University of Oxford Logo

About University of Oxford

A square, dark-blue field containing a white, heraldic circular crest above a two-line wordmark. The crest is a circular garter-like ring with a buckle at the bottom; inside the ring is a small shield showing an open book and a crown motif. The wordmark below is set in all-caps serif type: a smaller "UNIVERSITY OF" line above a larger "OXFORD".

Overall the mark is high-contrast and formal, using a deep navy background with the emblem and text rendered in white. The layout is centered and vertically stacked, giving a traditional academic appearance.

What's in it: open book crown garter/belt with buckle

Shapes: square (background) circular garter/crest shield (small, inside crest) open book (inside shield) wordmark

Style: heraldic formal institutional minimal (two-colour) serif wordmark

Text in logo: UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Heraldic/academic tradition and institutional authority (open book suggests learning, crown and garter suggest historic crest).