Parent company | Cambridge University Press & Assessment |
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Status | Department of the University of Cambridge |
Founded | 1534 |
Founder | King Henry VIII of England |
Country of origin | Kingdom of England (since 1534) |
Headquarters location | Cambridge, England |
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Nonfiction topics | Humanities; social sciences; science; medicine; engineering and technology; English language teaching and learning; education; Bibles |
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Imprints | Cambridge University Press |
Revenue | £1 billion (2022)[2] (Reported for Cambridge University Press & Assessment) |
No. of employees | 6,100 (2022)[2] |
Official website | cambridge.org |
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer.[3]
Cambridge University Press is a department of the University of Cambridge, and is both an academic and an educational publisher. It became part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, following a merger with Cambridge Assessment in 2021. With a global sales presence, publishing hubs, and offices in more than 40 countries, it publishes over 50,000 titles by authors from over 100 countries.[4] Its publications include more than 420 academic journals, monographs, reference works, school and university textbooks, and English language teaching and learning publications.[5] It also publishes Bibles, runs a bookshop in Cambridge, sells through Amazon, and has a conference venues business in Cambridge at the Pitt Building and the Sir Geoffrey Cass Sports and Social Centre.
Cambridge University Press, as part of the University of Cambridge, is a non-profit organization.