A new chapter for Cambridge University Press

The changes reflect the Press’s evolution within an integrated Cambridge University Press & Assessment and its commitment to serving learners, researchers, authors, and partners worldwide.  

In August 2021, Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment merged, resulting in a larger, more robust organisation that offers world-leading academic research, learning materials and assessment solutions in one place.

Cambridge University Press remains the academic and Bibles publisher of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. As part of the University of Cambridge, the Press also has a rich heritage dating back to 1534. It is the oldest publishing house in the world, having published ground-breaking works for over 430 years, ranging from Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica to the latest thinking on global issues, including No Miracles Needed by Mark Z Jacobson and Jen Manion’s Female Husbands. A diverse portfolio spans peer-reviewed journals and partnerships with over 200 learned societies across the world, such as the American Political Science Association, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Nutrition Society.  

The brand of Cambridge University Press has been updated to join a unique sense of history and tradition with a sense of modernity, innovation and discovery. It also references the University of Cambridge, building on mutual links and visual cues. Customers will soon start to experience a refreshed look across our website, blogs, social media and email.  

Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Cambridge University Press, says, "Our role as a leading university press goes beyond publishing; it's about working together to create transformative experiences for learners, researchers, authors, and partners worldwide - helping to foster debate and further our knowledge of the world we live in. Our updated brand is a reflection of who we are and what we stand for. We rightfully have a reputation for excellence but we are also bold, innovative and forward looking.”

Our updated brand is a reflection of who we are and what we stand for. We rightfully have a reputation for excellence but we are also bold, innovative and forward looking.

Discovering possibilities, together

Collaboration is key, driving impact and paving the way for ground-breaking discoveries, from working directly with institutions to make more open access publishing possible, to new solutions for authors through the ground-breaking Cambridge Elements programme, which combines the best features of books and journals, and has recently celebrated its 1,000th publishing milestone.

Working closely with publishing partners is helping to not only diversify authorship and editorial board members but also aids the goal of being carbon zero by 2048, as half of journals will be online-only by 2024.

Textbooks, learning materials, and online courses bring confidence to learning and better support to teaching, including adaptive courseware, which delivers personalised learning paths and support for instructors and students worldwide.  

Building an open future

In line with its commitment to open research, Cambridge University Press is a leading advocate for open access. In 2022, more than 50 percent of research articles were published as open access; by 2025, the vast majority of research papers will be fully open access. This has been achieved by forging agreements with more than 2,000 institutions worldwide.

The Press is working closely with partners to make early research content available through the Cambridge Open Engage platform and, as part of this continued drive to build an open future, the ‘Flip it Open’ pilot-programme was launched, where the Press works with authors and librarians to find better ways of making books open access.    

The Cambridge Open Equity initiative was recently launched, breaking down barriers for academics in over 100 low-and-middle-income countries to publish their work through open access. The Press’s mission to make content widely available also includes a variety of new journal concepts, including Research Directions and Cambridge Prisms, which have all been instrumental in advancing scholarly debate across various disciplines.