"The College of Cambridge (legitimately The Chancellor, Masters, and also Scholars of the College of Cambridge) is a collegiate research study university in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Established in 1209 and also granted a royal charter by King Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the globe's fourth-oldest surviving college. The university outgrew an association of scholars that left the University of Oxford after a dispute with the townspeople. [12] Both 'ancient universities' share several typical functions and also are typically described jointly as 'Oxbridge'. The background as well as impact of the College of Cambridge have made it one of the most distinguished colleges on the planet.

Cambridge is developed from a variety of institutions which include 31 semi-autonomous constituent Universities and over 100 academic departments arranged into six schools. Cambridge University Press, a department of the college, is the world's oldest posting residence and also the second-largest university press in the world. Cambridge Evaluation, likewise a department of the university, is among the globe's leading checking out bodies and also gives evaluation to over 8 million students globally every year. The university also runs eight social as well as scientific museums, including the Fitzwilliam Gallery, in addition to a botanic garden. Cambridge's libraries, of which there are 116, hold a total of around 16 million publications, around nine countless which are in Cambridge University Library, a lawful deposit collection. The university is house to, however independent of, the Cambridge Union - the world's oldest debating society. The college is carefully connected to the advancement of the state-of-the-art organisation cluster known as 'Silicon Fen'. It is the central participant of Cambridge University Health Partners, an academic health science centre based around the Cambridge Biomedical School.

In the ending 31 July 2019, the main college, excluding colleges, had a total income of ₤ 2.192 billion, of which ₤ 592.4 million was from study gives and also contracts. At the end of the exact same financial year, the main college and also universities with each other possessed a consolidated endowment of over ₤ 6.9 billion and general consolidated net properties (omitting 'immaterial' historic properties) of ₤ 12.569 billion. By both endowment size and combined properties, Cambridge is the most affluent college in the UK.

Cambridge is ranked the globe's second best college by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, rated 3rd globally by Academic Ranking of World Universities, 6th by QS, and also 7th by United States Information. Cambridge was placed No. 10 in the 2016 as well as 2018 Nature Index Annual Tables, which gauge the largest contributors to papers published in 82 leading scientific journals. According to the Times College position, nothing else establishment worldwide rates in the top 10 for as several subjects. It belongs to numerous associations and forms part of the 'gold triangular' of English colleges.

The university has enlightened lots of remarkable alumni, consisting of eminent mathematicians, scientists, political leaders, lawyers, theorists, writers, actors, queens and various other heads of state. Since October 2019, 120 Nobel Laureates, 11 Fields Medalists, 7 Turing Award victors and also 14 British Prime Ministers have actually been connected with Cambridge as pupils, alumni, faculty or research study team. College alumni have actually won 194 Olympic medals."