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Cambridge campus

CAMBRIDGE

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:



    Located in the university city of Cambridge situated about 89 km north of London


    Cambridge's motto is Hinc lucem et pocula sacra meaning ''From here (we derive) light and sacred draughts (literally cups)''


    The number of students attending is approximately 21,656


    The student-faculty ratio is 10:1


    Stephen Hawking was a Lucasian professor of Mathematics at the university



    Cambridge was established in 1209


    The Cambridge University Press is the world's oldest press founded in1584 Polytechnic Institute


    In 1870 William Cavendish, the seventh Duke of Devonshire endured a new Cavendish Lab for the study of Experimental Physics (discovers of electrons, 1st split of atoms, DNA structure discovery...)

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:



    30 Courses covering more than 65 subjects 


    Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Computer Science, Veterinary Medicine, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Mathematics and more



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ALUMNI:

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

cambridge graduation


    70 Nobel Prize laureates


    11 Fields Medalists


    7 A.M. Turing Award winners



    Isaac Newton 


    James Clerk Maxwell (second great unification of physics)


    Francis Crick (DNA structure with James Watson)


    Rosalind Franklin (X-ray crystallography)


    David Attenborough (naturalist and broadcaster)


    Brenda Milner (Kavli Prize, brain networks for memory and cognition discoveries)


    J. Robert Oppenheimer (head of the Manhattan Project)

CAMPUS INFO:



    31-colleges system known for its self-governing


    No main campus


    The majority of students are guaranteed college-owned accommodation for 3 years


    There are around 600 societies and clubs

REQUIREMENTS:

Cambridge requirements
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