📸 At a Glance
🌍 Cambridge, East England
🎓 Russell Group ✅
⚖️ Race Equality Status ✅ Bronze Award
💰 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅 Ranking: 1 (Complete University Guide 2026)
🔎 Overview
The University of Cambridge is a collegiate research university based in Cambridge, England, made up of 31 constituent colleges alongside its central academic departments. It’s globally renowned across virtually all disciplines, particularly mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, medicine, and law, and is consistently ranked among the top handful of universities in the world, with a history of producing more Nobel laureates than any other institution.
📊 Ethnicity Breakdown
- Black: 4%
- Mixed race: 8%
- White: 65%
- Asian: 18%
- other: 2%
- Not known: 3%
💷 Scholarships & Funding
- Formula 1® Engineering Scholarships – The Formula 1® Scholarship supports students from underrepresented backgrounds to study Engineering at University of Cambridge.
- Stormzy Scholarship – Supports Black UK students on undergraduate courses at Cambridge.
- Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program – Supports outstanding African students pursuing a Master’s degree while developing leadership skills at a leading global university.
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship – Full-cost postgraduate scholarship for outstanding international students at University of Cambridge.
- Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship – Fully funded PhD scholarships at University of Cambridge for African students researching sustainable development and climate resilience.
- Cambridge Caribbean Scholarship – Supports outstanding Caribbean Master’s and PhD students at University of Cambridge across any subject, focused on future regional leadership.
- Cambridge Opportunity Studentships and Get In Cambridge Studentships – Cambridge Opportunity Studentships and Get In Cambridge Studentships support Master’s students at University of Cambridge from disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds, including low-income households and Black, British Bangladeshi, and British Pakistani students.
- Chevening/Cambridge Scholarship – The Chevening/Cambridge Scholarship offers full funding for Master’s students from Chevening-eligible countries to study any subject at University of Cambridge (excluding premium courses).
- Commonwealth (Cambridge) Scholarship – This cholarship supports Master’s and PhD students from developing Commonwealth countries in any subject at University of Cambridge, with eligible subjects set annually.
- Jameel Education Foundation Cambridge Scholarship – PhD scholarship at University of Cambridge in selected science, engineering, and medical fields, prioritising research that supports development in the applicant’s home country or region.
- Smuts Cambridge Scholarship – PhD scholarship at University of Cambridge for research on Commonwealth countries (excluding the UK), mainly in arts, humanities, or social sciences.
- Rowan Williams Cambridge Studentship – Studentship at University of Cambridge supporting applicants from conflict-affected or high-risk backgrounds facing significant barriers to study.
👩🏿🎓👨🏾🎓 Student Life & Support
- African Caribbean Society (ACS)
- African Society of Cambridge University (ASCU)
- Black Girl’s Space
- Cambridge Black Postgraduate Society
- Black Cantabs Research Society
- Black Alumni Network
- Black Advisory Hub
- Racial and Religious Discrimination Support
➡️ The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.
⭐ Things Uni To Know
Black Advisory Hub – A university initiative designed to support Black students at Cambridge through academic, wellbeing, careers and community resources.
