Since its launch in 2015, the campaign has attracted over 60,000 supporters who have given generously towards new professorships, facilities, research and student support. In 2018-19 to date, the College and University have raised £221 million. 

This year the campaign has attracted significant gifts towards student support, including £100 million from David and Claudia Harding in February and an anonymous gift of £33 million to King’s College, announced in December 2018.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope remarked:

“Throughout our more than eight centuries of history, Cambridge has been the catalyst for the discoveries and conversations that have changed the world. Our people have always been at the forefront of creativity and innovation. The campaign for the Colleges and University is vital to ensure Cambridge is able to find answers to the profound challenges facing our planet.

I am gratified to see such significant support given to students this year. It is wonderful to see our commitment to ensuring the brightest students from across the world have the opportunity to study here has inspired some remarkable acts of philanthropy. These gifts will make a difference to generations of students, many of whom would not otherwise be able to come to Cambridge.”

Professor Michael Proctor, Provost of King’s College and Chair of the Colleges Committee commented:

“This year has seen some extraordinary gifts made to the Colleges and the University. We are fortunate to have such remarkable and generous donors who have pledged their support to our endeavours. Their commitment ensures we can continue to deliver on our mission and remain a truly world-leading institution.” 

Campaign co-chairs Dr Mohamed El-Erian (Queens’ 1977) and Sir Harvey McGrath (St Catharine’s 1971) said:

“We are delighted to mark this moment in the campaign’s success. This campaign is ensuring that our College and University buildings — our laboratories, our lecture halls, our sporting facilities — are fit for the 21^st century. And it’s a campaign which helps ensure that the greatest discoveries of that century will be made here in Cambridge.”