The Department has between fifty and seventy undergraduate students, and about twenty-five postgraduate students. The range of subjects taught in the Department is comprehensive, and the staff-student ratio favourable.
Students receive an exceptional level of attention and support throughout their degrees.
Academic standards are also very high, and in return for the level of attention they receive, students are expected to undertake a demanding but fair workload and to show corresponding levels of motivation and committment. The Department publishes an annual Student Handbook. The University Cambridge s holdings of art and architecture are unique, and it is essential to the ethos of study in the History of Art Department that these should be familiar to all students, especially undergraduates. Many of the Colleges possess important examples of Medieval and Classical architecture, ranging from King s College Chapel and the Elizabethan courts at Caius, to Wren s Library at Trinity and his chapels at Emmanuel and Pembroke. Some, notably Corpus Christi and Trinity, hold famous collections of medieval illuminated manuscripts.