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Oxford University Press received its legal right to print on the 2nd of May 1586. Archbishop William Laud consolidated the legal status of the university's printing in the 1630s through royal grants from King Charles I.
James Murray and the Philological Society offered the Oxford English Dictionary project to Oxford University Press in 1879. Murray was appointed editor to produce a work estimated to take ten years and cost approximately £9,000.
The main office of Oxford University Press is located on Walton Street in Oxford, opposite Somerville College in the inner suburb of Jericho. The press moved into buildings constructed from plans by Daniel Robertson and Edward Blore in 1830.
Oxford University Press closed its printing division Oxuniprint on the 27th of August 2021. This decision marked the final chapter of the press's centuries-long history of physical printing.
The UK's Serious Fraud Office found Oxford University Press guilty of bribery to obtain school bookselling contracts sponsored by the World Bank in 2012. The press was fined £1.9 million and barred from applying for World Bank-financed projects for three years.
Oxford University Press ended its publication of Forensic Sciences Research in July 2025 following ethical concerns about research involving DNA data from the Uyghur community in China. Critics raised issues about the lack of meaningful consent from participants in regions like Xinjiang.