800th Birthday Celebrations for Cambridge University

The University of Cambridge marked it's 800th birthday in style, organising several events to highlight the greatest achievements of students who attended the university.

On the 17th January churches in Cambridge rang their bells to celebrate the anniversary to kick off proceedings. Further events are planned including science festivals and a Charles Darwin festival.

Later in the year a 'Festival of Ideas' is planned for October, which will be funded by the university. This fund will also cover the closing ceremony in November 2009, together with further events put forward by individual departments at the university.

So how did it all start? Way back in 1209 groups of scholars used to congregate at the ancient Roman trading post in Cambridge to study - this is now the University of Cambridge as we know it. We certainly see it lasting another 800 years as one of the top universities in the world.

Are you a a student at the University of Cambridge? Why not send in your stories about the celebrations to let students across the UK get an insight into how wild the parties really are! Just contact feedback@money4students.co.uk