The University of Cambridge is a collegiate public research university with it’s earliest records dating back to 1209. It was the result of groups of scholars migrating to the ancient Roman trading post of Cambridge for study and eventually settling there. By 1226 the scholars were numerous enough to have set up an organization and seem to have arranged regular courses of study. In 1231, King Henry III took the scholars under his protection and granted the university a Royal Charter. The motto of the University is Hinc lucem et pocula sacra (Latin) with a non-literal meaning as ‘From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge’. The University’s 710-acre primary campus is located in the city of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom.
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