An introduction

1. An introduction Division name appears here

2. Structure • 31 Colleges • Six Schools Arts and Humanities Biological Sciences, including Veterinary Medicine Clinical Medicine Humanities and Social Sciences Physical Sciences Technology • Each School covers a group of Faculties • The Council of the School comprises representatives of the constituent faculties and departments

3. Structure • Faculties Teaching and research is organised by Faculties Faculty Boards are responsible to the General Board • Departments Faculties have different organisational sub-structures which partly reflect their history and partly their operational needs. Administratively, work of a large Faculty is divided into separate Departments.

4. Cambridge and its Colleges • What is ‘Cambridge’?Cambridge can refer to both the University of Cambridge and the 31 Cambridge Colleges. The Colleges and the University work together to provide the teaching and research environment that is Cambridge • What are the Colleges?The Colleges are autonomous, self-governing communities where students and academics live, work, learn and socialise • What does the University do? The University provides the central resources for research and teaching, such as lecture theatres, faculty libraries and laboratories; sets the curriculum; conducts the examinations; and confers the degrees • Is it possible to be a student at the University without belonging to a College? No. A student must be admitted to a College before he or she can study at the University; they remain a member of that College for life

5. Students (2008 – 09) • 11,816 Undergraduate students 10,559 Home / EU 1,258 Overseas • 5,788 Graduate students 3,647 Home / EU 2,142 Overseas • Total – 17,604

6. Students (2008 – 09)* • Arts and Humanities 3,348 • Humanities and Social Sciences 4,906 • Biological Sciences 2,438 • Technology 3,324 • Clinical Medicine 2,513 *Includes total number of Full Time Undergraduate and Postgraduate students

7. Staff Headcount of Staff Jul-09 Academic 1,590 Academic related 1,362 Contract Research 2,874 Technical 1,168 Clerical and Secretarial 1,539 Manual and Domestic 502 Others n/a Total staff 9,035

8. Research Assessment Exercise Research Assessment ExerciseRAE 2008 % 4* 31.7 3* 39.2 2* 23.9 1* 4.1 Unclassified 0.8 92% of permanent academic staff submitted to the RAE

9. Income and Expenditure 2008-09 (excluding Press, CA & Trusts) 08-09 07-08 Income£'000 % £’000 HEFCE and TDA grants 205,238 27.8% 202,317 Research Grants and Contracts 260,204 35.3% 243,060 Fee Income 91,740 12.4% 77,285 Endowment and Investment Income 47,670 6.5% 41,570 (of which unrestricted) (18,856) (14,877) Other Income 132,403 18.0% 111,696 Total income 737,555 675,928

10. 800 years of history: 1209 – 2009 • In 1209, a group of scholars, seeking refuge from hostile townsmen in Oxford, congregated at Cambridge for the purpose of study • 2009 marked the 800th Anniversary of the University of Cambridge • 800 years of transformative discoveries and ideas were celebrated through public performances, discussions and workshops January 2010:800th Anniversary FinaleMore than 20,000 people crowded into central Cambridge to witness a spectacular light show projected onto the Senate House and Old Schools

11. Cambridge people – a history of discoveries • 1625 John Milton enters Christ’s, where he studies until 1632. Five years later, on the death of his friend, Edward King, he writes Lycidas, recalling in pastoral terms their days together • 1687 Isaac Newton, the father of calculus and modern mathematics, publishes Principia Mathematica, his laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation • 1831 Charles Darwin is recommended by Professor John Stevens Henslow to join HMS Beagle as the naturalist on its scientific survey of South American coastlines. On the Origin of Species, his theory of natural selection, is published in 1859 • 1897 J J Thomson discovers the electron, laying the foundations for the whole of modern physics, including electronics and computer technology. Inventors use his work to develop devices such as the telephone, radio and television • 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson discover the structure of DNA, unlocking the secret of how coded information is contained in living cells and passed from one generation to the next. Their discovery opens the door to the study of an entirely new science – genetics

12. New discoveries • Stem cell advancesResearchers from the University’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research have pinpointed the final step in a complex process that makes embryonic stem cells pluripotent. These findings have important implications for efforts to harness the power of stem cells for medical applications • Cancer researchResearchers at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute have discovered the reason why some women can develop resistance to the common breast cancer treatment, Tamoxifen, by uncovering for the first time the mechanism by which Tamoxifen operates • Genetic researchCambridge scientists have pinpointed a rearrangement of DNA that causes around two-thirds of all cases of pilocytic astrocytoma – the most common brain tumour in five to 19-year-olds. This significant discovery could provide leads for creating better treatments and make diagnosis of the disease more accurate • Disease preventionCambridge researchers have uncovered the final piece in the jigsaw revealing the structure of ‘efflux pumps’ which allow Salmonella and other disease causing bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics and other drugs. Supported by the Wellcome Trust, the research has the potential to illuminate new strategies to prevent resistance to antibiotics