University of Cambridge, UK

History

The University was founded in 1209, and has a global reputation for outstanding academic achievement and world-class original research.

Location and Transport

Cambridge is consistently ranked as one of the world's best universities The university has educated many notable alumni, including eminent mathematicians, scientists, politicians, lawyers, philosophers, writers, actors, and foreign Heads of State. Ninety-two Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Cambridge as students, faculty, staff or alumni.

Cambridge is formed from a variety of institutions which include 31 constituent colleges and over 100 academic departments organised into six schools. Cambridge University Press, a department of the university, is the world's oldest publishing house and the second-largest university press in the world. The university also operates eight cultural and scientific museums, including the Fitzwilliam Museum, and a botanic garden. Cambridge's libraries hold a total of around 15 million books, eight million of which are in Cambridge University Library, a legal deposit library. Throughout its history, the university has featured in literature and artistic works by numerous authors including Geoffrey Chaucer, E. M. Forster and C. P. Snow.

Cambridge is 96.5km (60 miles) north of London, off the M11 motorway, or a 50-minute journey by train from London King’s Cross.

Stansted Airport is 48km (30 miles) away.

Entry Requirements

Most conditional offers made by the Cambridge Colleges require A*A*A at A Level (or equivalent) for undergraduate science courses (excluding Psychological and Behavioural Sciences), and A*AA for arts courses and Psychological and Behavioural Sciences.

Colleges have the discretion to make non-standard offers where appropriate as part of their holistic assessment of candidates.

Undergraduate applicants may be asked to submit written work or sit a test (eg BMAT, TSA or a College-based test).

The University interviews the majority of its undergraduate applicants (approximately 80 per cent).