The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University), located in the City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world and the sixth oldest in Europe. The name is sometimes abbreviated as Cantab. in post-nominals, a shortened form of Cantabrigiensis (an adjective derived from Cantabrigia, the Latinised form of Cambridge). The university grew out of an association of scholars in the city of Cambridge that was formed, early records suggest, in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford after a dispute with townsfolk there.[5] The universities of Oxford and Cambridge are often jointly referred to as 'Oxbridge'. In addition to cultural and practical associations as a historic part of British society, the two universities also have a long history of rivalry with each other. Cambridge is a collegiate university, meaning that it is made up of self-governing and independent colleges, each with its own property and income. Most colleges bring together academics and students from a broad range of disciplines (though certain colleges do have particular strengths e.g. Gonville and Caius College for Medicine[9]), and within each faculty, school or department within the university, academics from many different colleges will be found. All students and many of the academics are attached to colleges, where they live, eat and socialise. It is also the place where students may receive their small group teaching sessions, known as supervisions. Each college appoints its own teaching staff and fellows in each subject; decides which students to admit, in accordance with university regulations; provides small group teaching sessions, for undergraduates (though lectures are arranged and degrees are awarded by the university); and is responsible for the domestic arrangements and welfare of its own undergraduates, graduates, post-doctoral researchers, and staff in general. In addition to the 31 colleges, the university is made up of over 150 departments, faculties, schools, syndicates and other institutions. Members of these are usually also members of one (or more) of the colleges and responsibility for running the entire academic programme of the university is divided amongst them. Cambridge University has research departments and teaching faculties in most academic disciplines. Cambridge tends to have a slight bias towards scientific subjects,[citation needed] but it also has a number of strong humanities and social science faculties. All research and lectures are conducted by University Departments. The colleges are in charge of giving or arranging most supervisions, student accommodation, and funding most extracurricular activities. During the 1990s Cambridge added a substantial number of new specialist research laboratories on several University sites around the city, and major expansion continues on a number of sites.[30] 剑桥学院的主要教学方法是监督教学。这些通常是每周一小时的会议，由一到三个学生组成的小组与大学的一名教职员工或一名博士生会面。 剑桥的学院最初是这个体系附带的一个特征。没有一所学院像大学本身一样历史悠久。这些学院被授予学者奖学金。还有一些没有捐赠的机构，叫做青年旅社。几个世纪以来，这些青年旅舍逐渐被学院所吸收，但它们留下了一些时代的标志，比如加勒特青年旅舍巷的名字。 句子很简单，没有很多从句。636字将不检查f7079e79fa5e9819331333239303165一次，作为专有名词

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