Everything about Colleges Of The University Of Cambridge totally explained
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 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. of which
Peterhouse is the oldest, founded in 1284. The newest college of Cambridge University is
Robinson, founded in 1977. Of all the Cambridge colleges, three admit only women, those of
New Hall,
Newnham and
Lucy Cavendish, while 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, with
Magdalene being the last in 1988. Two colleges admit generally only
postgraduates, both
Clare Hall and
Darwin, and four more admit mainly
mature students or
graduate students:
Hughes Hall,
Lucy Cavendish,
St Edmund's and
Wolfson. Some colleges are traditionally strong in a particular subject or subjects; for example
Churchill has a bias towards the
sciences.
Colleges
Key: U–undergraduates, P–postgraduates.
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. 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.
Former colleges
The above list doesn't include several former colleges that no longer exist. These include:
- 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.
- 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.
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