Why Many People Choose Cambridge University

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