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combines
the
oldest
university
press
in
the
world
with
one
of
the
world's
leading
examining
bodies,
which
provides
assessment
to
over
eight
million
learners
globally
every
year.
The
university
also
operates
eight
cultural
and
scientific
museums,
including
the
Fitzwilliam
Museum,
as
well
as
a
botanic
garden.
Cambridge's
libraries,
of
which
there
are
over
100,
hold
a
total
of
around
16
million
books,
around
nine
million
of
which
are
in
Cambridge
University
Library,
a
legal
deposit
library.
The
university
is
home
to,
but
independent
of,
the
Cambridge
Union
–
the
world's
oldest
debating
society.
The
university
is
closely
linked
to
the
development
of
the
high-tech
business
cluster
known
as
'Silicon
Fen',
the
largest
technology
cluster
in
Europe.[17]
It
is
the
central
member
of
Cambridge
University
Health
Partners,
an
academic
health
science
centre
based
around
the
Cambridge
Biomedical
Campus.
By
endowment
size,
Cambridge
is
the
wealthiest
university
in
Europe.In
the
fiscal
year
ending
31
July
2019,
the
central
university,
excluding
colleges,
had
a
total
income
of
£2.192
billion,
of
which
£592.4
million
was
from
research
grants
and
contracts.At
the
end
of
the
same
financial
year,
the
central
university
and
colleges
together
possessed
a
combined
endowment
of
over
£7.1
billion
and
overall
consolidated
net
assets
(excluding
'immaterial'
historical
assets)
of
over
£12.5
billion.
A
member
of
numerous
associations
and
part
of
the
'golden
triangle'
of
English
universities,
Cambridge
has
educated
many
notable
alumni,
including
eminent
mathematicians,
scientists,
politicians,
lawyers,
philosophers,
writers
and
actors.
As
of
October
2020,
121
Nobel
laureates,
11
Fields
Medalists,
7
Turing
Award
winners,
47
heads
of
state,
and
14
British
prime
ministers
have
been
affiliated
with
Cambridge
as
students,
alumni,
faculty
or
research
staff.As
of
2016,
University
alumni
had
won
194
Olympic
medals.
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