College listing

Location

Christ's College occupies a spacious site in the centre of Cambridge, giving College members easy access to the cultural, historic, and intellectual heritage of the city. Our beautiful grounds offer an oasis of calm amidst the city hubbub.

Accommodation

Approximately 43% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

If allocated accommodation, Master’s students receive this for the duration of their course and PhDs can have College housing up to the end of their second year.

Facilities

Our onsite facilities include a library, formal dining hall, cafeteria, bar/coffee shop, postgraduate common room, gym, squash court and chapel.

Our beautiful gardens conceal a restored 17th-century swimming pool, and the sports grounds and boathouse are a short cycle away.

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Location

Churchill College is a large campus on the outskirts of town, close to the West Cambridge site. We are adjacent to a number of major academic departments and research centres, and half a mile from the University Library and the historic city centre.

It's a 15-minute walk to the city centre or 5 minutes by bicycle. Buses also stop directly outside the College.

Accommodation

Approximately 64% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

All first-year postgraduates who request accommodation are offered a room, and most second and third-year students who request accommodation are offered a room.

Facilities

Churchill's 42-acre site features beautiful gardens and sweeping parkland grounds. Facilities include 3 libraries, squash courts, dance studios, an art studio, an engineering shed, a creative hub, a gym, a theatre, a music centre, and sports fields. The College also has the largest dining hall in Cambridge, a chapel and the world-leading Churchill Archives Centre.

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Accommodation

Approximately 55% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

Facilities

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Location

Clare Hall sits in tranquil surroundings on Herschel Road, a leafy residential road to the west of Cambridge. The College is only a 10-minute walk from the historic city centre.

Accommodation

Approximately 60% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

Students are offered Clare Hall accommodation in their first year, subject to availability, and one further academic year for courses of two or more years.

Facilities

Clare Hall offers an indoor heated swimming pool and a small gym, both for members. The student-run bar in the Anthony Low Building provides a variety of drinks and a space to socialise, while the College’s gardens offer tranquil areas to relax.

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Location

Corpus Christi's postgraduate accommodation is located at our Leckhampton site off Grange Road, near the University’s Sidgwick and West Cambridge sites. Postgraduates can also enjoy the facilities at the College’s main site on Trumpington Street in the city centre, just a 15-minute walk or 5-minute cycle from Leckhampton.

Accommodation

Approximately 55% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

College accommodation is normally offered to all Master’s students for the duration of their course. For PhD students, we are normally able to offer accommodation for the first three years of the course. However, we deduct one year for each year spent in Cambridge College accommodation, whether at Corpus or elsewhere, as a postgraduate student or a fourth-year undergraduate. 

Facilities

Leckhampton’s extensive site features a gym, sports fields, peaceful gardens, croquet lawn, recreational library, MCR common room, music room with a Steinway grand piano, a bar and a dining hall serving meals most evenings. Postgraduates are also welcome to use the facilities on the College’s central site, including the Hall, bar, College library and Graduate Parlour.

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Location

Darwin is situated on Silver Street opposite Queens’ College and close to an area of fenland near the city centre. It is within easy reach of the Sidgwick Site and has good transport links to both West Cambridge and the Biomedical Campus.

Accommodation

Approximately 55% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

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Location

Downing College is centrally located, close to many University faculties and departments but with wide open spaces away from the usual tourist track. The College's position on Regent Street is well-placed for all the amenities that Cambridge has to offer. The majority of accommodation is located on the main College site as well as some rooms in the College Boathouse.

Accommodation

There is no guarantee of accommodation. First-year students are allocated accommodation when a place is confirmed, subject to availability. Further ; second + years can enter an accommodation ballot.
For postgraduate freshers, accommodation is allocated when a place is confirmed.  There is no deadline but it is subject to availability.  The Accommodation Office processes allocation of rooms on a rolling basis.

Facilities

Downing College features beautiful neo-classical buildings set in over 20 acres of tranquil gardens. Postgraduates can meet in the MCR, with dining options like the Butterfield Café and the Servery. Facilities include the 160-seat Howard Theatre, a library, a chapel, the Heong Gallery, and a Health and Wellbeing Centre. Extensive sports facilities include multi-use courts, the Paddock, a small gym, and a boathouse with an indoor rowing tank.

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Location

Emmanuel College is a large 16th-century College located right in the heart of Cambridge, providing easy access to various University faculties and amenities in the city. Emma has a peaceful and friendly atmosphere, with beautiful lawns and impressive buildings that blend both ancient and modern architecture. 

Accommodation

Approximately 72% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

We can offer accommodation to 100% of first-year students whose admission is confirmed by 1 August, for the 1st year of their course. We can normally house most postgraduates for the 3 years of their course.

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Location

Fitzwilliam College is only a 10-minute walk from the busy historic centre yet offers a peaceful and spacious environment with beautiful, established gardens where walking on the grass is permitted! The College is a vibrant social hub, with plenty of open shared spaces indoors and out, and most students live within 5 minutes of the main site.

Accommodation

Postgraduate students are guaranteed a room until the end of their 3rd year.

We aim to provide a single room on the main College site or in a College house to all new postgraduate students who have met the conditions of their University offer by 31 July.  For the second and third years of your postgraduate study, rooms are allocated by ballot. All those eligible to enter the ballot are guaranteed a room.

Facilities

Students can use shared cooking facilities or enjoy meals at the Cafe and Buttery and relax at the Bar in the evenings. The MCR offers a vibrant hub for postgraduates, featuring a kitchen, sound system, and various social rooms and study spaces. The College has its own library, squash courts and a 24-hour multi-gym. Fitz also boasts beautiful lawns and gardens, and a welcoming Chapel for quiet reflection.

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Location

Girton’s main site is located 2 miles from the city centre, within 50 acres of natural woodland and orchards. Central Cambridge is easily accessible by bike and public transport. Most postgraduates are housed at Swirles Court, at Eddington - a short walk from the West Cambridge site, home to Computer Science, Physics, some Engineering Departments, and Mathematics.

Accommodation

Approximately 62% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

We do our best to accommodate single postgraduate students. Priority is given to applicants who apply for accommodation and meet all of the conditions of their offer by 31 July. 

Facilities

The College has excellent on-site sporting and leisure facilities including expansive sports pitches and courts, a library, a Chapel, a grand Victorian Dining Hall, a Café and Bar, and an indoor heated swimming pool.  Girton also has some of the best music facilities in the University.

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Location

Caius is based in the heart of the city centre on Trinity Street, just a few minutes’ walk to the majority of University departments as well as a short and beautiful walk across the river to the University Library, and a stone’s throw from the city’s market.

Accommodation

Approximately 80% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

Caius guarantees 3 years of accommodation for PhD students and 1 year for Master’s students. 

Accommodation is mostly situated around our postgraduate hub in the Harvey Road area (conveniently located for departments in the city centre and on the biomedical campus, and the train station).

We offer self-contained flats and houses for students with partners and families. Caius students with children also have priority places at the Mrs Cameron Day Nursery.

Facilities

Daily meals include a unique three-course dinner in the College Hall, with informal breakfast and lunch options available. The on-site health centre provides wellbeing and mental health support. Playing fields on Barton Road are home to various Colleges sports teams and year-round squash and tennis courts. There is also a well-equipped gym, music practice rooms, and a darkroom for photography.

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Accommodation

Approximately 54% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation (and about 25% of PGCE students).

You must meet the conditions of your offer by 31 July to be considered for accommodation by Homerton College.

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Location

Hughes Hall is a quiet haven, located halfway between the railway station and the market square. We're a 10-minute bike ride from most university departments and only 5 minutes from punting on the river Cam and Midsummer Common’s famous cows. Just around the corner is lively Mill Road, with its cosmopolitan food shops, restaurants and bars.

Accommodation

Approximately 64% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

Offer-holders submit accommodation preferences when they have accepted an offer of College membership, rooms are offered according to the allocation policy following completion of finance processes.

Facilities

We have some of the largest and most up-to-date en suite accommodation in the University. 

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Location

Jesus College’s beautiful grounds are 5 minutes' walk from the city centre, with our great accommodation and modern facilities on or surrounding one large site. We have plenty of bike parking, and buses stop directly outside the College. 

Accommodation

Approximately 55% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

You must meet the conditions of your offer by the University deadline in order to be considered for accommodation by Jesus College.

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Location

King’s College is located in central Cambridge, on King’s Parade, close to the market square. A small amount of graduate accommodation is located off King’s Parade, in the centre of the city. Most graduate accommodation is located within a 10-minute walk (off West Road, Grange Road and Barton Road).

Accommodation

Approximately 40% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

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Location

Located close to the centre of Cambridge, Lucy Cavendish benefits from being in a quieter corner of the city, near University labs and departments on the West Cambridge site. It's a short walk or cycle to central departments and faculties, and to the University Library, the Law Faculty, the Sidgwick site, and University sports facilities, along the scenic Backs.

Accommodation

Approximately 50% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation. 

Offer-holders must be confirmed by the Postgraduate Admissions Office by 31 August to be considered for accommodation.

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Location

Magdalene College is located a short walk from the city centre on the banks of the River Cam and is within walking distance of the main University sites.  All accommodation for postgraduate students is within a few minutes walk of the main College site.

Accommodation

Approximately 30% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

We allocate our accommodation on a first come first served basis when offer holders are both University and College confirmed; however, medical needs are always first priority and the allocation will be adjusted to take account of these special requirements.

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Location

Murray Edwards College is situated on Huntingdon Road, to the west of the city centre. One of the 'Hill Colleges' (located on Castle Hill), Murray Edwards is based in stylish modernist buildings set in gorgeous, flower-filled gardens that once belonged to the Darwin family.

Accommodation

Approximately 20% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

Accommodation is not allocated until you have met all of your offer conditions and this has been marked on CamSIS. If you have requested College accommodation you will hear from our Accommodation Manager after mid July.

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Location

Located on Sidgwick Avenue, Newnham College is a lively and sociable women’s college at the heart of the University of Cambridge. The College is next to the main arts and humanities site, with the science and engineering departments 5-minutes’ cycle away. 

If you have specific accessibility needs, please check the College accessibility guide or contact the College for information and advice.

Accommodation

Once the central team has confirmed the student, we then send out details about our accommodation (what is available). Students can only reserve a room following confirmation of the offer from College. We are first come first serve basis.

Facilities

All postgraduate accommodation has shared kitchen, laundry and bathroom facilities, and is in shared houses and flats in or near the College grounds. The College also has the Iris Café and a Buttery.

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Location

Pembroke College is located in the centre of the city, next to departments on the New Museums and Downing sites, and near to Kings’ Parade, the River Cam and the Grand Arcade shopping centre. Most of our postgraduate accommodation is on site or in streets surrounding the College.  

Accommodation

Approximately 50% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

You must meet the conditions of your offer by 1 September in order to be considered for accommodation by Pembroke College.

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Location

Just five minutes’ walk from the city centre, Peterhouse is an exciting and friendly place to live. It’s perfectly situated for student life and close to the arts, engineering and science faculties.

Accommodation

Approximately 75% of postgraduate students choose to live in College accommodation.

You must meet the conditions of your offer by 31 July in order to be considered for accommodation by Peterhouse.

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Location

Queens’ College is situated directly on the River Cam, with buildings on both sides of its banks. The spacious main site is right in the heart of the city, close to many University departments and facilities, including the Sidgwick Site. There are also excellent links to the West Cambridge Site and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, with buses stopping directly outside the College.

Accommodation

Approximately 58% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

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Location

Robinson College is situated behind the main University Library, a short walk from many of the arts faculties on the Sidgwick Site. We're also one of the closest colleges to the Faculty of Mathematics, and science departments located on the West Cambridge site. All our accommodation is located on site.

Accommodation

Approximately 72% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

Robinson allocate accommodation on a first come, first served policy following confirmation that all conditions have been met. You must meet the conditions of your offer by 1 September in order to be considered for accommodation by Robinson College.

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Location

Selwyn College is located in the West of Cambridge, about ten minutes walk from the city centre. We have a spacious site, including our own grounds and gardens, not hemmed in by other buildings or beset by tourists in the summer. The Sidgwick Site, which houses most of the arts and humanities faculties, is at the foot of our gardens and the University Library is just across the road.

Accommodation

Approximately 44% of graduates live in College accommodation.

To secure College accommodation, applicants need to return the Accommodation Request Form by 30 June at the latest. 

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Accommodation

Approximately 33% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

You must meet the conditions of your offer by 1 September to be considered for accommodation by Sidney Sussex College.

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Accommodation

You must meet the conditions of your offer by 1 September to be considered for accommodation by Sidney Sussex College.

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Location

St Edmund's College is located on a leafy 10-acre site, a short 15-minute walk from the city centre. The College is perfectly positioned to offer you both a taste of city life and a tranquil spot, nestled among fruit orchards and garden spaces designed by RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 winner, Robert Myers. All of our student accommodation is located on the College site. 

Accommodation

Approximately 65% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

You must meet the conditions of your offer by 1 August to be considered for accommodation by St Edmund's College.

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Location

St John's College is one of the largest Cambridge Colleges and is located in the city centre, close to the river Cam and main shopping areas. The majority of postgraduate accommodation is based in streets surrounding the main College site. There are also properties in Hinsley Lane and units for couples and families further afield at Benians Court and Conduit Head Road. 

Accommodation

Approximately 70% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

You must meet the conditions of your offer by 1 August to be considered for accommodation by St John's College. 

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Location

Trinity College is located in the centre of Cambridge. The main College site stretches from Sidney Sussex Street to Grange Road, via Trinity Street, the river Cam, the Cambridge Backs and the University Library. Most accommodation is on the College site or in the immediate surrounding area.

Accommodation

Approximately 80% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation. 

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Location

Trinity Hall's central site is situated by the River Cam, adjacent to the town centre. Our postgraduate accommodation is located a short cycle ride away on the Wychfield Site, close to Churchill and Fitzwilliam Colleges.

Accommodation

Approximately 37% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation. 

Continuing students and new offer holders studying full-time will be sent a link inviting them to apply for accommodation by 1 May.

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Accommodation

Approximately 66% of postgraduate students live in College accommodation.

Accommodation is allocated as students are officially confirmed until all rooms are reserved.

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