The University of Cambridgeor simply "Cambridge" is a university of public research in Cambridge, England. Cambridge, the 2nd oldest university in the world of English-speaking was founded in the year 1209 and the world's 4th oldest long lasting university.The University of Cambridge formed by the association of scholars leaving the University of Oxford after a argument with townsfolk.The two "ancient universities" have many things in common and are often jointly known as "Ox-bridge".
The University of Cambridge is location at the center of the city of Cambridge, with the students occupying about nearly 20% of a significant proportion of the town's population and steadily misshape the age structure.Most of the older colleges are located nearby the river Cam and city center.The notable buildings in the University of Cambridge are King's College Chapel,the Crisps Building at St John's College and James Stirling designed building "history faculty". The brickwork of many colleges is also notable.The brick walls of St John's College provide examples of English bond [43] and Queens' College contains "some of the earliest patterned brickwork in the country" .
The colleges are self-governing institutions having their own property and endowments, founded as important parts of the university.Most academics and all students are connected to a college. Their importance lies in the undergraduate teaching,housing, social functions and welfare they provide. All laboratories,faculties, research centers and departments are part of the university, which handles awards degrees and lectures, but undergraduates gets their supervisions—small-group teaching sessions, by only one student from the colleges. Each college have to appoint their own teaching staff and fellows, who are part of a university department. The colleges select which undergraduates to acknowledge to the university according to their university regulations.