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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
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UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH COUNCILS
AHRB
MRC
NERC
ESRC
BBSRC
EPSRC
SHEFC HEFCE HEFCW OFFICE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
COLL
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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