剑桥大学 英文简介.ppt

* University of Cambridge The?University of Cambridge?(informally known as Cambridge University or simply Cambridge; abbreviated as?Cantab?in?post-nominals) is a?collegiate?public?research university?in?Cambridge,England. Originally founded in 1209, it is the second-oldest university in the?English-speaking world, and the worlds?third-oldest surviving university.?Early records suggest that the university grew out of an association formed by scholars leaving the?University of Oxford?after a dispute with townsfolk; the two ancient universities have many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge. Introduction Cambridge is formed from a variety of institutions that include?31 constituent colleges?and comprehensive academic departments which are organised into six Schools. The university occupies buildings throughout the town, many of which are of historic importance. ?Cambridge has many notable alumni [?l?mna?] , and?90 Nobel laureates?have been affiliated with the university.?Cambridge University Press, a department of the university, is the worlds oldest publishing house, and the second-largest university press in the world. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell Charles Robert Darwin Isaac Newton Stephen William Hawking Francis Bacon George Gordon Byron The universitys largest library,?Cambridge University Library, holds over 8?million volumes and is a?legal deposit?library; all together Cambridges libraries contain about 15 million volumes.? ?Cambridge University Library *