"The College of Cambridge (lawfully The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge) is a collegiate research college in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Founded in 1209 and also approved an imperial charter by King Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the second-oldest college in the English-speaking world as well as the globe's fourth-oldest surviving university. The college grew out of an association of scholars that left the College of Oxford after a dispute with the townspeople. [12] The two 'ancient colleges' share many common features and also are typically described jointly as 'Oxbridge'. The background as well as impact of the University of Cambridge have actually made it one of one of the most prominent colleges on the planet.

Cambridge is formed from a variety of organizations that include 31 semi-autonomous constituent Colleges and also over 100 academic divisions organised right into 6 schools. Cambridge University Press, a division of the college, is the world's earliest posting home and the second-largest university press in the world. Cambridge Evaluation, likewise a division of the college, is among the world's leading analyzing bodies and also offers evaluation to over eight million learners globally every year. The college additionally operates eight cultural and scientific museums, including the Fitzwilliam Gallery, in addition to a botanic garden. Cambridge's collections, of which there are 116, hold an overall of about 16 million publications, around 9 countless which remain in Cambridge University Library, a legal down payment library. The university is house to, but independent of, the Cambridge Union - the world's oldest discussing culture. The college is closely connected to the development of the modern service collection called 'Silicon Fen'. It is the main member of Cambridge University Health Partners, a scholastic wellness scientific research centre based around the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

In the fiscal year finishing 31 July 2019, the central university, excluding colleges, had an overall earnings of ₤ 2.192 billion, of which ₤ 592.4 million was from research grants and contracts. At the end of the very same fiscal year, the main college and colleges together possessed a consolidated endowment of over ₤ 6.9 billion and total combined internet assets (omitting 'immaterial' historical possessions) of ₤ 12.569 billion. By both endowment dimension as well as combined possessions, Cambridge is the richest university in the United Kingdom.

Cambridge is rated the globe's second-rate university by the Times Higher Education Globe University Rankings, ranked third around the world by Academic Position of World Universities, 6th by QS, and also 7th by US Information. Cambridge was placed No. 10 in the 2016 and 2018 Nature Index Annual Tables, which measure the biggest factors to documents published 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 belongs to numerous associations as well as types part of the 'gold triangular' of English colleges.

The university has actually educated several significant alumni, consisting of eminent mathematicians, scientists, politicians, legal representatives, philosophers, writers, stars, majesties and also other presidents. As of October 2019, 120 Nobel Laureates, 11 Fields Medalists, 7 Turing Award winners and also 14 British Prime Ministers have been connected with Cambridge as pupils, alumni, faculty or study team. University graduates have actually won 194 Olympic medals."