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 Hawks' 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 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 Cambridge University Society of Women, a controversial trans-exclusionary radical feminist student group Gender Agenda: Feminist Collective, the primary feminist society of Cambridge Cambridge University Palestine Solidarity Society
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 Cambridge University Computing and Technology Society Cambridge University Cybersecurity Society, which participates in Capture The Flag competitions under the associated team cheriPI
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 Cambridge University Guild of Change Ringers (CUGCR)
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, the oldest student 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 of Cambridge University. Formerly a splinter group, it now forms a subset of CUSFS. Cambridge University Scout and Guide Club (CUSAGC), the local branch of the Student Scout and Guide Organisation 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 Cambridge University Anime and Manga Society Cambridge Vocaloid Society Cambridge University Joy Luck Club Cambridge Yuri Society Cambridge University LGBTQ+ Society Cambridge Assassins' Guild Cambridge University Guild of Change Ringers
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
References
External links University Of Cambridge Registered Clubs & Societies Societies hosted on the SRCF Societies registered with the Cambridge Student's Union