The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University), located in the City of Cambridge The city of Cambridge (pronounced /ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ (KAYM-bridj)) is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about 50 miles (80 km) north of London. It is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen, Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. Modern Cambridgeshire was formed from the historic counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, together with the Isle of Ely and the, United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with, is the second oldest This is a list of all of the oldest extant universities in the world. To be listed on this page, an educational institution must satisfy the definition of a university at the time of founding; it must have been founded before 1500 or be the oldest university in a region; and it must have been operational without a significant interruption ever university in the English-speaking world and the fourth oldest in Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma-Manych Depression), and the Black Sea to the southeast. Europe is bordered. The name is sometimes abbreviated as Cantab. in post-nominals Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials or post-nominal titles, are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. The order in which these are listed after a name, a shortened form of Cantabrigiensis (an adjective derived from Cantabrigia, the Latinised form of Cambridge The city of Cambridge (pronounced /ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ (KAYM-bridj)) is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about 50 miles (80 km) north of London. It is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen).
The university grew out of an association of scholars in the city of Cambridge that was formed, early records suggest, in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford The University of Oxford , located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back as the 11th century. The University grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the after a dispute with townsfolk there.[5] The universities of Oxford The University of Oxford , located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back as the 11th century. The University grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the and Cambridge are often jointly referred to as "Oxbridge Oxbridge is a composite, or portmanteau, of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of perceived superior intellectual or social status. Oxbridge can be used as a noun referring to either or both universities or as an adjective describing". In addition to cultural and practical associations as a historic part of British society, the two universities also have a long history of rivalry The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, collectively known as Oxbridge, are the two oldest universities in Britain. Both were founded more than 800 years ago, and between them they have produced a large number of Britain's most prominent scientists, writers and politicians, as well as noted figures in many other fields with each other.
Academically, Cambridge is consistently ranked The Academic Ranking of World Universities is compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The ranking compared 1200 higher education institutions worldwide according to a formula that took into account alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals , staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (20 percent), highly-cited researchers in 21 broad in the world's top five universities and as the best university in Europe in the annual ranking by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (simplified Chinese: 上海交通大学; traditional Chinese: 上海交通大學; pinyin: Shànghǎi Jiāotōng Dàxué; abbreviated Jiao Da or SJTU), located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most influential universities in China. The university is under the jurisdiction of both the Ministry of Education and the.[6] It was ranked as the best University in both the United Kingdom and in Europe in the 2008 Times Higher Education The Times Higher Education , formerly The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), is a magazine based in London reporting specifically on news and other issues related to British higher education, largely the Universities, including former and current polytechnics-QS World University Rankings,[7][8] and 2nd best university in the world in the 2009 rankings.[9] The University's alumni include 85 Nobel Laureates It is not always straightforward to determine which institution was key to the contribution for which each Nobel laureate was honoured. Each institution practices different methods for counting affiliates, from extremely generous counting to extremely conservative counting. The present list only speaks of affiliation and indicates how the laureate as of 2009[update].[10]
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Q. I am planning on sending an application to the University of Cambridge but before I do, I would like to know if it`s an all girls school (or all boys school). I prefer mixed colleges, but Cambridge is at the top of my list. Can anyone help me?
Asked by Raven N - Thu Oct 19 14:34:45 2006 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I don't think you can apply to Cambridge University as a whole, unless you are seeking a place as an "Organ Scholar". Everybody else has to pick one of the colleges (there are over 20 of them) and apply to that. You really need sympathetic and well-informed first-hand help in choosing the college most likely to admit you. You have probably missed the closing date for applications to be admitted in October 2007. Most applications will be rejected, of course, and about three or four applicants for each available place will be interviewed in December, then informed of success or rejection in January. A very small number (too small to count on) are rejected by the college they apply to, but are put into a pool from which other colleges… [cont.]
Answered by bh8153 - Fri Oct 20 13:20:27 2006
