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University of Cambridge

Cambridge

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About us

The University of Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world. We're known and respected across the globe for the excellence of our teaching and research, and the quality of our graduates. Home to over 24,000 students from more than 140 countries, we're looking for the most academically able students with a passion for their subject and the potential to thrive at the University. If this sounds like you, we hope you’ll apply to join us at Cambridge.

What makes us different

The University of Cambridge provides a challenging, flexible and individual learning experience, and is consistently rated among the top in national and international league tables.

Excellent teaching

  • Number 1 in the Complete University Guide 2025.
  • Top 3 in the Guardian University Guide 2025.
  • Top 5 in the QS World University Rankings 2025.

World class research

  • Top 3 for research quality (Complete University Guide 2025).
  • 125 affiliates of the University have been awarded the Nobel Prize since 1904.

A place to call home

  • Cambridge guarantees almost all students College-owned accommodation for at least 3 years.
  • Support to help you settle in and more than 500 clubs and societies to get involved with.

Great prospects

  • 91% of our working graduates who responded to the Graduate Outcomes Survey are in high-skilled employment within 15 months of graduating.
  • Cambridge is one of the top 15 universities most often targeted by Britain’s leading graduate employers (The Graduate Market in 2024).

“My time at Cambridge has been the most rewarding few years of my life. I applied with an idea of Cambridge as this distant mythical place where I couldn’t quite imagine myself belonging, but I now struggle to see myself anywhere else. The opportunities at Cambridge are like no other – from participating in clubs and societies to finding your way around College and learning to live independently. Most of all, the chance to study a subject you love while surrounded by students and academics who are just as passionate about it as you are leaves you with skills to take forward into life far beyond those you were expecting when you applied. I cannot encourage you enough to read on and then take the leap and apply!”

Sarah Anderson
Welcome from the Cambridge SU

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Course locations

Trinity

Trinty Street, Cambridge, CB2 1TQ

King's

King's Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1ST

Main Site

32 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QY

Cambridge University

The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN

St Catharine's

Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RL

Open application

Cambridge Admissions Office, Cambridge, CB2 1QY

Queens'

Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9ET

St Edmund's

Mount Pleasant, Cambridge, CB3 0BN

Jesus

Jesus Lane, Cambridge, CB5 8BL

Sidney Sussex

Sidney Street, Cambridge, CB2 3HU

Downing

Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1DQ

Selwyn

Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ

Robinson

Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AN

Lucy Cavendish

Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge, CB3 0BU

Trinity Hall

Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TJ

Christ's

St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, CB2 3BU

Girton

Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0JG

Gonville & Caius

Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1TA

Magdalene

Magdalene Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AG

Pembroke

Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RF

Main Site

The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN

Hughes Hall

Wollaston Road, Cambridge, CB1 2EW

St John's

St John's Street, Cambridge, CB2 1TP

Murray Edwards

Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DF

Clare

Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TL

Newnham

Sidgwick Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DF

Wolfson

Barton Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BB

Peterhouse

Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RD

Corpus Christi

Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RH

Emmanuel

St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AP

Churchill

Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS

Homerton

Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PH

Fitzwilliam

Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DG