees6,000
Official websitecorp.oup.com

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586.[2] It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534.[3][4][5]

It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century.[6] The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho.

For the last 400 years, OUP has focused primarily on the publication of pedagogical texts. It continues this tradition today by publishing academic journals, dictionaries, English language resources, bibliographies, books on Indology, music, classics, literature, and history, as well as Bibles and atlases.

OUP has offices around the world, primarily in locations that were once part of the British Empire.

  1. ^ "Secretaries to the Delegates of the Press (1868–present)". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ "A Short History of Oxford University Press". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ Balter, Michael (16 February 1994). "400 Years Later, Oxford Press Thrives". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  4. ^ "About Oxford University Press". OUP Academic. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. ^ "A Brief History of the Press". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. ^ Carter p. 137