Articles of category "University of Cambridge"

Cambridge University Library is the main library of Cambridge, constructed during the period of 1931-1934 by the celebrated architect Giles Gilbert Scott. Since the time of its establishment the library has been extended many times and comprises today five separate libraries, including the main building of the University Library, the Central Science Library, the Medical Library, the Betty and Gordon Moore Library and the Squire Law Library.

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, referred to as Oxbridge, occupy a prominent position in the university life of the United Kingdom. Regarded as the oldest universities in the English speaking world, Oxford and Cambridge are also the greatest rivals reaching back to the day of Cambridge' foundation in 1209. The universities compete in the number of degrees awarded as well as the proportion of Nobel Prize winners, celebrated scholars, scientists and politicians.