"The College of Cambridge (lawfully The Chancellor, Masters, and also Scholars of the University of Cambridge) is a collegiate research study university in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Established in 1209 and also gave a royal charter by King Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world as well as the globe's fourth-oldest making it through college. The college outgrew an organization of scholars that left the University of Oxford after a conflict with the townspeople. [12] The two 'ancient colleges' share numerous typical features as well as are usually referred to jointly as 'Oxbridge'. The history and also impact of the University of Cambridge have actually made it among the most distinguished universities worldwide.

Cambridge is developed from a variety of institutions that include 31 semi-autonomous constituent Universities and also over 100 academic divisions arranged into 6 institutions. Cambridge University Press, a department of the university, is the globe's earliest posting residence as well as the second-largest university press in the world. Cambridge Analysis, additionally a department of the college, is one of the globe's leading examining bodies and provides assessment to over 8 million learners worldwide yearly. The university likewise operates 8 cultural and also scientific museums, including the Fitzwilliam Museum, as well as a botanic garden. Cambridge's libraries, of which there are 116, hold a total amount of around 16 million books, around nine countless which remain in Cambridge University Library, a legal down payment library. The university is house to, yet independent of, the Cambridge Union - the world's earliest discussing society. The college is closely connected to the growth of the state-of-the-art service collection known as 'Silicon Fen'. It is the central participant of Cambridge College Health Partners, a scholastic health science centre based around the Cambridge Biomedical University.

In the ending 31 July 2019, the central college, omitting colleges, had an overall earnings of ₤ 2.192 billion, of which ₤ 592.4 million was from research gives and also agreements. At the end of the same financial year, the central college and colleges together had a mixed endowment of over ₤ 6.9 billion and also overall consolidated web possessions (excluding 'immaterial' historical possessions) of ₤ 12.569 billion. By both endowment dimension and combined assets, Cambridge is the richest university in the United Kingdom.

Cambridge is placed the globe's second best university by the Times College World College Rankings, rated 3rd worldwide by Academic Ranking of World Colleges, sixth by QS, as well as 7th by United States News. Cambridge was placed No. 10 in the 2016 and 2018 Nature Index Annual Tables, which measure the largest contributors to documents released in 82 leading clinical journals. According to the Times Higher Education position, nothing else establishment on the planet places in the top 10 for as several subjects. It is a member of various organizations as well as forms part of the 'gold triangular' of English colleges.

The college has actually educated lots of remarkable graduates, including noteworthy mathematicians, scientists, politicians, legal representatives, theorists, authors, actors, queens and various other heads of state. As of October 2019, 120 Nobel Laureates, 11 Area Medalists, 7 Turing Honor champions as well as 14 British Prime Ministers have actually been associated with Cambridge as pupils, alumni, professors or study team. University graduates have actually won 194 Olympic medals."