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Sites like University of Cambridge

The 20 closest higher education alternatives to University of Cambridge, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to University of Cambridge? The closest matches are University of Oxford, University College London and University of Edinburgh. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dating back to 1209.

Wikidata: collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Top 10K · #1,476 English 14 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit University of Cambridge

Summary by Claude

Official website of the University of Cambridge, a collegiate public research university in England, providing information on undergraduate and postgraduate admissions, courses, research, news, events and the university's colleges.

Who it’s for
Prospective students, current students, researchers, staff and alumni
Business model
Tuition fees, research funding and endowment

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of Cambridge’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to University of Cambridge

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of Cambridge, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    University of Oxford ox.ac.uk Top 10K English

    collegiate research university in Oxford, England

  2. 02
    University College London ucl.ac.uk Top 10K English

    public research university in London, England, United Kingdom

  3. 03
    University of Edinburgh ed.ac.uk Top 10K English

    The University of Edinburgh

    The University of Edinburgh, influencing the world since 1583. We are one of the UK's top-rated research universities. Located in Scotland's capital city, one of the liveliest and most beautiful cities in the world.

  4. 04
    University of California, Berkeley berkeley.edu Top 1K English

    University of California, Berkeley: Home

    UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.

  5. 05

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is a global higher education leader known for innovative teaching, research and public service. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Carolina regularly ranks as the best value for academic quality in U.S. public higher education.

  6. 06
    University of Warwick warwick.ac.uk Top 10K English

    University of Warwick - Study at a top 10 UK University

    Discover study and research excellence at University of Warwick, a leading UK university with top-ranked courses, facilities, and global opportunities.

  7. 07
    King's College London kcl.ac.uk Top 10K English

    King's College London

    King's is ranked in the top 10 universities in the UK (QS World Rankings 2021) and based in the heart of London. With nine faculties, institutes and schools of study and five Medical Research Council centres, King's offers world-class teaching and research.

  8. 08
    University of Toronto utoronto.ca Top 10K English

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    The University of Toronto - Error 403

  9. 09
    Harvard University harvard.edu Top 1K English

    Harvard University

    Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.

  10. 10
    University of Alberta ualberta.ca Top 10K

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    public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  11. 11
    University of Amsterdam uva.nl Top 10K Dutch

    Universiteit van Amsterdam

    Universiteit van Amsterdam

  12. 12
    University of Victoria uvic.ca Top 10K English

    Home - University of Victoria

    Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

  13. 13
    University of Manchester manchester.ac.uk Top 10K English

    The University of Manchester

    The University of Manchester is the UK’s largest single-site university and a Russell Group member, known for research excellence and a diverse student community.

  14. 14
    University of British Columbia ubc.ca Top 10K English

    The University of British Columbia

    The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.

  15. 15
    University of Leeds leeds.ac.uk Top 10K English

    University of Leeds

    The University of Leeds is a large UK higher education institution and part of the Russell Group of leading universities.

  16. 16

    Home | UC Santa Barbara

    UC Santa Barbara is a leading center for teaching and research located on the California coast - truly a learning and living environment like no other!

  17. 17
    Imperial College London imperial.ac.uk Top 10K English

    Imperial College London

    Imperial College London is a world-leading university for science, technology, engineering, medicine and business (STEMB). Across our London campuses, and throughout our international network, we use science to tackle global challenges.

  18. 18
    washington.edu Top 1K English

    UW Homepage – University of Washington

    public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States

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    hku.hk Top 10K English

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    public research university in Hong Kong established in 1911

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    UCLA ucla.edu Top 10K English

    A World Leader in Education and Research Excellence | UCLA

    UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to cam.ac.uk’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of Cambridge uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What University of Cambridge is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
  • Drupal header x-generator: Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
CSS & UI
  • Font Awesome asset https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v6.4.0/js/all.js
Fonts
  • Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,400,700&display=swap
Tag managers
Monitoring
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ams-eham8680069-AMS, cache-ber1080044-BER, cache-ber1…
Hosting
  • Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-eu-a-5f44c64967-9mdr9
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org))
Email hosting
  • Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.cam.ac.uk include:spf.protection.outlook.com incl…
  • Microsoft 365 MX cam-ac-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=S5SLTUt0OLAN9mxNzSRE7Cwjz4YOzlAVb87kMqk…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=vob_qUOVAbGehTQ74k1vnA1XCWJB2CSWwsP9fNdwALU
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=a1052e0584a21e3d2792bce42f69dc21def357fc

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