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INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSITY

View of the Old Schools from Great St Mary’s 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

Undergraduates

Home/EU 10,689Overseas 1,040

Total 11,729

Postgraduates

Home/EU 4,126Overseas 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 £178,07731.5%

Research Grants & Contracts £203,88636.0%

Fee Income £59,00810.4%

Endowment & Investment £32,2935.7%

Other £92,45416.3%

TOTAL £565,718

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TREASURY

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

COLL

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UNIVERSITY

RESEARCH COUNCILS

AHRB

MRC

NERC

ESRC

BBSRC

EPSRC

SHEFC HEFCE HEFCW OFFICE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

COLL

COLL

SHEFC= Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

HEFCE= Higher Education Funding Council for England

HEFCW= Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

- EDUCATION - - RESEARCH -

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COLLEGES

31 Colleges: 6 are graduates only; 3 are women only

Oldest: Peterhouse, 1284

Newest: St Edmund’s, 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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WHO’S WHOThe Chancellor

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

The Vice-ChancellorProfessor 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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CouncilCouncil

General BoardOf the Faculties

General BoardOf the Faculties

Councils ofThe Schools

Councils ofThe Schools

Faculty BoardsFaculty Boards

Faculties andDepartments

Faculties andDepartments

FinanceCommittee

FinanceCommittee

SenateSenateRegent House

Other General BoardInstitutions

Council Institutions

Boards of Electors Appt Committees

Board of Graduate

Studies

Board of Examinations

FacultyDegree

Committees

Simplified Organisation

Chart

Planning & ResourcesCommittee

Planning & ResourcesCommittee

Resource ManagementCommittee

Resource ManagementCommittee

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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’1960 Cambridge Consultants & others

[brought up by Clive Sinclair] ‘CONSULTANCY WAVE’

1965 Wilkes, Atlas 2 ICL CAMBRIDGE = ‘CAD CITY’

1977-85 Sinclair & Acorn independent software vendors HARDWARE SOFTWARE

1988-99 Convergence of computers & communications, ANALYSIS, etc.

CAMBRIDGE COMMUNICATIONS

PHENOMENON

Up to this point (and still) largely start-up companies which don’t do research and don’t make much money; University welcomes them because Enterprise & Development are good.

1991-99 Arrival of BIG companies Xerox, SRI International, AT& T, Olivetti, Hitachi, M icrosoft, BP, Unilever

CAMBRIDGE PHENOMENON

Big companies do do research & contribute intellectual as well as commercial & financial strength to the University.

1998-99 ~ 1200 companies with 30,000 employees 700 companies in Biotechnology 500 companies in hitech/communications

CAMBRIDGE NETWORK