University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United KingdomQS #2
University profile
About
The University of Cambridge is a collegiate public research university in the city of Cambridge, England. It is one of the oldest and most prominent universities in the English-speaking world and is made up of numerous semi-autonomous colleges alongside its academic departments and faculties. Cambridge is broadly known for strength across the sciences, mathematics, and the humanities, and for a long record of research achievement. Undergraduate teaching combines university lectures with small-group supervisions organised through the colleges.
Why international students choose it
- An international student may value that teaching is delivered in English in an English-speaking country, within a university long regarded as one of the world's most prominent
- Cambridge offers a research-intensive environment and a distinctive college system that provides a close academic and social community
- Its breadth of departments spans the sciences, mathematics, engineering, and the humanities
- The historic city setting and international student community may also appeal to those studying abroad
