INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSITY

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INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSITY
View of the Old Schools from Great St Marys
Church
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The University
Schools Faculties Colleges 6
Schools including 31 Colleges of
which Over 100 Faculties and Departments 6
Graduate Only Libraries Museums 3 Women
Only University Administration Oldest founded
1284 AD Examinations Syndicate (IELTS,
etc.) Newest founded 1998 AD Cambridge
University Press
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY - Student Numbers
2005-06 Total Student Numbers 18,022 Undergradua
tes Home/EU 10,689 Overseas
1,040 Total 11,729 Pos
tgraduates Home/EU 4,126 Overseas
2,167 Total
6,293
Source Facts and Figures January 2007
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Staff Numbers

• Academic 1,558
• Academic Related 1,167
• Contract Research 2,494
• Technical 1,144
• Clerical Secretarial 1,519
• Manual Domestic 496
• Others 224
• Total 8,602

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How Are We Funded?
Amount in 000s HEFCE TDA
Grants 178,077 31.5 Research Grants
Contracts 203,886 36.0 Fee Income 59,008
10.4 Endowment Investment 32,293 5.7 Other
92,454 16.3 TOTAL 565,718
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TREASURY
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
SHEFC
HEFCE
HEFCW
OFFICE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
COLL
COLL
RESEARCH COUNCILS AHRB MRC NERC ESRC BBSRC EPSRC
COLL
COLL
UNIVERSITY
COLL
COLL
- EDUCATION -
- RESEARCH -
SHEFC Scottish Higher Education Funding
Council HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council
for England HEFCW Higher Education Funding
Council for Wales
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COLLEGES
31 Colleges 6 are graduates only 3 are women
only Oldest Peterhouse, 1284 Newest St
Edmunds, 1998 Largest Trinity, 1070
students Smallest Clare Hall, 191 students
Clare College
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PROVISION OF SERVICES

• The University
• Sets the courses
• Provides lectures and classes
• Sets examinations
• Awards degrees

• The Colleges
• Select undergraduates
• Accommodate students
• Look after students
• Provide small group supervisions

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PROVISION OF FACILITIES

• The University
• Lecture Halls
• Research Libraries
• Laboratories
• Museums
• Specialist Sports Facilities

• The Colleges
• Accommodation
• Dining Hall
• College Libraries
• Seminar Rooms
• Sports Facilities

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WHOS WHO

• The Chancellor
• HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• The Vice-Chancellor
• Professor Alison Richard
• Pro-Vice-Chancellors (5) Deputy
  Vice-Chancellors (6)
• (All Heads of Colleges)
• Chairs of Schools (6) Other Heads of
  Colleges
• Master
• Heads of Faculties Mistress
• Departments President
• Principal
• Provost, etc.

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE - Councils of Schools 6
Schools Over 100 Faculties Departments ARTS
AND HUMANITIES HUMANITIES SOCIAL SCIENCES
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES PHYSICAL
SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY CLINICAL MEDICINE
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Simplified Organisation Chart
Finance Committee
Council
Council Institutions
Planning Resources Committee
General Board Of the Faculties
Other General Board Institutions
Resource Management Committee
Board of Graduate Studies
Board of Examinations
Councils of The Schools
Boards of Electors Appt Committees
Faculty Boards
Faculty Degree Committees
Faculties and Departments
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Why Are we Famous?

• Our age 800 years old in 2009
• Famous Alumni and Teachers Darwin, Newton,
  Whittle
• League Tables
• Nobel Prize Winners 82
• Global Outreach
• The Cambridge Phenomenon largest Technology
  Cluster in Europe

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CAMBRIDGE PHENOMENON