Cambridge Colleges
 Foundation Dates

1284

Peterhouse (formerly sometimes St Peter's College)

1317

King's Hall, refounded 1337, absorbed into Trinity College 1546.

1321

University Hall, refounded 1326 as Clare Hall.

1324

Michaelhouse, absorbed into Trinity College 1546.

1326

Clare Hall, later known as Clare College.

1347

Pembroke Hall, later known as Pembroke College.

1348

Gonville Hall, refounded 1351, refounded 1557 as Gonville and Caius College.

1350

Trinity Hall

1352

Corpus Christi College (formerly known as St Bene't's, or Benet College).

1428

Buckingham College, refounded 1542 as Magdalene College.

1439

Godshouse, refounded 1505 as Christ's College.

1441

King's College

1446

St Bernard's College, refounded 1447, refounded 1448 as Queen's College.

1448

Queen's College, refounded 1465, known as Queens' College from ca 1831.

1473

Catharine Hall, known as St Catharine's College from 1860.

1496

Jesus College.

1505

Christ's College, incorporating Godshouse (1439).

1511

St John's College.

1542

Magdalene College, incorporating Buckingham College (1428).

1546

Trinity College, incorporating King's Hall (1317), Michaelhouse (1324) and expropriating Physwick Hostel (1393) from Gonville Hall.

1584

Emmanuel College.

1596

Sidney Sussex College.

1800

Downing College.

1869

College for Women, Benslow House, Hitchin. Moved to Cambridge as Girton College 1873, charter 1924, full College status 1948.

1871

Newnham College, charter 1917, full College status 1948.

1873

County College, later Cavendish College. Closed for lack of funds 1892. Premises occupied by Homerton College 1894.

1882

Selwyn Hostel, status of Public Hostel 1883, known as Selwyn College 1923, Approved Foundation 1926, full College status 1958.

1884

Ayerst Hostel. Closed for lack of funds 1896. Premises occupied by St Edmund's House 1896.

1885

Cambridge Training College for Women, later known as Hughes Hall, Recognised Institution of the University 1949, Approved Society 1968, Approved Foundation 1985.

1892

Fitzwilliam Hall, housing non-collegiate students, known as Fitzwilliam House 1924, full College status as Fitzwilliam College 1966.

1894

Homerton College moved to Cambridge (formerly in London from 1822) as a teacher training college, occupying the premises of the failed hostel Cavendish College (1873). Recognised by the University as an Approved Society 1977.

1896

St Edmund's House (Roman Catholic training college, recognised by the Lodging Houses Syndicate as a House of Residence), occupying the premises of the failed Ayerst Hostel (1884). Recognised by the University as an Approved Society 1965, Approved Foundation 1975, known as St Edmund's College from 1985, full College status 1996(?)

1954

New Hall, as a Recognised Institution of the University, Approved Foundation 1965, full College status 1972.

1960

Churchill College, full College status 1966.

1964

Darwin College, Approved Foundation 1965, full College status 1976.

1965

Lucy Cavendish College, as Approved Society, Approved Foundation 1984, full College status 1997.

1965

University College, as Approved Foundation, known as Wolfson College 1973, full College status 1977.

1966

Clare Hall, as Approved Foundation, full College status 1984.

1977

Robinson College, as Approved Foundation, full College status 1984.

The following institutions are not constituents of the University of Cambridge, but work closely with it. They are all colleges training for ordination, known collectively as the Cambridge Theological Federation. They are recognised as Houses of Residence for the purposes of satisfying the residence requirements of University courses.

1877

Ridley Hall [Anglican].

1881

Cambridge Clergy Training School [Anglican], known as Westcott House from 1901, charter 1960.

1897

Westminster College [Presbyterian, now United Reformed] moved to Cambridge (founded 1844 in London). Joined the Federation in 1976.

1905

Cheshunt College [primarily but not exclusively Congregational] moved to Cambridge (formerly Trevecca College 1768-1791 in Breconshire, moved to Cheshunt in Hertfordshire1792). First at Cintra House, Hills Road. Buildings at Bateman Street started 1913. Merged with Westminster College in 1965, upon the union of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches as the United Reformed Church. Premises now occupied by Queen's Marlborough College.

1921

Wesley House [Methodist].

1993

The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology [Roman Catholic].

1993?

East Anglian Ministerial Training Course [Ecumenical].

1999

Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies [Orthodox].