Why did John Locke find the Oxford curriculum uninteresting?

John Locke found the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Oxford dull and unstimulating because it remained largely rooted in the medieval tradition.1

The syllabus focused heavily on Aristotle, particularly his logic, while failing to incorporate significant new intellectual developments regarding the nature and origins of knowledge. Specifically, the university ignored the works of influential thinkers such as Francis Bacon and René Descartes, whose ideas on natural philosophy were beginning to reshape the intellectual landscape.1

Despite these official limitations, Locke sought out these new ideas independently and eventually connected with prominent advocates of the "new science," such as Robert Boyle, which ultimately steered his interests toward medical research and empiricism.1