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Great facilities and societies on offer. The biggest tip is to have a bike to move around easily around the city. There's always time to wind down with friends after a day of studying. Getting to know other students from other colleges is a huge benefit.
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Great facilities and societies on offer. The biggest tip is to have a bike to move around easily around the city. There's always time to wind down with friends after a day of studying. Getting to know other students from other colleges is a huge benefit.
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University of Cambridge Reputation
The University of Cambridge is located in the city of Cambridge. The county of Cambridgeshire resides in the East of England. 22,975 students are enrolled at the University of Cambridge:
- 15,665 of these students come from the UK
- 1,800 come from EU countries
- And 5,505 are students from non-EU countries.
(Source: HESA 2022/23)
The graduate outcomes for the University of Cambridge show that six months after leaving university, 92% of graduates are in work or further study. The typical graduate salary six months after leaving the University of Cambridge is £27 - £30K a year.
(Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Data Survey 2023 for 2020/21 graduates)
Updated: 4th October 2024
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the career service is just the univeristy career service. All the others are of my own college which is rather great.
Lovely place, lots of big libraries. Lecturers are clearly experts but can be very fast paced.
Cambridge university is overrated. Why come here to get lectures from bad teachers when I could go elsewhere and actually reach my full potential?
Incredible support for studies and mental health. Leading research and lecturers
Great facilities and societies on offer. The biggest tip is to have a bike to move around easily around the city. There's always time to wind down with friends after a day of studying. Getting to know other students from other colleges is a huge benefit.
Decent facilities but my experience with the careers service was very lacking. Culture of overwork and no regard for student well-being.
Good stuff I have had a very good time here
Great Uni! Has super (super!) fast internet connection and lots of societies & clubs.
Frequently faced WiFi issues. Having better facilities and career prospects would help
Collegiate universities are a scam.
It is good. I feel happy. I like it
Cambridge is, obviously, a great university. But given the reputation and history it can be better. Really grateful for a truly memorable time though!
It has good facilities and obviously has great teaching however some facilities such as the engineering department are dated.
Cambridge is an excellent place for learning, studying, training and socialising. The university provides students with a top of the world-class academic and social environment which I highly recommend.
It's a great university to study ,great lectures very helpful staff and excellent facilities
Unique experience, very good friends
Magdalene is an amazing college that welcomes all
University of Cambridge is a most beautiful university I’ve ever been to. Great professor and atmosphere. Great experience!
A fantastic university, worth the cost, and everything it claims to be. It truly is a magical place.
Cambridge is a great university. You have to be willing to work very hard when you get here - and this is a real step up from sixth form - but if you love your course then this is no chore.
The most inspirational place with endless varieties of high quality exposure.
The hype really is justified - a quantum leap forward from my experience as an undergrad at Durham. Don’t assume Russell Group are all pretty much the same. Not least, the reaction from potential employers it’s very different. Sure, you’ll be resented and accused of supporting elitism. But that’s inevitable and a small price to endure. And there is significant pressure to perform, but mostly from seeing how your peers perform. Staff are mostly highly supportive, with the odd exception (sometimes very odd!) who’s brilliant but socially dysfunctional. You learn to deal with it. Net result is an environment that has enabled me to achieve significantly more than I thought myself capable of. And in a privileged and cosseting environment. If you’re offered the opportunity, don’t hesitate.
commonly referred to as one of the very best universities in the world
Anglia Ruskin is very good university for me.
Honestly, in the top ranked Univervisrties in the world, University of Cambridge is brilliant at everything.
It's a top university in the world for a reason.
A legendary university, frequently ranked the best in the UK
The univeristy of cambridge is really nice.
This university is known for its excellence. The level of science is very high and its academic atmosphere is both relaxing and competitive.
I am really enjoying my masters at Cambridge in research, the quality cannot be questioned. However, even though joining in lent term (January) is an option there doesn’t seem to be anywhere near the same level as support as for those who start in October. Also, I have not been allowed to join the tennis club at all because of COVID and not wanting to degrade current members value for money with limitations on people, which is silly because in the coming months all the undergraduates will go home for summer but they still won’t let me join, not very nice
Good and friendly environment is also good
Simply one of the best academic institutions in the world.
Best experience ever have, in Cambridge found excellent food, bar, view of park etc. love this city and my university
Had a lot of problems accessing resources from libraries and with the wifi in college
Great learning environment all around
High-quality house-keeping service, very friendly receptions, always helpful and nice to international students
Great response to online teaching/learning. Also managed to be active in sports club/society prior to lockdown.
Very strong academically, a little off with societies and social opportunities this year because of covid. Honestly, not much the university could have done though. One thing that stood out to me when I came to Cambridge is how small the town really is.
Amazing university city and very international audience to engage with
An amazing University in an amazing city! Probably the best University experience one can get in the UK, with exceptional education, a very diverse and culturally rich student community, lots of societies and activities to get involved with as well as many networking and career-related opportunities!
University of Cambridge is a dream for me. Everything is just perfect.
Cambridge is the best! I enjoy my time here a lot!
Have been enjoying my experience so far!
First class teaching and learning resource.
Great university. Excellent research facility
Incredible .
One of the best universities in the world. State of the art education in sciences.
The University is marvellous and there are great experiences around.
Best university on the planet.
Nice staff and tutor. Really good studying
Fun when you're part of the experience, but to everybody else not so much; amazing resources and facilities, but elitist and a twinge classist.
It's one of the top universities in the world, so the facilities and social experiences including talks, seminars and etc. by experts in different areas are really good.
Everything is nice, special experience
Its a sick uni like, the buildings are amazing and the city is an incredible placet to live. But also like bare posh people. Literally someone in my year turned up to uni for freshers in their helicopter. Flip side of this, u get to pretend ur rich when u visit your mate's houses over the holidays and they sometimes invite u on holiday with their family so u get to like go skiing and that which is sick
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The University of Cambridge is one of the top universities in the world and has world-class teaching, facilities and opportunities for growth.
Very good fun i go to kings very relaxed college
I'm having a lot of fun but sometimes it's a little stressful.
Having started recently at Cambridge, I’ve felt fully accepted the entire time - everyone is so lovely and supportive. There is an electric atmosphere of intellectualism that is incredible to be a part of, and the supervisors abd lectures are all so incredible and individual. A really amazing and beautiful place.
Literally the best university in the world. Those pretenders in the states know nothing. Oxford is close, but evidently inferior. Of Course St John's is the best college at Cambridge.
Such an incredible university.
Cambridge is a great uni. The Collegiate atmosphere is great but occasionally it is limiting so I can see why it’s not for everyone. The academic element is fantastic and welfare and support are generally very good.
Challenging but worth it. So many opportunities and you're taught by people who are the best in their fields and genuinely want to see you succeed
An all round excellent university. Fantastic welfare, teaching, facilities etc. My biggest problem would be the need for more reliable WiFi, but this is a very small issue in comparison to all the things Cambridge is getting right.
Gorgeous town, everything depends on your college so union not very important
Cambridge is the best uni in the UK. Oxford can go home now. We have better accommodation and better faculty and better everything.
Good facilities (every college has a library, canteen and most have a small gym), housing isn't cheap but on par with other expensive university cities like Edinburgh or London, plus it's all owned by the colleges so I was living on the same street as most of my friends for 3 years, with utility bills, wifi and even a weekly cleaner included in my rent. Everyone was so much friendlier and down to earth than I expected - in comparison to other unis there are so many societies/sports clubs although because of the workload you have to be quite selective with what you do. Nights out in such a small city are great because everyone goes to the same places plus Cambridge is quite safe overall so getting home at night was always really easy. Work-wise, be prepared to feel quite stupid and it can get very stressful but I found that the negatives were usually balanced out by the sense of community in college/being so close to all your friends.
As PhD graduate from Cambridge University, I can say that this is the most racist place on earth. All they want is international student's money! Students mental and physical and social well-being is of least concern to the university. Most colleges are poor, spending all money to feed their 100s of staffs and fellows. They have hardly any budget for students to support travel and research. Food and accommodation is extremely expensive. Colleges are all about undergraduates, most of whom are British. The Masters and tutors have little time to deal with poor international students, who can't even speak English properly. Overall, Cambridge is the most expensive city in UK. Professors are careless; they wouldn't bother if their students die while doing research. It is very hard to reach the professors. I know some professors who constantly bully their students, those coming from international background, as they are helpless. I curse my decision to come to Cambridge instead of going to US
So much support for me when I had a mental health crisis. I can't thank them enough.
This university is honestly so over rated. It's like ordering caviar and getting a tin of john west tuna. Just disappointing in every way and a waste of daddy's money.
It's a bubble - intense and crazy but also fun. You surprise yourself with how much you can learn while also playing sport or attending societies and having a social life!
Cambridge is Cambridge. There's really not much else to say. It's absolutely fantastic.
Pretty wavey place to be a student.
Best uni in the world. Hands down
Excellent university providing us with countless opportunities, both academic and extracurricular, whilst pastoral care and social needs are simultaneously catered for through the unique college-based education offered only at Oxford and Cambridge. Meanwhile, however, Cambridge trumps Oxford through its 'feeling' - Oxford can feel like a large - and for some, intimidatingly grand, city. Cambridge is a beautiful and diverse city, yet manages to always maintain the quaintness of a rural market town.
The university doesn't really have a campus as such, but is instead spread all around the city. This makes it a really beautiful city, but unfortunately means that tourists are constantly getting in your way to lectures. The facilities offered by the university aren't particularly good - the sports centre is miles out of town (and quite expensive), and other facilities generally depend upon your college. There are loads of clubs and societies to get involved in, at both a college and university level, and plenty of support if you want to set up your own society. The Students Union is basically non-existent, consisting of a dingy office in a basement somewhere. The career opportunities for Cambridge graduates are generally very good - employers recognise that a degree from Cambridge is really hard. However, students are banned from getting part time jobs during term time which can reduce your work experience. WiFi is only present in some colleges and lecture halls.
Students union - does it exist as a building (collegiate system problems) but in college support is great. Wifi is pretty much all around town but some areas much slower than others. So many societies!! And lots of departments and tons of libraries.