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 Hawk' 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 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

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

• Lent Bumps
• May Bumps

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 Scientific Society
• Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club
• Cambridge Philosophical Society
• Cambridge University Law Society
• Cambridge University SPS Society

Drama societies

• Amateur Dramatic Club
• Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan Society
• Footlights, an amateur dramatics and comedy club
• Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society
• Improvised Comedy Ents (ICE), the University's oldest improv society
• Alcock Improv, another improv society
• The Corpus Christi Fletcher Players
• The Movement, now a professional theatre company but still using actors from the University.
• Christ's Amateur Dramatic Society
• Girton Amateur Dramatics Society (GADS)

Student Unions

• Cambridge University Students' Union, the Cambridge-wide federal union
• Graduate Union, the students' union specifically for Graduates

Musical societies

• Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS), a federation of the university's main orchestral and choral ensembles, which cumulatively put on a substantial concert season during the university term.
• Cambridge University Jazz Society
• Cambridge University Hip Hop Society
• Cambridge University Ceilidh Band (CUCB)
• Cambridge University Brass Band (CUBB)
• Cambridge University Opera Society (CUOS)
• Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra (CUJO)
• Cambridge Gamelan Society
• Cambridge University Steel Pan Society

College Music societies

• Emmanuel College Music Society (ECMS)
• Selwyn College Music Society (SCMS)
• Homerton College Music Society (HCMS)
• Trinity College Music Society (TCMS)
• Clare College Music Society (CCMS)
• Fitzwilliam College Music Society (FCMS)
• St John's College Music Society (SJCMS)
• MagSoc

Choirs

• Choir of King's College, Cambridge, a world-renowned choir known for broadcast services, specifically Carols from King's.
• Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, a renowned choral society.
• Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, directed by David Skinner, (musicologist) and, uniquely among the collegiate choirs of Oxford and Cambridge, it sings an entirely Latin Vespers weekly.
• Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross, (musician) and funded by John Rutter.
• Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
• Christ's College Chapel Choir, Cambridge
• King's Voices, a mixed voice chapel choir based in King's College, Cambridge
• Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, a renowned choir that recently, 2022, allowed women and girls to participate.
• Queens' College Chapel Choir, Cambridge

Miscellaneous societies

• Cam FM, the student radio station
• Cambridge Apostles, an elite intellectual secret society
• Cambridge Explorers, secret social and adventuring club
• Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union, a student Christian organisation
• Granta, periodical which started as a student society
• Hawks' Club, a member's club for university sportsmen
• Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society, a society dedicated to the study of heraldry and genealogy
• University Pitt Club, an exclusive social club
• Per Capita Media, Cambridge University's newest student publication and magazine.
• Cambridge University Punting Society, the oldest and largest extant punting society in the world.
• Cambridge University Railway Club, railway and transport enthusiast society.
• 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
• The Cambridge Student, a student newspaper
• Cambridge Student Community Action, a charity and volunteering organisation
• Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club, the world's oldest tiddlywinks club
• Varsity, a student newspaper
• Cambridge University Wine society, the university wine society
• Cambridge University Wireless Society, the university amateur radio club

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

External links

• University Of Cambridge Registered Clubs & Societies
• Societies hosted on the SRCF