Established in 1209, University of Cambridge is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the the urban setting of the large town of Cambridge (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), East of England. Officially accredited/recognized by the Privy Council, University of Cambridge is a large (enrollment range: 15,000-19,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. 
Cambridge is formed from a variety of institutions which include 31 constituent colleges and over 100 academic departments organised into six schools. Cambridge University Press, a department of the university, is the world's oldest publishing house and the second-largest university press in the world. The university also operates eight cultural and scientific museums, including the Fitzwilliam Museum, and a botanic garden. Cambridge's libraries hold a total of around 15 million books, eight million of which are in Cambridge University Library, a legal deposit library.

University of Cambridge offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. 
University of Cambridge also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, housing, sport facilities and/or activities, financial aids and/or scholarships, study abroad and exchange programs, as well as administrative services.