2003 艾莉森·理查德教授担任校长。投入4千2百万英镑高端癌症研究设施，将汇集欧洲规模最大的研究员社群。
Colleges and departments
The University is a confederation of Schools, Faculties, Departments and
Colleges. The Colleges are governed by their own statutes and regulations, but
are integral to the make-up of the University of Cambridge.
Colleges
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.
Schools
There are six Schools, each of which constitutes an administrative grouping
of Faculties and other institutions. They are: Arts and Humanities, Biological
Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Humanities and Social Sciences, Physical Sciences,
and Technology.
There is a Council of each School – including representatives of its
Faculties and Departments. The Schools are represented on the General Board.
剑桥大学的学院和部门
剑桥大学是一个由学院、学习、部门组成的联盟。各个学院自治，有各自的法则和规章，同时剑桥大学比不可少的部分。
学院
剑桥大学有31个学院，学生们在其中生活、用餐和社交。学校为本科生提供学院监管，即教学小组研讨会，这种教学模式被认为是世界上最好的模式之一。
每个学院都有自己的内部程序。学院根据大学规章自主招生，大多数学院都招本科生和研究生。由学院代表组成大学委员会和财务委员会。
学系
剑桥大学六个学习，每个学系又构成资格由学院和其他机构组成的行政组织。它们分别是艺术与人文、生物科学、临床科学、人文与社会科学、物理科学和技术。
每个学系有一个委员会，委员会由旗下的学院和部门代表组成。学系由一般董事会代表。
Cambridge’s Nobel Laureates
2016 Oliver Hart (King's College, 1966) - 2016 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in
Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his contributions to contract
theory.
2016 David Thouless (Trinity Hall, 1952), Duncan Haldane (Christ’s, 1970)
and Michael Kosterlitz (Gonville and Caius, 1962) - Nobel Prize in Physics for
theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases
of matter
2015 Angus Deaton, Fitzwilliam College, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in
Economi