The University of Cambridge engages in cutting-edge research across the globe to find solutions to the world's problems. Many international partnerships are embedded within specific institutions but there is also a vast range of individual collaboration.
The University of Cambridge submitted 2,040 researchers to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (a UK-wide survey of research). 31.7% of submissions were in the 4* category (world-leading) while 39.2% were in the 3* (internationally excellent).
The University of Cambridge is a consistent ranked among the very top universities in the world.
The left-hand navigation offers selected highlights of the University's strategic international partnerships. For further information, please contact the International Strategy Office or visit the web pages of specific academic staff.
The University of Cambridge is a member of various international alliances, including:
- International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU - an alliance of 10 of the world's leading research universities, established in 2005)
- League of European Research Universities (LERU - an alliance of 21 European research-intensive universities, founded in 2002)
The University of Cambridge not only conducts leading research worldwide, but also promotes understanding about other regions and cultures through its teaching. The institutions and initiatives listed below engage with specific internationally-related themes:
- Cambridge Central Asia Forum
- Cambridge Committee for Russian and East-European Studies
- Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations
- Cambridge India Partnership
- Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme
- Centre of African Studies
- Centre for Commonwealth Education
- Centre of Latin American Studies
- Centre of South-Asian Studies (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Himalayan Kingdoms, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines and Hong Kong)
- Centre for India & Global Business
- Centre for European Legal Studies
- Department of East Asian Studies (Chinese & Japanese)
- Department of French
- Department of German and Dutch
- Department of Italian
- Department of Middle Eastern Studies (Hebrew & Aramaic, Middle East & Islam)
- Department of Slavonic Studies (Russian)
- Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Digital Himalaya
- Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- Modern Greek Section
- Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- South Asian Studies (Hindi, Sanskrit and other languages of the Indian sub-continent)
- THRiVE Programme (African Health Research Capacity Partnership)
- World Oral Literature Project