# Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, website cookie policy

**Source**: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/cookie-statement
**Parent**: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/your-degree/course-structure

# Website Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers which some websites place on your computer to distinguish you from other users or enable certain functionalities. For a more detailed explanation of website cookies, please visit [www.allaboutcookies.org](http://www.allaboutcookies.org).

#### Analytics

We use Google Analytics to anonymously track visits to our website. From this we can analyse data about web traffic and thereby constantly improve our website for visitors. Our Google Analytics will set the following cookie on your device:

**Cookie name:** \_ga

**Expiration Time:** 2 years

**Description:**Used to distinguish users

**Cookie name:** \_gid

**Expiration Time:** 24 hours

**Description:**Used to distinguish users

**Cookie name:** \_gat\_UA

**Expiration Time:** 10 minutes

**Description:**Tracking cookie for analytics.js. Used to throttle request rate.

You can find out more about the analytics cookie usage [here.](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gtagjs/cookie-usage)

#### Other cookies

Occasionally some webpages may include external content. In these cases cookies may be placed on your machine by the external website.

If you have any questions about cookies that are set on your computer by visiting any of our webpages, then please contact us.