Cambridge (United Kingdom)
About
The University was founded in 1209, and includes an
international name for outstanding academic achievement and world-class
original research. Cambridge is 96.5km (60 miles) north of London, off the M11
motorway, or a 50-minute journey by train from London King’s Cross. Stansted
flying field is 48km (30 miles) away.
Entry
Standards
Most conditional offers created by the Cambridge
colleges need A*A*A at A level (or equivalent) for college man science courses
(excluding Psychological and behavioral Sciences), and A*AA for arts courses
and Psychological and behavioral Sciences.Colleges have the discretion to form
non-standard offers wherever applicable as a part of their holistic assessment
of candidates.Undergraduate candidates are also asked to submit written work or
sit a take a look at (eg BMAT, office or a College-based test).The University
interviews the bulk of its college man candidates (approximately eighty per
cent).
Student
Facilities
Every school and most departments have a laptop
suite offering a spread of general and specialist software package, in addition
as printers and scanners.Each school library contains the standard texts
required for college man courses, as well as different materials. The
University provides extensive library facilities in each department.The
University Library may be a copyright library (entitled by law to receive a
replica of each book published in Britain) and holds more than eight million
books, journals and different documents.The University’s 9 specialist museums
and collections are hospitable students and also the public.The University
Associate in nursing schools provides an array of recreational resources and
facilities, used by the 700+ student clubs and societies.
Careers
guidance
Cambridge has one in every of the highest
proportions of graduates coming into graduate-level employment or further study
within the country, and also the University Careers Service promotes a lot of
vacancies annually than there are Cambridge graduates seeking employment.The
University is recognized by the High Fliers survey as having amongst the best
rates of scholars engaging with its Careers Service, having the best student
use of any careers service web site (more than ninety five per cent of
finalists are registered), and having the most important proportion of scholars
with some relevant work experience on their CV before the Gregorian calendar
month of their final year.In addition to the support and guidance offered by
the University’s Careers Service, several schools and departments provide
careers recommendation and services.
For further information
Web
For prospective undergraduate
students: www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk
For prospective graduate
students: www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk
Email
admissions@cam.ac.uk
Phone
+44 (0) 1223 333308
Address
University of Cambridge
Cambridge Admissions Office
Fitzwilliam House
32 Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1QY
UCAS Code C05