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.

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