Cambridge University is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world. Its predecessor was an association of scholars founded in 1209. The school history of more than 800 years has brought together Newton, Kelvin, Maxwell, Bohr, Hawking, Darwin, Turing, wiles, China and other scientific masters, Milton, Byron, Tennyson, Bacon, Russell, Wittgenstein and other Shirley masters, Cromwell, Nehru, Lee Kuan Yew and other political figures, as well as 15 British people. By March 20 19, * *17 Nobel Prize winners (second in the world),1/0 Fields Prize winners (sixth in the world) and 7 Turing Prize winners (eighth in the world) had all studied or worked here. Cambridge University has a lofty academic status and extensive influence in many fields, and is recognized as one of the top higher education institutions in the world today.
Cambridge University is a member of Russell University Group, Golden Triangle University and Cambridge University Medical Partner Alliance, and has developed the "SiliconFen" technology gathering place. The school has eight art and science museums, a library system with more than150,000 books and the oldest publishing house in the world-Cambridge University Press. From 20 18 to 19, Cambridge University ranks second in Times Higher Education World University Ranking, seventh in QS World University Ranking and seventh in USNews World University Ranking.
20 19-20, Cambridge University ranked 4th in the world in Times Higher Education and 3rd in the ARWU academic ranking of world universities.