1. When was your university founded?

2. What is the full name of the University you study at? How old is the University?

3. At what faculty do you study? At what faculties do your friends study?

4. How many departments are there at your university?

5. Who is the head of the university?

6. Who is the head of your faculty?

7. Which is the largest faculty? Which is the smallest?

8. Which is the most popular? Which is the least popular?

9. Are there more female or male students? What faculty has the largest percentage of males? What faculty has the largest percentage of fe­males?

10. What do students have at their disposal at the University?

11. How is teaching maintained at the University?

12. In what way is the academic year organized?

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

In 1877 James Ward proposed to open a laboratory in Cambridge to study psychophysics, the relation between the physical properties of stimuli and experienced sensations. This proposal was rejected by the University because it would insult religion by putting the soul on a pair of scales'. However, in 1897, William Rivers was appointed University Lecturer in Physiological and Experimental Psychology. Rivers was to become famous as a neurologist, psychologist, anthropologist, and psy­chiatrist.

In 1901 Psychology acquired a room, in 1903 a property in Mil! Lane, and in 1912 the Psychological Laboratory was founded. Research and teaching in experimental psychology is continued to the present day

The Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge is famous for its teaching. Students are taught by researchers of international importance and many of its past students have impor­tant positions i» psychology and related fields throughout the world.

The University of Cambridge is unusual because undergraduates are not admitted to the Department of Psychology. The subject is taught as an experimental science at second and third-year levels within the Natu­ral Sciences. All undergraduates at Cambridge study for the Bachelor of Arts degree — even those studying the sciences. The Department admits graduates to study for research degrees. These include the Ph.D. (re­quiring three years of research) and the M.S. (two years).

The research staff includes university teaching officers (lecturers, and professors), research assistants, laboratory staff, and graduate stu­dents. They conduct psychological research on sensory perception, at­tention, memory, language, psych о pathology, associative, animal behavior, and drug addiction.

On the 1 August 2012, the Department of Experimental Psychology merged with the Division of Social and Developmental Psychology and the Centre for Family Research, to create a unified Department of Psychology within the School of the Biological Sciences. This merger provided an exciting new interface for some areas of social and developmental psychology with experimental psychology, neuroscience and biology.

The Department's primary objectives are to provide world-class research and teaching in psychology and cognate disciplines. The Department carries out world-class research, which is characterized by its multidisciplinary and collaborative approach. In the current QS World University Rankings, Cambridge is placed second in the world for psychology. The Department's research has a major impact on the science of psychology and has been translated into many practical applications.

The last academic year saw the introduction of a brand new course for undergraduates wishing to read psychology, the Psychological and Behavioral Sciences (PBS) Tripos. Psychology may now be studied either in the Natural Sciences Tripos, or in the PBS Tripos. Both courses are accredited by the British Psychological Society.

The Department of Psychology is located on two sites in central Cambridge. The administrative hub of the Department is housed in the Psychological Laboratory on the Downing Site.