Cambridge University

Cambridge University

Information about the University
The University has grown from a gathering of people of the city of Cambridge that was formed in 1209 by scholars who left Oxford due to the fact that Oxford student killed a woman from the city. In 1214 were made formal University rules. It was administered by the rector and the program with exams at the end of the year. In the middle ages all knowledge about the world obtained in the monasteries. The main difference from the monasteries became the learning Sciences, philosophy ,logic , mathematics. The universities of Cambridge and Oxford are often together referred to as "Oxbridge". However, these universities have a long history of rivalry with each other.

Rivals
Cambridge University
Oxford university

Departments
Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Architecture and History of Art
Faculty of Classics
Faculty of English
Faculty of Music
Faculty of Philosophy
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Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Education
Faculty of History
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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Tuition
In the 2011-2012 academic year tuition for international students was £11829 for items 1 and 2 groups (archaeology ,Economics , pedagogy, law, linguistics, mathematics, psychology and others), £15480 — for subjects 3 groups (architecture, geography, music), £18000 — for subjects 4 groups (engineering, computer science and others), £28632 — for items 5 groups (medicine and veterinary). The minimum living cost for international students is about £8000 a year.rivalry with each other.

Interesting facts
The Cambridge city occupies an area of 40 km and it is inhabited by over 100 thousand people.
In the composition of Cambridge includes 31 colleges and over 150 departments
Cambridge University has 114 libraries.
In Cambridge today there are 18 thousand students, foreigners about 17 %
Scientists at Cambridge from 1904, received 82 Nobel prizes in the fields of physics, medicine and chemistry.
The most famous graduates of Cambridge were: sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford.

Interesting facts
Cambridge University spends on research 650 thousand pounds a year.
In Cambridge there is a rule prohibiting play tennis on the streets of the city.
Residents of Cambridge are very loyal, so the mayor of his town in 2007 chose a transgender person Jenny Bailey.