Global Cambridge

The mission of the University of Cambridge is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. These pages aim to provide an overview of Cambridge’s global activities in the furtherance of that mission.

Global research

One of the world’s leading universities, Cambridge engages in cutting-edge research across disciplines to find solutions to global problems, and partners with peers around the world to advance the frontiers of knowledge.

Global study

The University of Cambridge promotes global understanding through its teaching, and welcomes students from over 120 different countries for degree courses, international summer schools, executive and professional education.

Global knowledge

The University of Cambridge disseminates knowledge across the world through its global assessment and publishing businesses, its libraries and museums, and through the commercialisation of university research.

Global community

Cambridge is an international community with 28,000 students, researchers and staff based at the University at any one time, and more than 240,000 alumni in over 190 countries.