Colleges of the University of Cambridge

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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. The colleges have responsibility for admitting undergraduates and organising their tuition; for graduates, this responsibility falls upon the departments. The colleges also provide funding and/or accommodation for some of the senior research posts in the University.

The University of Cambridge currently has 31 colleges, of which three admit only women (New Hall, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish). The remaining 28 are mixed. Darwin was the first college to admit both men and women, while Churchill, Clare and King's were the first previously all-male colleges to admit female undergraduates in 1972[1], with Magdalene being the last in 1988. Two colleges admit only postgraduates (Clare Hall and Darwin), and four more admit mainly mature students or graduate students (Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's and Wolfson). The other 25 colleges admit mainly undergraduate students, but also postgraduates following courses of study or research. Although various colleges are traditionally strong in a particular subject or subjects, for example Churchill has a bias towards the sciences, the colleges all admit students for the whole range of subjects.

The oldest college is Peterhouse, founded in 1284, whilst the most recent is Robinson, dating from 1977.

Shield	Scarf colours	College	Founded	Undergrads	Post-grads	Website
Image:Christs shield.png		Christ's	1505	395	95	[2]
		Churchill	1960	440	210	[3]
Image:Clare crest.png		Clare	1326	440	210	[4]
Image:Clarehall shield.png		Clare Hall	1965	None	135	[5]
Image:Corpus Shield.png		Corpus Christi	1352	250	150	[6]
		Darwin	1964	None	594	[7]
Image:Downing Crest.svg		Downing	1800	403	252	[8]
Image:Emmanuel crest.png		Emmanuel	1584	465	185	[9]
Image:Fitz shield.png		Fitzwilliam	1966	474	180	[10]
Image:Girton crest.png		Girton	1869	503	201	[11]
Image:Caius College Crest.svg		Gonville and Caius	1348	475	230	[12]
		Homerton	1976	550	550	[13]
		Hughes Hall	1885	70†	430	[14]
Image:Jesus College (Cambridge) shield.svg		Jesus	1496	489	270	[15]
Image:Kings shield.png		King's	1441	392	280	[16]
Image:Lucy cav shield.png		Lucy Cavendish	1965	130*†	100*	[17]
Image:Magdalene shield.png		Magdalene	1428	348	246	[18]
		New Hall	1954	360*	77*	[19]
Image:Newnham crest.png		Newnham	1871	398*	148*	[20]
Image:Pembroke College (Cambridge) shield.svg		Pembroke	1347	400	294	[21]
Image:Peterhouse shield.svg		Peterhouse	1284	284	130	[22]
Image:Queens' College (Cambridge) shield.svg		Queens'	1448	490	270	[23]
Image:Robinson College Crest.svg		Robinson	1977	397	110	[24]
Image:Catz shield.svg		St Catharine's	1473	436	165	[25]
		St Edmund's	1896	100†	230	[26]
Image:Johns shield.png		St John's	1511	550	330	[27]
Image:Selwyn College shield.svg		Selwyn	1882	350	200	[28]
Image:Sidney Sussex College shield.svg		Sidney Sussex	1596	340	190	[29]
Image:Trinity College (Cambridge) shield.svg		Trinity	1546	663	430	[30]
Image:Trinity Hall shield.svg		Trinity Hall	1350	359	233	[31]
		Wolfson	1965	90†	510	[32]

Notes 

^* – Female students only

^† – Mature undergraduates only (over 21 years old)

There are also several theological colleges in Cambridge (for example Westminster College and Ridley Hall Theological College) that are loosely affiliated with the university through the Cambridge Theological Federation.

[edit] Former colleges

The above list does not include several historical colleges which no longer exist. Some examples of these are:

• Buckingham College (founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hall, refounded as Magdalene in 1542)
• 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, a failed attempt to allow poorer students to sit the Tripos examinations, whose buildings were bought by Homerton at the turn of the previous century.

[edit] See also

• List of Oxbridge sister colleges
• Oxbridge scarf colours
• List of fictional Cambridge colleges

[edit] References

• The Colleges of Cambridge University - Key facts for each college are available from the listing on the left.
• Armorial Bearings and Scarf Colours of the Universities of Cambridge, Dublin, and Oxford

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