Cambridge
English courses in Cambridge
Cambridge — world-famous centre of academic excellence
Cambridge is famous for academic excellence. With its world-famous university and beautiful college buildings, it is easy to see why so many people have been inspired by Cambridge. The city is also at the heart of the hi-tech revolution – so much so that the area around it is referred to as Silicon Fen.
The river provides a great venue for rest and relaxation, as do the many green parks and cycle ways. There is a plentiful supply of theatres, nightclubs, cinemas and live music venues throughout the city. In short, Cambridge is a great place to study English!
Did you know?
- The population of Cambridge is about 110,000 people.
- The closest airports are Stansted and Luton and it takes less than one hour to travel to London by train.
- Punting is a great way to see the sights of Cambridge from the river. Punts are narrow, flat-bottomed boats which are steered and propelled by a person using a long pole.
- Cambridge University has been the location for some famous scientific breakthroughs, including Watson and Crick’s discovery of DNA, and Rutherford’s splitting of the atom.
- In 1988, Professor Stephen Hawking, Professor of Mathematics, published his book 'A Brief History of Time', one of the best selling scientific books of all time.
- The famous Romantic poet Lord Byron kept a bear in his room while he was at the university.
- John Milton, Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell and Prince Charles all studied at Cambridge University.
- Cambridge University is made up of 31 colleges. The oldest one is Peterhouse, which was founded in 1284.
- For more information see www.visitcambridge.org.