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 and have responsibility for admitting students and organising their tuition.^[1] They also provide funding and/or accommodation for some of the senior research posts in the University.^[2]

The University of Cambridge has 31 colleges,^[2] of which Peterhouse is the oldest, founded in 1284.^[3] The newest college of Cambridge University is Robinson, founded in 1977.^[4] Of all the Cambridge colleges, three admit only women, those of New Hall, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish, while the remaining 28 are mixed.^[5] 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.^[6] Two colleges admit generally only postgraduates, both Clare Hall and Darwin,^[7] and four more admit mainly mature students or graduate students: Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's and Wolfson.^[8] Some colleges are traditionally strong in a particular subject or subjects; for example Churchill has a bias towards the sciences.^[9]

Contents 1 Colleges 2 Former colleges 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Colleges

Key: U–undergraduates, P–postgraduates.

Scarf colours[10]	College	Founded[7]	U[11]	P[11]	Total	Website	Notes
	Christ's	1505	423	91	514	[12]
	Churchill	1960	476	228	704	[13]
	Clare	1326	473	182	655	[14]
	Clare Hall	1965	3	169	172	[15]	Graduate students only.
	Corpus Christi	1352	270	141	411	[16]
	Darwin	1964	12	487	499	[17]	Graduate students only.
	Downing	1800	440	183	623	[18]
	Emmanuel	1584	510	123	633	[19]
	Fitzwilliam	1966	502	186	688	[20]
	Girton	1869	531	146	677	[21]
	Gonville and Caius	1348	546	173	719	[22]
	Homerton	1976	572	470	942	[23]
	Hughes Hall	1885	85	334	419	[24]	Mature students only.
	Jesus	1496	503	201	704	[25]
	King's	1441	394	201	595	[26]
	Lucy Cavendish	1965	114	59	173	[27]	Mature, female students only.
	Magdalene	1428	366	127	493	[28]
	New Hall	1954	387	55	442	[29]	Female students only.
	Newnham	1871	412	112	524	[30]	Female students only.
	Pembroke	1347	442	155	597	[31]
	Peterhouse	1284	266	88	354	[32]
	Queens'	1448	535	297	832	[33]
	Robinson	1977	422	73	495	[34]
	St Catharine's	1473	462	159	621	[35]
	St Edmund's	1896	126	205	341	[36]	Mature students only.
	St John's	1511	588	243	831	[37]
	Selwyn	1882	388	130	518	[38]
	Sidney Sussex	1596	371	135	506	[39]
	Trinity	1546	702	282	984	[40]
	Trinity Hall	1350	176	196	372	[41]
	Wolfson	1965	119	385	504	[42]	Mature students only.
Totals			11,824	6,002	17,826

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.^[43]

[edit] 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.^[44]
• King's Hall, founded in 1317, and combined with Michaelhouse to form Trinity College in 1546.^[45]
• Michaelhouse, founded in 1324, and combined with King's Hall to form Trinity College in 1546.^[45]
• Gonville Hall, founded in 1348, and re-founded in 1557 as Gonville and Caius College.^[46]
• God's House, founded in 1437, and re-founded in 1505 as Christ's College.^[47]
• 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.^[48][49]

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

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