"The University of Cambridge (lawfully The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge) is a college research college in Cambridge, UK. Established in 1209 and also granted an imperial charter by King Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the second-oldest college in the English-speaking globe as well as the world's fourth-oldest enduring college. The university grew out of an association of scholars who left the University of Oxford after a disagreement with the townspeople. [12] Both 'ancient universities' share lots of typical attributes and are often described jointly as 'Oxbridge'. The history as well as influence of the University of Cambridge have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

Cambridge is created from a selection of establishments which include 31 semi-autonomous constituent Colleges and over 100 academic divisions organised right into six schools. Cambridge University Press, a division of the college, is the globe's earliest publishing residence and also the second-largest university press in the world. Cambridge Evaluation, additionally a department of the university, is just one of the world's leading taking a look at bodies and offers evaluation to over 8 million learners worldwide yearly. The college also operates eight cultural as well as clinical galleries, including the Fitzwilliam Gallery, in addition to a botanic garden. Cambridge's collections, of which there are 116, hold an overall of around 16 million books, around 9 million of which remain in Cambridge College Library, a legal deposit library. The college is house to, but independent of, the Cambridge Union - the globe's earliest questioning culture. The university is very closely connected to the growth of the state-of-the-art business collection known as 'Silicon Fen'. It is the central member of Cambridge University Wellness Allies, an academic wellness scientific research centre based around the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

In the ending 31 July 2019, the main university, excluding colleges, had an overall income of ₤ 2.192 billion, of which ₤ 592.4 million was from research study gives as well as agreements. At the end of the exact same fiscal year, the main college as well as universities with each other possessed a consolidated endowment of over ₤ 6.9 billion and overall consolidated web possessions (excluding 'immaterial' historical assets) of ₤ 12.569 billion. By both endowment dimension and also combined possessions, Cambridge is the most affluent university in the United Kingdom.

Cambridge is rated the globe's second-rate college by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ranked 3rd globally by Academic Ranking of World Universities, 6th by QS, and also 7th by US News. Cambridge was rated No. 10 in the 2016 and 2018 Nature Index Yearly Tables, which gauge the largest factors to papers released in 82 leading scientific journals. According to the Times College ranking, nothing else institution in the world ranks in the leading 10 for as several topics. It is a member of various associations as well as kinds part of the 'gold triangle' of English universities.

The college has actually educated lots of noteworthy alumni, consisting of eminent mathematicians, scientists, political leaders, lawyers, thinkers, authors, stars, queens as well as other heads of state. Since October 2019, 120 Nobel Laureates, 11 Area Medalists, 7 Turing Award victors as well as 14 British Prime Ministers have actually been affiliated with Cambridge as students, graduates, faculty or research study staff. College graduates have won 194 Olympic medals."