剑桥大学简介

剑桥大学位于英国风景秀丽的剑桥镇，学校建立于1209年，是英国乃至全世界最顶尖的学府之一。作为英国最优秀的大学之一，许多著名的科学家、作家、政治家都来自于这所大学。剑桥大学也曾经是诞生最多诺贝尔奖得主的高等学府，有八十多名诺贝尔奖得者曾经在此执教或学习。在2006与20xx年的泰晤士报高等教育增刊里，剑桥大学名列世界第二，仅次于美国的哈佛大学。在20xx年度全球大学排行榜中，剑桥大学高居第四位。在英国著名媒体《星期日泰晤士报》所评出的英国大学排行榜中，剑桥大学自19xx年至20xx年连续十一年稳稳占据头把交椅的位置。

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学校历史

12世纪，圣芳济修士、黑袍修士和卡莫修士，来到这片平坦、潮湿的沼泽区定居，剑桥镇由此诞生。

1209年，牛津大学的两名经院派哲学家被控谋杀了一名妓女，牛津市法庭将他们判处绞刑。为了表示抗议，牛津教师们有一段时间停止授课，纷纷离去，其中一部分人来到了剑桥镇。

离开，重建，这不是什么不寻常的事；莱比锡大学也是一部分人从布拉格大学分裂出来后创建的。可为什么将这所大学建在剑桥，而不是在北汉普顿或斯坦福德呢？它们也是繁华的市镇，也有牛津的大学生住在那里。为什么不是在伦敦呢？或在一座林肯这样的主教座堂城市呢？当时那里已经有一所主教教堂学校了。

尽管在剑桥创建大学的情况模糊不清，根据记载：面对怀疑的市民，一群教师和大学生成功地争取到了王室和教会的保护，这是不稳定时代的基本条件。最迟1225年左右，剑桥的教师们就从他们当中选出了一位校长，他的权力得到了亨利三世国王的批准，大学的自主管理就由此而来。不久之后，1233年，格雷戈尔九世教皇也批准了，这种教会特权牛津直到1254年才享受到，说起这一点，剑桥的大学档案员伊丽莎白?丽德哈姆－格林洋洋自得（“剑桥经常后于牛津起步但总是先于牛津完成。”）然而，更重要的是，亨利希三世及其继承人的法令确保了这两所大学的垄断地位。一直到19世纪，整整六百年，牛津和剑桥都是英国仅有的大学。欧洲其它地方没有哪里有这种垄断的。

跟牛津一样，剑桥的这所大学一开始也没有自己的房子。他们在租来的房子里讲课和生活，哪里有地方就在哪里。大学生们从一开始就住

在旅舍（hostel）里，由店主负责监督。1280年，在这种私人旅舍被有着自己的校舍和捐款的学院取代之前，全城已经有34家这种大学生公寓了，捐款能保证学院的持久性和独立性。

1284年，艾利修道院的休?德?巴尔夏姆主教创办了剑桥的第一所学院，彼得豪斯学院。直到学院章程它依照的都是比牛津的它早20年的主教学院、默顿学院的模式。彼得豪斯学院设有一位院长和十四名院士，两位大长老负责每天的礼拜，两名财务主任负责财务管理，一位募捐负责人，能付得起钱的时候就还请有一名门房。除去二、三名贫困学，这是一个获得学位者的群体，一个高级大学生机构，按照的是巴黎索邦学院的模式。直到爱德华二世创建的国王学院，才在14世纪初期形成了指导性方案：以学院作为学生的学习和生活集体。人们称那些学生为国王的孩子们，他们确实还是孩子，入学年龄：14岁左右。

当时上大学的都有些什么人呢？首先，主要是小地主和城市的上层社会将他们的儿子们送来剑桥，贵族和乡绅比较少。中世纪早期学生的生活环境像修道院一样严厉、贫穷。经常是只有神学博士，即获得博士学位的神学家，有权得到一个自己的房间。其他的所有院士都跟一组大学生同居一室――圣约翰学院规定：“一张床上不超过二人，除非他们不满14岁。”清晨和晚上必须做礼拜，坐在简陋冰冷、地面铺着干草的教室里听讲座、进行辩论。没有体育活动和有组织的业余时间。唯一的调剂：城里的小酒馆和夫人们。早在1342年就有人对大学生和大学教师们时兴的越轨表示不满了：“光头本是他们的地位的标志，他们蔑视这一标志，女人似地将头发长长地披在肩头，或者烫成卷发、涂脂抹粉（??）

他们穿毛领长袍、红绿色格子的鞋，围很长的真丝围巾，他们手指上戴着戒指，腰缠又宽又贵、嵌有人物和黄金的腰带，腰带上挂着剑似的刀子。”

课程设置

英国的学制要比美国的短。剑桥大学[1]的本科生一般是三到四年。上完三年，就可得到学士学位；上完四年，下来就是硕士(MA)，可直接申请硕士学位。所以严格说来，剑桥大学没有真正的硕士，硕士学位只是一个过渡。副博士是剑桥和牛津的一个稍具特色的学位，因专业不同，一般是两年，如果课程的考试成绩超过65分，就可直接转为博士，再读两年就可获得博士学位。副博士和硕士的区别有三个：其一，副博士的一年或两年时间是可以计算到博士的时间，而从硕士直读博士，是至少需要三年时间；其二，如果你的最终成绩在65分以上，学校可以为你提供开放的时间，在有效时间内(如两年)，你随时可去上学，再继续你的博士学业；其三，剑桥规定，如果你拿到副博士学位后，工作满一定年限，你也可直接提交申请博士学位的论文，学校根据你的论文质量和工作业绩，可授你博士学位，而硕士则无此殊荣。但由此途径得到博士学位是不太容易的。

剑桥大学的专业设置

剑桥大学涵盖建筑和艺术史系、神学系、英语系、音乐系、东方系、经济系、社会和政治科学系、教育系等24个专业设置。有句名言是这样说的；哈佛商学院，剑桥三一学院。

剑桥有时候会骄傲一下，告诉游客，这所大学出的诺贝尔奖得主比整个法国或者整个德国都要更多。在牛津和剑桥的诸多学原理，三一学院的诺贝尔奖得主最多，至今共有31位，这所学院无疑是剑桥最富有、生命最显赫的学院。

伴随着优美图片和动听的音乐，把我们带进充满文化信息的剑桥大学。

剑桥的校舍，按建筑年代的不同而风格各异。比如，建于十五世纪的国王学院是哥特式的；建于十九世纪的纽南学院则是维多利亚时代的建筑风格。剑桥大学里有许多值得欣赏的楼馆、亭院和桥、廊。剑桥大学的雷恩图书馆是由英国最著名的建筑师、圣保罗大教堂的设计者雷恩设计的，那是他一生中最为人赞誉的杰作之一；十六世纪创立的圣约翰学院，院舍分为两部分，由一道有盖有窗的廊桥连接。这道充满画意的桥有一个诗意浓郁的名字——叹息桥，是剑桥大学优美景观之一。 还有，国王学院的教堂是建筑群中最宏伟者，历九十九年才建成。最令参观者叹为观止的是它那庄严肃穆的扇形穹隆和记述圣经故事的彩绘玻璃。幽暗柔和的光线投射进教堂内，更增加了它的高贵和神秘??

剑桥大学仅靠建筑或者仅靠学识都无法解释它的魅力，这座大学里的石头、彩绘玻璃、溪流、草地、树木和花朵被安置得如此错落有致，面对这样一所大学，我们深深地陶醉其中，我们的英伦之行获取的不仅仅是美丽的风景，更多的是思想的超越。

第二篇：剑桥大学招生简介

Cambridge Admissions Office

32 Trumpington Street

Cambridge CB2 1QY UK

NOTES FOR STUDENTS FROM CHINA WHO ARE THINKING OF APPLYING

FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENTRY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

These notes are intended for students from PRC considering applying to Cambridge and supplement information given in the University of Cambridge Undergraduate Prospectus, published annually in March. Copies of the Prospectus should be available for consultation in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing at the British Embassy and Consulates (Cultural and Education Section). If you would like a personal paper copy of the Prospectus, you should write to the Cambridge Admissions Office (address above), enclosing UK￡10 or US$15 to cover the cost of air-mail postage. You can also consult the online version of the Prospectus at: . If you have questions not answered by the Prospectus or by these notes, you can write to the Admissions Tutor of a College (addresses are in the Prospectus) or to the China Application Centre ().

Information on entry for postgraduate courses may be obtained from the University’s Board of Graduate Studies at: .

1. INTERVIEWS

Competition for places at Cambridge is very strong especially in the most popular subjects and interviews, whether held in Cambridge or overseas, are considered an important part of selection procedures. Teams of Cambridge Admissions Tutors carry out interviews in certain countries overseas but it is not possible for them to visit all countries. This year amongst other venues it is expected that overseas interviews will be held in China (Shanghai) on 29, 30 and 31 October. If you are at school, or currently resident, in other neighbouring countries you may also be considered for an October interview in Singapore so long as the interview dates do not clash with your school examinations. Interviews will also be held in Hong Kong at the end of November but these are only for those currently resident or at school in Hong Kong.

The interviews will be about 20-30 minutes in length and are designed to assess your academic potential in your chosen subject area. Most interviewed applicants will also be asked to take a short written subject test, usually on the same day as their interview in October (requiring familiarity with the current syllabus for those who are still at school). Applicants who have already left school may also be asked to take a written test though they may not be as familiar with the basic syllabus material. For most applicants the test will involve some essay-writing and/or include the Cambridge TSA (Thinking Skills Assessment) details of which may be found on the internet at . Everyone applying for Medicine or Veterinary Medicine, however, has to take the BMAT (Bio-Medical Admissions Test) of 2 hours duration in November. See information and some sample questions. Entries for the BMAT are made separately via the individual test website.

2. COLLEGE CHOICE

The UCAS application and the Cambridge Overseas Application Form (see paragraph 8) ask you to choose one of the 29 Cambridge Colleges as your College of preference. A strength of the collegiate system at Cambridge is that students will come into contact with those from other backgrounds and who are studying different subjects. For this reason there is no answer to the common question: "What is the best College choice for a student from overseas, or applying in a particular subject?" In general all Colleges accept applicants for all subjects (the few exceptions are shown in the Prospectus). If you prefer you can submit an Open Application and you will be allocated to a College. Applicants choosing a College of Preference are advised to do so after reading College entries in the Prospectus. It may be unwise to select a College solely because of the availability of a named scholarship award at that College.

3. REQUIRED STANDARD IN ENGLISH

If your first language is not English, please note that you will be required to achieve, before entry, a satisfactory standard in the IELTS or International English Language Test taken through the British Council, normally achieving an overall score of at least 7.0 in each element of that test. However, a reasonable standard in spoken English is also essential at the time of interview, equivalent to about at least IELTS grade 6, and with additional knowledge of the technical vocabulary in English for relevant subject areas.

4. DECISIONS

Cambridge Colleges will normally write to all applicants in January to advise them of the outcome of their applications. The decision may be an acceptance or a rejection; an acceptance is likely to be dependent upon satisfying specified conditions including showing that financial support is available for the course and (for applicants still at school) achieving specified examination grades. Competition for Cambridge places is very severe: experience shows that a typical successful applicant will be well-motivated and achieving academic results in the top 1-2% of their year.

5. SUBJECT CHOICE

For all subjects it is absolutely essential that applicants should read the Prospectus and be well acquainted with the structure and contents of the course for which they are applying. If an applicant indicates at interview that they are unfamiliar with the nature of the course, this will make a very poor impression. You can be considered for any course offered by the University as listed in the Undergraduate Prospectus. Some specific points to note are:

Architecture – this is not considered as a purely technical subject in Cambridge and applicants usually have to bring a portfolio of artwork with them to be discussed at an extended interview in Cambridge, usually with a professional architect. In previous years very few overseas applicants for Architecture have been successful in gaining places: serious applicants are advised if at all possible to come to Cambridge for interview.

Economics – competition is currently very severe for places to study Economics and a good ability at Mathematics is of at least equal importance to the required interest in (and basic knowledge of) Economics.

Law – currently there is a lot of competition for places to read Law at Cambridge and motivation for the course is important in addition to strong examination grades. Where possible applicants should try to see the Law in action, by work experience or shadowing a lawyer, or by watching a few court cases.

Medicine – because of UK Government restrictions there is a maximum percentage admission at any university for overseas medical students and for Cambridge this limit corresponds to 20 new students a year as a whole. Anyone admitted as a preclinical medical student is assured of a clinical course place, subject only to satisfactory progress and health requirements, but only about half the preclinical students at Cambridge complete their course at the Cambridge Clinical School; the remainder will proceed to other Medical Schools, mainly in London or Oxford. The full cost of an entire six-year medical course of training totals at least ￡150,000 at current rates.

6. FINANCE

The total annual cost of studying at Cambridge as an international undergraduate is currently about ￡21,000 - ￡24,000 (depending on subject, and excluding travel and summer vacation living costs). Costs in future years are likely to increase at least in line with inflation, and the effect of any changes in exchange rates cannot easily be predicted. There are currently about 3,400 international students (that is coming from outside Europe) at Cambridge, including about 1,150 undergraduates (of whom about 350 undergraduates are from China). Around 25% have some financial support from bursary or scholarship schemes; the remainder are supported by other sponsors, parents and loans. The Cambridge Overseas Trusts have schemes of bursaries which may provide some support for those able to meet most of their costs from other sources. It is appreciated that when applying applicants looking for awards are unlikely to be certain of their funding situation.

7. APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Overseas applicants to Cambridge must apply via UCAS and also submit a Cambridge Overseas Application Form (see paragraph 8). If you wish to be considered for interview overseas, you should note the two possible alternative procedures outlined below.

a) A completed Cambridge Overseas Application Form should be submitted to the Cambridge China Application Centre (address below). Only if your completed application form has been received in Cambridge by 20 September 2009 can we normally consider you for inclusion in the overseas interview programme. Your UCAS application should also be submitted by this date. Not everyone who applies will get an interview: decisions on who will be interviewed will be taken by the Cambridge Colleges and applicants being called for interview will be notified about a week or so in advance. Some applicants may already be intending to come to England to visit universities in December or January and – if so – might prefer to be interviewed at that time in Cambridge. In such cases, they should make this clear when submitting their Cambridge Overseas Application Form. No applicant who has been interviewed overseas will also be interviewed in Cambridge in December/January.

b) An alternative route of application that applies only to applicants from PRChina for entry in 2010 to study any degree subject offered at Cambridge is by a scheme organised for Cambridge by Ameson Foundation in China. Under this scheme students will be required to take written tests in Mathematics and English at centres in China no later than 31 August 2009. Results of this test, and other examinations taken including IELTS, will be used to pre-select applicants for Cambridge interviews in late October. Further details of the scheme may be obtained from: Ameson Foundation China Office, 4th Floor, Jiangsu Provincial Educations and Scientific Research Building, 77 Beijing West Road, Nanjing 210013, China.

8. APPLICATION FORMS

Cambridge Overseas Application Forms are available at many offices of the British Council and at many schools that have had recent applicants to Cambridge, or by writing to the Cambridge China Applications Centre at the address below (or email: prchina@cao.cam.ac.uk). Completed application forms together with the application fee (￡55) should be sent to arrive in Cambridge by 20 September to the address below if you wish to be considered for an interview overseas. Application Forms submitted by fax or email are not accepted.

Cambridge China Applications Centre

32 Trumpington Street

Cambridge CB2 1QY

England

? Cambridge University, April 2009