| The city of Cambridge is a university town | | | | |
| and the administrative centre of the county | | | | According to the Thomson Scientific research |
| of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located | | | | Cambridge has the highest research paper |
| around 80 km north of London and is | | | | output of any British university, and is also |
| surrounded by smaller towns and villages. | | | | the top research producer (determined by |
| | | | total paper citation count) in 10 out of 21 |
| Universities in Cambridge have always been | | | | major British research fields analyzed. |
| well known and reputable throughout the | | | | |
| world. It is in fact of the in the middle of | | | | Cambridge was awarded a great number (6.6%) |
| sophisticated centre known as Silicon Fen. | | | | of total British research grants and |
| | | | contracts than any other university (coming |
| Basically Cambridge is best known for the | | | | first in three out of four broad discipline |
| University of Cambridge which comprises the | | | | fields). |
| famous Cavendish Laboratory, King's College | | | | |
| Chapel plus the Cambridge University Library. | | | | In addition, the university has generated |
| | | | significant proportion of Britain's leading |
| Cambridge University situated in Cambridge, | | | | scientists, writers and politicians. |
| England, is the second-oldest university in | | | | |
| the English-speaking world. It is considered | | | | It is said that the affiliates of the |
| as one of the world's renowned academic | | | | University have officially achieved 82 Nobel |
| institutions. | | | | Prizes more than any other university in the |
| | | | world and more than any country in the world |
| Cambridge was a center of the new learning of | | | | except the United Kingdom and the United |
| the Renaissance and of the theology of the | | | | States. |
| Reformation; in modern times it has been so | | | | |
| remarkable and active in science. | | | | Apart from extraordinary tradition in the |
| | | | humanities and the arts, the University of |
| It has Faculties of classics, divinity, | | | | Cambridge is particularly recognized for |
| English, architecture and history of art, | | | | generating prominent scientists and |
| modern and medieval languages, Oriental | | | | mathematicians comprising Isaac Newton, |
| studies, music, economics and politics, | | | | Charles Darwin, William Harvey, Paul Dirac, |
| history, law, philosophy, education, | | | | J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Jane |
| engineering, earth sciences and geography, | | | | Goodall, James Clerk Maxwell, Francis Crick, |
| mathematics, biology, archaeology and | | | | Alan Turing, Stephen Hawking, and Fred Sanger |
| anthropology, physics and chemistry, and | | | | . |
| medicine. | | | | |
| | | | The university is associated with the |
| There are also departments of veterinary | | | | development of the high-tech business cluster |
| medicine, chemical engineering, land economy, | | | | in and around Cambridge, known as Silicon Fen |
| and the history and philosophy of science as | | | | or sometimes the "Cambridge Phenomenon". |
| well as a computer laboratory. | | | | |
| | | | Silicon Fen was reported to be the second |
| According to UCAS (Universities and Colleges | | | | largest venture capital market in the world, |
| Admission Service) Cambridge and Oxford | | | | after Silicon Valley. |
| Universities are most selective for | | | | |
| applicants within the UK. | | | | Cambridge is academically placed in the |
| | | | world's top 5 universities. It has |
| In the most recent British Government | | | | traditionally been an academic institution of |
| Research Assessment Exercise in 2001 | | | | choice of the Royal Family (King Edward VII, |
| Cambridge was ranked first in the country. In | | | | King George VI, Prince Henry of Gloucester, |
| 2005 it was reported that the number of PhD | | | | Prince William of Gloucester and Edinburgh |
| graduates per year are more than any other | | | | and Prince Charles were all undergraduates) |
| British university (over 30% more than second | | | | and has generated 82 Nobel Laureates to date. |
| placed Oxford). | | | | |