A university (from Latin universitas 'a whole') is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school.
StoreWelcome to the University of Cambridge's Job Opportunities pages. Here you can view our current vacancies and those of many Cambridge colleges and affiliated institutions. You can also find all of the information you need about working for one of the world's oldest and most successful universities. We have four staff groups at the University: Academic Research Academic-related Assistant Our academic-related and assistant staff groups are made up of professional, technical, manual and administrative roles. When searching for a vacancy, we encourage you to look across our staff groups as the types of opportunities you are seeking may be found in different categories. For example: Roles which include teaching responsibilities may be academic or academic-related. Roles which include providing some administrative support to research activity may be assistant or research.
Students live, eat and socialise in one of the University’s 31 autonomous Colleges. Undergraduates receive College supervisions – small group teaching sessions – regarded as one of the best teaching models in the world. Each College has its own internal procedures. They select their own students, subject to University regulations, and most admit both undergraduate and postgraduate students. College representatives sit on the University Council and Finance Committee.
University Faculties organise teaching and research into individual subjects or groups of subjects. Their work is normally organised into sub-divisions called Departments. Centres of studies are controlled by committees of management, bringing together representatives from several disciplines.
