Planning for our future

“We are very keen to involve the different communities of the university, the city and our neighbours as our plans develop.”   Prof Alison Richard Vice-Chancellor

Welcome to this website, designed to keep you informed and involved in the University of Cambridge’s proposals for the future of our site in North West Cambridge.

View the materials recently displayed at our Public Exhibitions. You'll find out more about the scheme - and be able to give us your views so that we can make North West Cambridge even better.

What are the benefits for you? >

View some of the early plans for the site >

Over the past 800 years the University has prospered and grown by investing in the city. To continue to maintain and enhance our position as a world leader in higher education and research, we must constantly improve our facilities. Continued development is critical not only to the University, but to the long-term growth and prosperity of the city of Cambridge, the region, and the UK as a whole.

The physical constraints of the city centre preclude expansion there, which is why we have proposed that much of our long-term future development should take place in North West Cambridge. We believe that sensitive development in this area will best meet the University’s needs for the foreseeable future and secure our position amongst the world’s top universities.

We are still at a very early stage of the project and are very keen to involve members of the University and the wider community as our plans develop. In the timetable section of this website you can see our preliminary schedule which highlights the opportunities for formal contributions from the public.

We are keen to take into account the views and ideas of our local communities and will be actively seeking to engage everyone who has an interest in our proposals. The website will continually evolve to reflect new developments, so do check back regularly and sign up for our alerts.

We are determined to create a successful, sustainable, mixed-use community at North West Cambridge as an extension of the City, with buildings and space of high quality design.

We look forward to working with you to achieve this.

Best wishes,

Professor Alison Richard
Vice-Chancellor