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Colleges of the University of Cambridge

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This is a list of the colleges within the University of Cambridge. 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, Magdalene being the last all-male college to admit women 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, for example Churchill has a bias towards the sciences, the colleges all admit students from the whole range of subjects.

Shield Scarf College Founded Undergrads Post-grads Website
                     
Christ's 1505 395 95 [1]
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Churchill 1960 440 210 [2]
                     
Clare 1326 400 180 [3]
                             
Clare Hall 1965 None 135 [4]
                     
Corpus Christi 1352 250 150 [5]
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Darwin 1964 None 570 [6]
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Downing 1800 409 292 [7]
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Emmanuel 1584 494 98 [8]
                     
Fitzwilliam 1966 474 180 [9]
                             
Girton 1869 503 201 [10]
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Gonville and Caius 1348 468 291 [11]
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Homerton 1976 550 500 [12]
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Hughes Hall 1885 39 314 [13]
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Jesus 1496 503 237 [14]
                     
King's 1441 397 239 [15]
                                   
Lucy Cavendish 1965 106*ˡ 116* [16]
                     
Magdalene 1428 335 169 [17]
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New Hall 1954 377* 74* [18]
                     
Newnham 1871 396* 120* [19]
                     
Pembroke 1347 ~420 194 [20]
       
Peterhouse 1284 270 125 [21]
                     
Queens' 1448 490 270 [22]
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Robinson 1977 390 96 [23]
                     
St Catharine's 1473 436 165 [24]
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St Edmund's 1896 100ˡ 200 [25]
                             
St John's 1511 570 340 [26]
                             
Selwyn 1882 360 140 [27]
   
Sidney Sussex 1596 338 181 [28]
                     
Trinity 1546 656 380 [29]
                     
Trinity Hall 1350 364 241 [30]
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Wolfson 1965 90 510 [31]
  • Female students only
ˡ Mature undergraduates only (> 21 years old)

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

  • King's Hall (which was founded in 1317)
  • Gonville Hall (founded in 1348 and re-founded in 1557 as Gonville & Caius)
  • Michaelhouse (which King Henry VIII combined with King's Hall to make Trinity in 1546).

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.

See also