Friday, April 24, 2015


The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209 and is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, The Great Britain (England). .It is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's fourth-oldest surviving university. After the dispute with townsfolk, it grew out of an association of scholars who left the University of Oxford.

Including 31 constituent colleges and over 100 academic departments Cambridge was formed. The colleges are self-governing institutions founded as integral parts of the university. Its university occupies buildings throughout the town, and many of which are of historical importance. The university is closely linked with the development of the high-tech business cluster known as silicon fen. The central university and colleges have a combined aptitude of around £4.9 billion which is the largest of any university outside the United States

Beside academic studies approximately student life is centered on the colleges and numerous pan-university artistic activities and in different sports clubs and societies. Students learning involve lectures and laboratory sessions organized by departments and by college supervisions provided. Cambridge University operates scientific museums, Arts, and culture including the botanic garden and Fitzwilliam Museum. It holds around 15 million books out of which 8 million books are in its library which is a legal deposit library. Its printing press is the oldest publishing house and second largest university printing press.

 According to University Ranking 2014-15 by Academic Performance (URAP), it is the 2nd university in UK and coming second to Oxford, and listed as 5th top university in the world. It has many notable alumni, politicians, economists, actors including several eminent mathematicians, scientists, writers, philosophers, and 90 Nobel laureates who have been affiliated with it.


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