Cambridge is directly north of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, once also an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town’s founders.
Its motto is “Distinguished for Classical Learning and New Institutions”. Many Boston area institutions, like Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lesley University, and Hult International Business School, are in Cambridge.
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world.
Kendall Square in Cambridge has been called “the most innovative square mile on the planet” owing to the high concentration of successful startups that have emerged in the vicinity of the square since 2010.
The City of Cambridge encourages its residents to become inventors and creators of startups in retail, music, beauty, healthcare, legal, home repair services, medical support services, information technology (IT), restaurants, makeup, online sales, education technology, and construction to help Cambridge’s local business community to grow.