University of Cambridge overview

Q. What is the main USP of University of Cambridge?

Ans. University of Cambridge is a site of important research and scientific discoveries and developments. It is the one of the top universities of the world. It ranked 3 by QS World University Ranking. The university is home to one of the largest library of the world and museum. The students that attain qualification from Cambridge are most sought after the employers in every field.

Q. What is the ranking of University of Cambridge?

Ans. The rankings of the University of Cambridge are – 

GLOBAL

• The university ranked 3 by ARWU
• It ranked 3 by QS World University Ranking
• It ranked 5 by THE

NATIONAL

• It ranked 2 by Complete 
• It ranked 2 by Guardian
• It ranked 3 by Times

Q. What is University of Cambridge famous for?

Ans. University of Cambridge is a site of important research and scientific discoveries and developments. It is the one of the top universities of the world. It ranked 3 by QS World University Ranking. The university is home to one of the largest library of the world and museum. The students that attain qualification from Cambridge are most sought after the employers in every field.

Q. Is Cambridge large city?

Ans. Cambridge is a large city in UK.

Q. Who are the top Alumni of University of Cambridge?

Ans. Some of the notable alumni of University of Cambridge are -  

• Sir Isaac Newton - scientist
• Sir Francis Bacon - scientist
• John Dee - mathematician
• Brook Taylor- mathematician
• G.H. Hardy – specialist in geometry
• Mary Cartwright –specialist in geometry
• James Clerk – physician
• Charles Darwin – biologist
• Francis Crick – biologist
• Charles Babbage – father of computer

Q. Is the University of Cambridge recognized?

Ans. Yes.

Q. How is the campus of the University of Cambridge?

Ans. University of Cambridge has 31 colleges and many libraries and museums. It is located at different places in UK as the colleges are located at different locations. The university is divided into several sites where the different departments are placed. Some of them are – 

• Downing Site
• Madingley Site 
• New Museum Site 
• Old Schools
• Silver Street 
• Sidgwick Site 
• West Cambridge

Q. What are the libraries of the University of Cambridge?

Ans. The university has 116 libraries. The Cambridge university Library is the central research library, which holds over 8 million volumes. It is legal deposit library; therefore it is entitled to request a free copy of every book published in the UK and Ireland. In addition to the University Library and its dependents, almost every faculty or department has a specialised library. Furthermore, every college has a library as well, partially for the purposes of undergraduate teaching. For example, Trinity College’s Wren Library has more than 200,000 books printed before 1800, while Corpus Christi College’s Parker Library possesses one of the greatest collections of medieval manuscript in the world, with over 600 manuscripts.