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What links nomadic goat herders with cashmere-loving fashionistas? A unique project in the Mongolian Steppe that Onon Bayasgalan helped set up to sustain lands and livelihoods.
Why Cambridge?
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Accommodation
For the duration of your course most students will live in a Cambridge College – somewhere to sleep, eat, learn and make lifelong friends.
Teaching
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How the University works
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Careers
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Living here
Cambridge offers the best of both worlds: a small-city environment with great transport connections by road, rail and air. Stansted Airport and central London are both less than an hour away by train.
Funding
Three quarters of Masters students and a third of PhDs received internal or external funding in 2018/19. Learn more about our many funding opportunities.
An international community
Cambridge is a global institution with postgraduate students from 145 countries. You will quickly settle in with the support we provide for international scholars.
Accommodation
As a postgraduate student, you might live in a College or use our Accommodation Service to find somewhere that suits you. Find out more about postgraduate accommodation.
Careers
Get one-to-one support and other resources from our professional Careers Service in addition to world-class employment prospects.
Cambridge life
Student societies, sports, pubs, restaurants, shopping, museums, family venues – and London visits – all make up the Cambridge experience. Learn more about Cambridge life.
The city of Cambridge
Famous for its architecture, history and intellectual atmosphere, our small city is just 45 minutes from London and a short hop by plane or train to Europe.
News
Updates from across the University
News - Warning signs over effectiveness of HIV ‘wonder drug’ in sub-Saharan Africa
Dolutegravir, the current first-line treatment for HIV, may not be as effective as hoped, suggests new research published on World AIDS Day.
Features - Displaced lives
Dr Naures Atto has been investigating Europe's handling of the refugee crisis and giving voice to asylum-seeking migrants.
News - Read Horizons magazine
Fertility futures, polar research, nomadic herders, COVID-19 and 4,000 years of babymaking (the brief version). Download the latest issue now.
Events
World-class concerts, lectures, sports events, festivals and more
Online - Twelve days of winter wildlife: 1-12 December
From hedgehogs to starlings and hibernating insects, celebrate winter wildlife with the Museum of Zoology.
Online - British satire and Spitting Image - 9 December
Historian Dr Lucy Delap talks to co-founder of Spitting Image Roger Law and Matt Forde, one of the new series’ voiceover stars.
Online - Alfred Wallis rediscovered
Kettle’s Yard shines new light on innovative artist Alfred Wallis.
Student voices
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"My experience at Cambridge has been weekly Covid tests, Zoom lectures, ice cream walks and DIY house formals. From Guy Fawkes to Joe Biden’s birthday, we’ve found something to celebrate every Friday." Riyah (African Studies MPhil, King's College)
