Colleges of the University of Cambridge

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Arms of the University of Cambridge.

This is a list of the colleges within the University of Cambridge. These colleges are the primary source of accommodation for undergraduates and graduates at the University and at the undergraduate level have responsibility for admitting students and organising their tuition. They also provide funding and/or accommodation for some of the senior research posts in the University. The colleges are self-governed charitable institutions on their own right, with their own endowments and possessions. Until the mid-19th century, both Cambridge and Oxford were rather a group of colleges with a small central university administration, than universities in the common sense.

The University of Cambridge has 31 colleges, of which Peterhouse is the oldest, founded in 1284. The newest college of the university is Robinson, founded in 1977.

Three Cambridge colleges admit only women (Murray Edwards, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish). The other colleges are now mixed, though most were originally all-male. Darwin was the first college to admit both men and women, while Churchill, Clare and King's colleges were the first previously all-male colleges to admit female undergraduates in 1972. Magdalene was the last all-male college to become mixed in 1988. Two colleges admit only postgraduates (Clare Hall and Darwin), and four more admit only mature students (i.e. 21 years or older on date of matriculation) and graduate students (Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund’s and Wolfson). All other colleges admit both undergraduate and postgraduate students with no age restrictions.

Colleges

Key: U–undergraduates, P–postgraduates.

Scarf colours	College	Founded	U	P	Male %	Female %	Total	Fixed assets (£)	Website	Notes
	Christ's	1505	423	91	58	42	514	Template:Number table sorting/positive66,602,000
	Churchill	1960	476	228	71	29	704	Template:Number table sorting/positive105,978,346
	Clare	1326	473	182	52	48	655	Template:Number table sorting/positive70,707,000
	Clare Hall	1965	0	155	47	53	155	Template:Number table sorting/positive10,579,203		Graduate students only.
	Corpus Christi	1352	250	209	60	40	459	Template:Number table sorting/positive191,233,087
	Darwin	1964	0	629 [1]	54	46	629	Template:Number table sorting/positive33,160,032		Graduate students only.
	Downing	1800	440	183	66	34	623	Template:Number table sorting/positive86,798,000
	Emmanuel	1584	510	123	51	49	633	Template:Number table sorting/positive152,640,692
	Fitzwilliam	1869 (1966)	502	186	63	37	688	Template:Number table sorting/positive43,509,000
	Girton	1869	531	146	53	47	677	Template:Number table sorting/positive64,000,000
	Gonville and Caius	1348	546	173	60	40	719	Template:Number table sorting/positive159,332,000
	Homerton	1895 (1976)	593	588	37	63	1181	Template:Number table sorting/positive123,453,808
	Hughes Hall	1885	85	334	61	39	419	Template:Number table sorting/positive18,483,546		Mature undergrad, and grad students only.
	Jesus	1496	503	201	57	43	704	Template:Number table sorting/positive242,995,403
	King's	1441	394	187	57	43	581	Template:Number table sorting/positive155,618,000
	Lucy Cavendish	1965	110	110	0	100	220	Template:Number table sorting/positive24,323,000		Mature female undergrad, and female grad students only.
	Magdalene	1428	366	127	54	46	493	Template:Number table sorting/positive73,763,845
	Murray Edwards	1954	387	55	0	100	442	Template:Number table sorting/positive52,852,893		Female only. Formerly New Hall.
	Newnham	1871	412	112	0	100	524	Template:Number table sorting/positive90,287,969		Female students only.
	Pembroke	1347	442	155	53	47	597	Template:Number table sorting/positive103,991,180
	Peterhouse	1284	266	88	57	43	354	Template:Number table sorting/positive171,887,000
	Queens'	1448	535	297	57	43	832	Template:Number table sorting/positive57,310,511
	Robinson	1977	422	73	60	40	495	Template:Number table sorting/positive24,863,000
	St Catharine's	1473	462	159	52	48	621	Template:Number table sorting/positive68,797,000
	St Edmund's	1896	126	205	69	31	331	Template:Number table sorting/positive8,381,224		Mature undergrad, and grad students only.
	St John's	1511	588	243	59	41	831	Template:Number table sorting/positive567,390,000
	Selwyn	1882	388	130	70	30	518	Template:Number table sorting/positive69,992,285
	Sidney Sussex	1596	371	135	63	37	506	Template:Number table sorting/positive64,952,747
	Trinity	1546	656	373	63	37	1029	Template:Ntsh 621,000,000
	Trinity Hall	1350	384	196	54	46	580	Template:Number table sorting/positive208,176,916
	Wolfson	1965	119	385	64	36	504	Template:Number table sorting/positive47,307,000		Mature undergrad, and grad students only.
		Totals	11,824	6,002			17,826	c. 3,407,053,395		Total Endowment of University, c. £4.1 billion

There are also several theological colleges in Cambridge (for example Westcott House, Westminster College, Wesley House and Ridley Hall) that are affiliated with the university through the Cambridge Theological Federation. These colleges, while not officially part of the University of Cambridge, operate programmes that are either validated by or are taught on behalf of either the University or Anglia Ruskin University.

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Former colleges

The above list does not include several former colleges that no longer exist. These include:

• Buckingham College, founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hall, refounded as Magdalene in 1542.
• Bull College, a college for US GIs, existing from 1945 to 1946.
• "Clare Hall" was the name of Clare College between 1338 and 1856. Clare College founded a new college named Clare Hall in 1966.
• King's Hall, founded in 1317, and combined with Michaelhouse to form Trinity College in 1546.
• Michaelhouse, founded in 1324, and combined with King's Hall to form Trinity College in 1546.
• Gonville Hall, founded in 1348, and re-founded in 1557 as Gonville and Caius College.
• God's House, founded in 1437, and re-founded in 1505 as Christ's College.
• Cavendish College, founded in 1873, a failed attempt to allow poorer students to sit the Tripos examinations, whose buildings were bought by Homerton in 1895.
• University College, founded 1965, and re-founded in 1972 as Wolfson College
• University Hall, founded 1326, refounded as Clare Hall in 1338, renamed as Clare College in 1856.
• New Hall, founded 1954, and re-founded in 2008 as Murray Edwards College

See also

• List of fictional Cambridge colleges
• Oxbridge scarf colours
• Colleges of the University of Oxford

References

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