Oxford's reputation speaks for itself. It has a distinctive collegiate structure where students and academics benefit from belonging both to the University - a large, internationally-renowned institution, and to a college or hall - a small, interdisciplinary academic community. There are 39 Oxford colleges and they are all are close academic communities, which bring together students and researchers from different disciplines, cultures and countries. The University of Oxford contributes around £15.7 billion to the UK economy, and supports more than 28,000 full time jobs. Oxford is 2nd to none.