An old and prestigious university in the UK. Widely considered to be one of the two best British universities, along with Oxford. In most rankings of universities, Cambridge comes either first or second in the UK, and in the top 10 worldwide (along with the likes of Harvard, Yale and MIT). However, the traditional view of a clear hierarchy of British universities is increasingly being considered outmoded, with many other institutions (such as UCL, LSE, Durham and Imperial College London) being considered to rival Oxford and Cambridge in many respects.
Stereotypes surrounding Cambridge students include that they’re all from wealthy backgrounds, that they’re all nerds, that they’re all snobs and that they’re all from the South of England.
Stereotypes surrounding Cambridge students include that they’re all from wealthy backgrounds, that they’re all nerds, that they’re all snobs and that they’re all from the South of England.
Notable alumni of Cambridge University include Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Vladimir Nabokov, Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Nick Griffin and Nick Clegg
by cheeky_cunt February 01, 2011
The joint top University in Great Bitain. It is full of some of the brightest students in the country. Its joint top with Oxford. Oxford and Cambridge are often called Oxbridge.
Cambridge: How did you do in your exams?
Student: Yes, I got straight A's
Cambridge:Well the come to Cambridge University
Student: Yes, I got straight A's
Cambridge:Well the come to Cambridge University
by British brunette June 07, 2006
Home of the masses of wonderful fairies, cross dressers, and rude cliptomaniacal wheelchair users steven hawking. Oh and dave, who rules
by Cambridge University April 19, 2005
The collective noun for "ponces".
by :O) May 08, 2003
by danny8880 July 10, 2006
A large collection of the less well endowed bastards on this earth (Both in a physical and mental sense)
by Dr. G. Nius, Oxon. November 09, 2006
The University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford are the oldest universities in the English-speaking world.
They are the most prestigious institutions in the United Kingdom, and are collectively known as Oxbridge.
Oxbridge are consistently ranked as being two of the worlds best educational institutions, the others generally being the likes of Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Yale et al.
Alumni of the two universities include Isaac Newton, Stephen (both Fry and Hawking), Simon and Will from the Inbetweeners, David Attenborough, Charles Darwin, C.S. Lewis, Armstrong and Miller, Mitchell and Webb, Lewis Carroll, T.S. Eliot and Bill Clinton, to name just a few of what is an enormous list of influential figures throughout history. Well over 100 Nobel Prize-winners, countless prime ministers, presidents, kings and queens have attended at least one of either Oxford or Cambridge.
Were just one figure to be named as the most famous figure bearing the Oxbridge name, it would surely be Mr. Bean, perhaps best known for playing popular actor Rowan Atkinson.
"William Fulbright was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford."
They are the most prestigious institutions in the United Kingdom, and are collectively known as Oxbridge.
Oxbridge are consistently ranked as being two of the worlds best educational institutions, the others generally being the likes of Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Yale et al.
Alumni of the two universities include Isaac Newton, Stephen (both Fry and Hawking), Simon and Will from the Inbetweeners, David Attenborough, Charles Darwin, C.S. Lewis, Armstrong and Miller, Mitchell and Webb, Lewis Carroll, T.S. Eliot and Bill Clinton, to name just a few of what is an enormous list of influential figures throughout history. Well over 100 Nobel Prize-winners, countless prime ministers, presidents, kings and queens have attended at least one of either Oxford or Cambridge.
Were just one figure to be named as the most famous figure bearing the Oxbridge name, it would surely be Mr. Bean, perhaps best known for playing popular actor Rowan Atkinson.
"William Fulbright was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford."
"I got rejected from Cambridge." "Unlucky bro, what's your backup?"
"Black student rejected from Oxbridge despite AABBC at A-level including Media and Food Tech."
"Cambridge University has lost the world number-one spot to Harvard University in this year's world rankings. But do not despair, O Cantabrigians, for though they may be shed here, poureth e'er the more tears in the third-class city of Oxford, where their polytechnic came in at just fifth place, overtaken by those nerds at MIT."
"Black student rejected from Oxbridge despite AABBC at A-level including Media and Food Tech."
"Cambridge University has lost the world number-one spot to Harvard University in this year's world rankings. But do not despair, O Cantabrigians, for though they may be shed here, poureth e'er the more tears in the third-class city of Oxford, where their polytechnic came in at just fifth place, overtaken by those nerds at MIT."
by TheMasterLOLUMAD? October 18, 2013