University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge
Latin: Universitas Cantabrigiensis
Other name
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
MottoLatin: Hinc lucem et pocula sacra
Motto in English
Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
TypePublic research university
Establishedc. 1209 (1209)
Endowment£7.802 billion (2022; including colleges)[3]
Budget£2.518 billion (2022/23; excluding colleges)[4]
ChancellorThe Lord Sainsbury of Turville
Vice-ChancellorDeborah Prentice
Academic staff
6,170 (2020)[5]
Administrative staff
3,615 (excluding colleges)[5]
Students24,450 (2020)[6]
Undergraduates12,850 (2020)
Postgraduates11,600 (2020)
Location,
England
Campus
Colours  Cambridge Blue[9]
Affiliations
Websitecam.ac.uk

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the world's third-oldest university in continuous operation. The university's founding followed the arrival of scholars who left the University of Oxford for Cambridge after a dispute with local townspeople.[10][11] The two ancient English universities, although sometimes described as rivals, share many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge.

In 1231, 22 years after its founding, the university was recognised with a royal charter, granted by King Henry III. The University of Cambridge includes 31 semi-autonomous constituent colleges and over 150 academic departments, faculties, and other institutions organised into six schools. The largest department is Cambridge University Press & Assessment, which has £1 billion of annual revenue and reaches 100 million learners.[12] All of the colleges are self-governing institutions within the university, managing their own personnel and policies, and all students are required to have a college affiliation within the university. Undergraduate teaching at Cambridge is centred on weekly small-group supervisions in the colleges with lectures, seminars, laboratory work, and occasionally further supervision provided by the central university faculties and departments.[13][14]

The university operates eight cultural and scientific museums, including the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Cambridge's 116 libraries hold a total of approximately 16 million books, around nine million of which are in Cambridge University Library, a legal deposit library and one of the world's largest academic libraries. Cambridge alumni, academics, and affiliates have won 121 Nobel Prizes.[15] Among the university's notable alumni are 194 Olympic medal-winning athletes[16] and several historically iconic and transformational individuals in their respective fields, including Francis Bacon, Lord Byron, Oliver Cromwell, Charles Darwin, John Harvard, Stephen Hawking, John Maynard Keynes, John Milton, Vladimir Nabokov, Jawaharlal Nehru, Isaac Newton, Sylvia Plath, Bertrand Russell, Alan Turing, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and others.

  1. ^ Colleges of the University of Cambridge
  2. ^ "Reports and Financial Statement 2022" (PDF). University of Cambridge. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ^ Colleges £5,325M,[1] University (group) £2,476.9M[2]
  4. ^ "Reports and the Financial Statements 2023" (PDF). University of Cambridge. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Who's working in HE?". HESA. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Cambridge at a glance". September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Operational Estate Facts & Figures". Estates Division. University of Cambridge. July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Farm Facts & Figures". Estates Division. University of Cambridge. June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Identity Guidelines – Colour" (PDF). University of Cambridge Office of External Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  10. ^ Catto, J. I. (1984). The History of the University of Oxford: I The Early Oxford Schools (1st ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 37–41. ISBN 0199510113.
  11. ^ "A Brief History: Early records". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  12. ^ "Cambridge University Press & Assessment grows global impact". University of Cambridge. November 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  13. ^ Tapper, Ted; Palfreyman, David (2011). "The Tutorial System: The Jewel in the Crown". Oxford, the Collegiate University. Higher Education Dynamics. Vol. 34. Springer. pp. 95–115. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0047-5_6. ISBN 978-94-007-0046-8. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  14. ^ "What should students expect from their College and the University?". University of Cambridge. December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Nobel prize winners". University of Cambridge. 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  16. ^ "All Known Cambridge Olympians Archived 8 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine". Hawks Club. Retrieved 17 May 2019.


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