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History. The University of Cambridge is one of the world's oldest universities and leading academic centres, and a self-governed community of scholars. Established in 1209, the University is rich in history.
- The Medieval University
The students who flocked to Cambridge soon arranged their...
- Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
The boat race between Oxford and Cambridge and the...
- Legacies of Enslavement
The University of Cambridge is exceptionally well placed to...
- Sixteenth Century
The size of the official University greatly increased, but...
- The Georgian/Hanoverian University
The Cambridge University Press (now part of Cambridge...
- Annual Reports
I am inspired by Cambridge on a daily basis. Individuals are...
- Cambridge at a Glance
The Cambridge cluster is home to 5,300 knowledge-intensive...
- The Medieval University
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.
- 24,450 (2020)
- Cambridge, England
- University town, 617 hectares (1,520 acres)
- Latin: Hinc lucem et pocula sacra
Hace 2 días · University of Cambridge, English autonomous institution of higher learning at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam 50 miles (80 km) north of London. The start of the university is generally taken as 1209, when scholars from Oxford migrated to Cambridge to escape Oxford’s riots of “town and gown” (townspeople ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
History. The University of Cambridge has been at the forefront of academic study and research since 1209. Here is a selection of our discoveries and innovations so far. Read More. Civic and community engagement. Discover how the University works with partners in Cambridge and throughout the East of England. See examples of our local engagement.
This volume describes the complex institution of the University, and also the beginnings of its transformation after 1850 - under the pressure of public opinion and the State - into the University as it exists today: inclusive in its membership, diverse in its curricula, and staffed by committed scholars and teachers.
- Peter Searby
- 1997
Celebrating the best of Cambridge’s rich history and looking forward to the future, the University reflected on the myriad achievements and world-changing ideas born within its walls, from the establishment of the fundamentals of physics to the discovery of the structure of DNA; from the transformative thinking of great Cambridge philosophers ...
In 1700 the Cambridge arts curriculum was recognisably the Renaissance mixture that had been introduced 150 years earlier: an attempt to survey knowledge by teaching philosophy and divinity, mathematics and science, and the classical languages and literatures. Type. Chapter. Information. A History of the University of Cambridge , pp. 1 - 6.