Few good reasons to achieve your undergraduate degree at Cambridge :

• You will be taught by world-leading experts in your subject area. Your time at Cambridge will be a most rewarding and enjoyable experience.
• You will will develop a range of valuable skills and experiences, making you highly employable when you graduate – last year, over 96 per cent of graduates found jobs.
• The University of Cambridge is ideally located and close to London, which is only 50 minutes away by train. It is also within easy reach of all London's international airports.
• The University of Cambridge is rich in history - its famous Colleges and University buildings attract visitors from all over the globe. Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of the largest in the United Kingdom. The University will celebrate its 800th anniversary in 2009, marking eight centuries of academic achievement, ground-breaking research and celebrated Alumni. The University of Cambridge has more Nobel Prize winners than any other academic institution.

The Colleges of the University

There are 31 Colleges in Cambridge. Each College is an independent institution with its own property and income. Each College appoints their own staff and is responsible for selecting students, in accordance with University regulations. The teaching of students is shared between the Colleges and University departments. Degrees are awarded by the University. In addition to resources provided by the University, each College has its own library and sports facilities. Most Colleges have their own clubs and societies, offering a variety of non-academic activities for students to take part in.

Benefits of the College system for students

• The supervision system, where students receive teaching in small groups, is regarded as one of the best teaching models in the world.
• Almost all undergraduates live in College accommodation for the duration of their time at Cambridge.
• All students are treated equally as individuals, allowing overseas students in particular to be fully integrated. This is one of the reasons that Cambridge has one of the lowest drop-out rates.

About Pembroke College

Founded in 1347, Pembroke College has a long and distinguished history. Their poets, politicians, mathematicians and musicians have earned the College an international reputation for excellence. With beautiful buildings (including a Chapel built by Sir Christopher Wren), a quiet and welcoming series of open courts built around lovely gardens, Pembroke provides a friendly and relaxed environment for each undergraduate.

What is special about Pembroke?

The College is ideally located in the centre of Cambridge, within a few minutes, walking distance of the main tourist attractions and most University buildings.

Pembroke welcome about 434 undergraduates and 208 graduates every year. The College is in excellent academic health. In 2001, after more than a decade of increasingly improving results, Pembroke's undergraduates were ranked seventh among the Cambridge Colleges with more First Class and Upper Second Class results than ever before. The current strengths include History, English, Classics, Modern Languages, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences. The College also has one of the highest ratios of teaching Fellows to undergraduates.

The Course Selection

Pembroke admits students to study all the Honours Degree courses (known as "Triposes") available at Cambridge, except for Geography and Education Studies. Most courses cover their subject very broadly in the first year or two, and then become more specialized in the second or third year. Pembroke offers a wide variety of options and allow you to design your own program of study.

Each undergraduate has a Director of Studies who arranges each term's "supervisions" as well as giving advice about study and University lectures. In addition to a Director of Studies, each undergraduate has a personal Tutor. This is someone to whom you can go to ask advice about non-academic matters.

Accommodation

All visiting students are housed in undergraduate rooms, either on the campus (the great majority) or in nearby College houses. Pembroke has a brand new student accommodation block and rooms tend to be arranged around pleasant courts and gardens. Visiting students can also use the common rooms (which have television and video)the bar (the social centre of any College), library, gym and computer room. They can relax or study in beautiful gardens and make use of the sport grounds (tennis, squash courts, football, softball, barbecue etc.). For more information visit the Pembroke website.