The University of Cambridge is a collegiate research university in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by King Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world’s fourth-oldest surviving university. 121 Nobel laureates, 11 Fields Medalists, 7 Turing Award winners, 14 British prime ministers and 194 Olympic medals winners have been affiliated with the university as students, alumni, faculty or research staff. The University of Cambridge is ranked as the 3rd best university in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, 6th in the world by Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 7th in the world by QS World University Rankings.