List of social activities at the University of Cambridge
This is intended to be a complete list of articles detailing clubs, societies and other common leisure activities associated with the University of Cambridge, England.
Sports[]
General[]
- Varsity match, the annual match for each sports team against the University of Oxford
- Cambridge Blue, an award for competing at the highest level of University sport
- The Hawks' Club, a social club for men with a Blue, Half Blue or Second Team Colours
Clubs[]
- Association football:
- Cambridge University Association Football League
- CUAFL Cuppers
- CUAFL Plate
- CUAFL Shield
- CUAFL Vase
- Cambridge University Association Football Club
- Pegasus A.F.C., a now-defunct combined Oxford-Cambridge football team
- Cambridge University Association Football League
- Cambridge University Cricket Club
- Rugby union:
- Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club
- The Varsity Match, the annual rugby union varsity match
- Cambridge University Automobile Club
- Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club
- Strange Blue, the Cambridge University Ultimate Club [1]
Rowing[]
- Cambridge University Boat Club
- Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs
- Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club
- Cambridge University Women's Boat Club
- The Boat Race
- Women's Boat Race
- Henley Boat Races
College boat clubs[]
- Caius Boat Club
- Christ's College Boat Club
- Churchill College Boat Club
- Clare Boat Club
- Corpus Christi College Boat Club
- Downing College Boat Club
- Emmanuel Boat Club
- Fitzwilliam College Boat Club
- Girton College Boat Club
- Homerton College Boat Club
- Hughes Hall Boat Club
- Jesus College Boat Club
- King's College Boat Club
- Lady Margaret Boat Club (St John's College)
- Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club
- Magdalene Boat Club
- Murray Edwards College Boat Club (previously New Hall Boat Club)
- Newnham College Boat Club
- Pembroke College Boat Club
- Peterhouse Boat Club
- Queens' College Boat Club
- Robinson College Boat Club
- Selwyn College Boat Club
- Sidney Sussex College Boat Club
- St. Catharine's College Boat Club
- Trinity College:
- First Trinity Boat Club
- Second Trinity Boat Club
- Third Trinity Boat Club
- First and Third Trinity Boat Club
- Trinity Hall Boat Club
Bumps races[]
Political societies[]
- Cambridge University Liberal Association
- Cambridge Union Society, commonly known as the Cambridge Union - a debating union
- Cambridge University Conservative Association
- Cambridge University Labour Club
- The Wilberforce Society, the student think-tank
Academic societies[]
- The Archimedeans
- Trinity Mathematical Society
- Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club
- Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Cambridge University Law Society
Drama societies[]
- Amateur Dramatic Club
- Footlights, an amateur dramatics and comedy club
- Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society
- (ICE), the University's oldest improv society
- , another improv society
- The Movement, now a professional theatre company but still using actors from the University.
- Girton Amateur Dramatics Society (GADS)
Student Unions[]
- Cambridge University Students' Union, the Cambridge-wide federal union
- Graduate Union, the students' union specifically for Graduates
Miscellaneous societies[]
- Cambridge University Wine society, the university wine society
- Cambridge Apostles, an elite intellectual secret society
- , secret social and adventuring club
- Cambridge University Punting Society, the oldest and largest extant punting society in the world.
- Cambridge SCA, a charity and volunteering organisation
- , the world's oldest tiddlywinks club
- Choir of King's College, Cambridge, a world-renowned choir
- CUR1350, the student radio station
- Cambridge University Wireless Society, the university amateur radio club
- Granta, periodical which started as a student society
- Hawks' Club, a member's club for university sportsmen
- University Pitt Club, an exclusive social club
- TCS, a student newspaper
- Varsity, a student newspaper
- CICCU, the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
- Cambridge University Science Fiction Society (CUSFS), known as one of the likely creators of The Game
- Jómsborg the New - the Fantasy Fiction Society, and subset of CUSFS
College clubs and societies[]
- Gonville & Caius A.F.C., the only college team to have reached the 1st round of the FA Cup
- Pembroke Players, an amateur dramatics society
- Go and Yes Minister Society (found in Girton College)
- Pembroke College Winnie-the-Pooh Society
- Churchill Regular Association for Poker
Leisure activities[]
- Formal Hall, a formal dinner in a college
- June Event, an alternative to May Balls
- May Balls, a college ball, usually held annually in May Week
- May Week, the week after the end of examinations, actually in June
- Punting
- Suicide Sunday, the Sunday during May Week
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Culture of the University of Cambridge
- Clubs and societies of the University of Cambridge
- University of Cambridge-related lists