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The [[University of Cambridge]] is composed of 31 [[Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom|colleges]] in addition to the academic departments and administration of the central university. 

Until the mid-19th century, both [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] comprised a group of colleges with a small central university administration, rather than universities in the common sense. Cambridge's colleges are communities of students, academics and staff – an environment in which generations and academic disciplines are able to mix, with both students and fellows experiencing "the breadth and excellence of a top University at an intimate level".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davison|first=Tim|date=2013-01-31|title=Colleges and University: a complex relationship|url=https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/colleges-and-university-a-complex-relationship|access-date=2021-06-13|website=Cambridge University|df=dmy-all|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613152958/https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/colleges-and-university-a-complex-relationship|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Clarence-Smith |first1=Louisa |last2=Jones |first2=Freya |date=2023-03-03 |title=Author who claimed to be professor at Oxford and Cambridge loses academic visitor status |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/03/author-who-claimed-professor-oxford-cambridge-loses-academic/ |access-date=2023-03-04 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230034/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/03/author-who-claimed-professor-oxford-cambridge-loses-academic/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cambridge colleges provide most of the accommodation for [[Undergraduate education#British System|''undergraduates'']] and ''[[Postgraduate education|postgraduates]]'' at the university. At the undergraduate level they have responsibility for admitting students to the university, providing pastoral support, and organising elements of their tuition, though lectures and examinations are organised by the faculties and departments of the central university. All degrees are awarded by the university itself, not the colleges, and all students study for the same course regardless of which college they attend.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/colleges/role.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023055509/http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/colleges/role.html | archive-date = 23 October 2007 | title = Role of the Colleges | access-date = 27 March 2008 | publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]}}</ref> For postgraduate students, research is conducted centrally in the faculties, departments and other university-affiliated research centres, though the colleges provide a central social and intellectual hub for students.

Colleges provide a range of facilities and services to their members in addition to accommodation,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Withworth |first=Alan |title=Student Accommodation In Cambridge Colleges: An Expert Guide |date=23 October 2023 |url=https://www.studentgoodguide.com/accommodation/student-accommodation-cambridge-colleges/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106220337/https://www.studentgoodguide.com/accommodation/student-accommodation-cambridge-colleges/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including: catering, library facilities, extracurricular societies, and sporting teams. Much of sporting life at Cambridge is centred around college teams and inter-collegiate competition in [[Cuppers]]. Student activity is typically organised through separate [[Common room (university)|common rooms]] for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Another important element of collegiate life is [[Formal (university)|formal hall]], which range in frequency from weekly to every night of the week during Full Term.

Colleges also provide funding, accommodation, or both, for some of the academic posts in the university, with the majority of Cambridge academics being a [[fellow]] of a college in addition to their faculty/departmental role.<ref name="thecolleges" /> Fellows may therefore hold college positions in addition to their academic posts at the university: these include roles such as Tutor (responsible for pastoral support), Director of Studies (responsible for academic oversight of students taking a particular subject), [[Dean (education)|Dean]] (responsible for discipline among college members), Senior Tutor (responsible for the college's overall academic provision), or Head of college ('Head of House').

Colleges are self-governed charities in their own right, with their own endowments and possessions.

=="Old" and "new" colleges==
The University of Cambridge has 31 colleges,<ref name=thecolleges>{{Cite web | url = http://www.cam.ac.uk/colleges/ | title = The Colleges of the University | publisher = [[University of Cambridge]] | year = 2009 | access-date = 6 April 2009 | archive-date = 4 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090404070207/http://www.cam.ac.uk/colleges/ | url-status = live }}</ref> founded between the 13th and 20th centuries. No colleges were founded between 1596 ([[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge|Sidney Sussex College]]) and 1800 ([[Downing College, Cambridge|Downing College]]), which allows the colleges to be distinguished into two groups according to foundation date:
* the 16 "old" colleges, founded between 1284 and 1596, and
* the 15 "new" colleges, founded between 1800 and 1977.

The oldest college is [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]], founded in 1284,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/40871.stm | title = Ghost sightings haunt Cambridge college | date = 19 December 1997 | access-date = 26 March 2008 | work = [[BBC News]] | archive-date = 23 February 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090223064405/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/40871.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> and the newest is [[Robinson College, Cambridge|Robinson]], founded in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/about/ | title = About Robinson College | access-date = 26 March 2008 | publisher = [[Robinson College, Cambridge]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080409124402/http://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/about/ | archive-date = 9 April 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>   [[Homerton College, Cambridge|Homerton]], which was first founded in the eighteenth century as a dissenting academy (and later teacher training college), attained full college status in 2010.

Six of the "new" colleges (Churchill, Fitzwilliam, Girton, Lucy Cavendish, Murray Edwards and St Edmund's) are located on Castle Hill and are thus sometimes referred to as "hill colleges".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/colleges-guide-hill-colleges|title=Undergraduate Colleges Guide: Castle Hill and Huntingdon Road|website=University of Cambridge|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref>

==Restrictions on entry==
All 16 of the "old" colleges and 8 of the 15 "new" ones admit both male and female students as both undergraduates and postgraduates, without any age restrictions. Seven colleges restrict entry by sex, or by age of undergraduates, or admit only postgraduates:

* [[Murray Edwards College, Cambridge|Murray Edwards]] and [[Newnham College, Cambridge|Newnham]] admit only women;<ref name="History {{pipe}} Lucy Cavendish">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/college-community/making-difference/history|title=History {{pipe}} Lucy Cavendish|access-date=14 December 2020|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130143221/https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/college-community/making-difference/history|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Clare Hall, Cambridge|Clare Hall]] and [[Darwin College, Cambridge|Darwin]] admit only postgraduates;
* [[Hughes Hall, Cambridge|Hughes Hall]], [[St Edmund's College, Cambridge|St Edmund's]] and [[Wolfson College, Cambridge|Wolfson]] admit only mature students and postgraduates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/dpp/2007010802 |title=Cambridge University seeks mature students |publisher=[[University of Cambridge]] |access-date=26 March 2008 |date=5 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221125051/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/dpp/2007010802 |archive-date=21 February 2009 }}</ref>

No colleges are all-male, although most originally were. [[Darwin College, Cambridge|Darwin]], founded in 1964, was the first mixed college, while in 1972 [[Churchill College, Cambridge|Churchill]], [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare]] and [[King's College, Cambridge|King's]] colleges were the first previously all-male colleges to admit women, whilst [[King's College, Cambridge|King's]] accepted only students from [[Eton College]] until 1865. The last all-male college to become mixed was [[Magdalene College, Cambridge|Magdalene]], in 1988.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,3604,976477,00.html | title = Obituary - Professor Sir Bernard Williams | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | access-date = 8 May 2009 | date = 13 June 2003 | location = London | first = Jane | last = O'Grady | archive-date = 27 September 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230927184431/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/13/guardianobituaries.obituaries | url-status = live }}</ref> In 1973 [[Hughes Hall, Cambridge|Hughes Hall]] became the first all-female college to admit men, and [[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton]] first admitted men in 1979. [[Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge|Lucy Cavendish]] admitted only female mature students and postgraduates until 2021.<ref name="History {{pipe}} Lucy Cavendish" />

Newnham also places restrictions on the admission of staff members, allowing only women to become fellows of the college. Murray Edwards does not place this restriction on fellows.

== Architectural influence ==
{{main|Collegiate Gothic}}

The Cambridge and Oxford colleges have served as an architectural inspiration for [[Collegiate Gothic]] architecture, used by a number of American universities including [[Princeton University]], [[Cornell University]], [[University of Chicago]], and [[Washington University in St. Louis]] since the late nineteenth century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Otherdocs/setting.html|title=Princeton Architectural History|website=etcweb.princeton.edu|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=17 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917015219/http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Otherdocs/setting.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wustl.edu/about/campuses/danforth-campus/|title=Danforth Campus|website=Washington University in St. Louis|language=en-US|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216082207/https://wustl.edu/about/campuses/danforth-campus/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== List of colleges ==
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! rowspan=2 style="width:8em" | College<br /><small>(with arms and scarf{{nbsp}}colours)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Misc/Colours/index.html |title=Scarf Colours of the Cambridge Colleges |access-date=26 March 2008 |publisher=[[Queens' College, Cambridge]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315093824/http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Misc/Colours/index.html |archive-date=15 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! rowspan=2 {{vert header|stp=1|va=middle|Founded{{efn|Principal date given is the date of establishment acknowledged by the university.<ref name=colleges>{{Cite web |url=https://map.cam.ac.uk/colleges/ |title=College A-Z |website=Colleges and Departments |publisher=[[University of Cambridge]] |access-date=8 May 2022 |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503004649/https://map.cam.ac.uk/colleges/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Additional later dates are explained by further footnotes.}}}}
! rowspan=2 width=150|Head of House
! colspan=3|Student numbers
! rowspan=2 {{Vert header|stp=1|va=middle|[[Financial endowment|Endowment]]<br /><small>(2023)</small>}}
! rowspan=2 style=""width:4em" |[[Net asset value|Net assets]]<br /> <small>(2023)</small>
! rowspan=2 |Assets<br>per<br />student<br><small>(2023)</small>
! rowspan=2 {{vert header|stp=1|Abbreviation<ref>{{cite journal |author=[[University of Cambridge]] |date=6 March 2019 |title=Notice by the Editor |url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml |journal=[[Cambridge University Reporter]] |series=Special Numbers for the Academic Year 2018–19 |issue=5 |pages=1 |access-date=20 March 2019 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017051509/https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>(and short form)</small>}}
! rowspan=2 class=unsortable|Notes
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! {{vert header|stp=1|va=middle|Undergraduates}}
! {{vert header|stp=1|va=middle|Postgraduates}}
! {{vert header|stp=1|va=middle|Total<ref name="Student Numbers by College">{{Cite web|url=https://www.information-hub.admin.cam.ac.uk/university-profile/student-numbers/student-numbers-college|title=Student Numbers by College|date=21 March 2018|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727070301/https://www.information-hub.admin.cam.ac.uk/university-profile/student-numbers/student-numbers-college|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Christ's" |[[File:Christs shield.png|24px|Christ's College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Christ's College, Cambridge|Christ's]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Christ's}}
|1505
| data-sort-value="McDonald of Salford, Lord" |[[Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford|Lord McDonald of Salford]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Master {{!}} Christs College Cambridge |url=https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/master |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=www.christs.cam.ac.uk |archive-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914201517/https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/master |url-status=live }}</ref> <small>[[Master of Christ's College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2022</small>
|align=right |433
|align=right |294
|align=right |'''727'''
|align=right |£122{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="chr-accounts">{{cite web |title=Annual Report and Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/2022-23-christs-college-annual-report-and-accounts-v04.pdf |accessdate=17 June 2024 |work=Christ's College Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£244{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="chr-accounts"/>
|align=right |£336{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|CHR
|Re-foundation of {{shy|Gods|house}} <small>({{abbr|est.|established}}{{nbsp}}1439)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Churchill" |[[File:Churchill College Crest.png|24px|Churchill College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Churchill College, Cambridge|Churchill]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Churchill}}
|1960<br /><small>(1966){{efn|name="college-status"}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Peacock, Sharon" |Professor [[Sharon Peacock]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Churchill College announces 8th Master|url=https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news/news-and-events/churchill-college-announces-8th-master/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=Churchill College, Cambridge |date=10 October 2023 |archive-date=1 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201145951/https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news/news-and-events/churchill-college-announces-8th-master/|url-status=dead }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Churchill College|Master]] since 2024</small>
|align=right |486
|align=right |338
|align=right |'''824'''
|align=right |£37{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="chu-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Report and Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RCCA-22.23-Fully-Signed.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Churchill College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£196{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="chu-accounts"/>
|align=right |£238{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|CHU
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Clare" |[[File:ClareCollegeCrest.svg|24px|Clare College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Clare}}
|1326<br/><small>(1336){{efn|name="re-foundation"|Date of re-foundation by later benefactor.}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Minghella, Loretta" |[[Loretta Minghella]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Loretta Minghella OBE (1981) installed as Master of Clare |url=https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/loretta-minghella-installed-master/index.html |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Clare College, Cambridge |date=1 October 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022040200/https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/loretta-minghella-installed-master/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Clare College|Master]] since 2021</small>
|align=right |491
|align=right |270
|align=right |'''761'''
|align=right |£187.5{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="cl-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Clare College Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 |url=https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-12/Clare%20College%20Financial%20Statements%202024.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Clare College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£336{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="cl-accounts"/>
|align=right |£442{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|CL
|Formerly ''University Hall'', then ''Clare Hall''.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Clare Hall" |[[File:Clarehall shield.png|24px|Clare Hall heraldic shield]]<br />[[Clare Hall, Cambridge|Clare Hall]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Clare Hall}}
|1966<br /><small>(1984){{efn|name="royal-charter-college"|Date of [[Royal charter (United Kingdom)|royal charter]], and of recognition by the university as a constituent college.}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Short, C. Allen" |[[C. Alan Short]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Professor C. Alan Short Elected as President |url=https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/02-12-2019/professor-c-alan-short-elected-president |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Clare Hall, Cambridge |date=2 December 2019 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016155738/https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/02-12-2019/professor-c-alan-short-elected-president |url-status=dead }}</ref><br /><small>[[President of Clare Hall, Cambridge|President]] since 2020</small>
|align=right |0
|align=right |289
|align=right |'''289'''
|align=right |£21{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="clh-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending 30 June 2023 |url=https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Clare-Hall-Signed-Accounts-2023-Copy.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Clare Hall, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£42{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="clh-accounts"/>
|align=right |£145{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|CLH
|align="left"|{{shy|Post|graduate}}-only.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Corpus Christi" |[[File:Arms of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.svg|24px|Corpus Christi heraldic shield]]<br />[[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Corpus Christi}}
|1352
|data-sort-value="Kelly, Christopher" |[[Christopher Kelly (historian)|Christopher Kelly]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite news |title=Professor Christopher Kelly's Admission as Master of Corpus |url=https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/professor-christopher-kellys-admission-master-corpus |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |date=4 October 2018 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813124930/https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/professor-christopher-kellys-admission-master-corpus |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2018</small>
|align=right |315
|align=right |181
|align=right |'''496'''
|align=right |£100{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="cc-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statement 22-23 |url=https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/230630_corpus_christi_college_-_rccas_30-06-2023_signed.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2023 |website=Corpus Christi College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£239{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="cc-accounts"/>
|align=right |£482{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|CC<br /><small>(Corpus)</small>
|Formerly ''St Benet's College''.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Darwin" |[[File:Darwin College Arms.svg|24px|Darwin College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Darwin College, Cambridge|Darwin]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Darwin}}
| 1964<br /><small>(1976){{efn|name="royal-charter-college"}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Rands, Mike" |[[Mike Rands]]<ref name="auto2"/><br /><small>[[Master of Darwin College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2018</small>
|align=right |0
|align=right |749
|align=right |'''749'''
|align=right |£25{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="dar-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Darwin-Accounts-all-signed-2023.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Darwin College Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£82{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="dar-accounts"/>
|align=right |£109{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|DAR
|align="left"|{{shy|Post|graduate}}-only.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Downing" |[[File:Downing Crest.svg|24px|Downing College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Downing College, Cambridge|Downing]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Downing}}
|1800
| data-sort-value="Bookbinder, Alan" |[[Graham Virgo]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-10-02 |title=Downing welcomes Professor Graham Virgo KC (Hon) as the 19th Master |url=https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/news/downing-welcomes-professor-graham-virgo-kc-hon-19th-master |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Downing College Cambridge |language=en |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016120151/https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/news/downing-welcomes-professor-graham-virgo-kc-hon-19th-master |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Downing College|Master]] since 2023</small>
|align=right |465
|align=right |441
|align=right |'''906'''
|align=right |£44{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="dow-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Financial Statement 2023 |url=https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Accounts_2023.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2023 |website=Downing College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£224{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="dow-accounts"/>
|align=right |£247{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|DOW
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Emmanuel" |[[File:Emmanuel College Crest.svg|24px|Emmanuel College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Emmanuel}}
|1584
| data-sort-value="Chambers, Doug" |[[Doug Chalmers]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Doug Chalmers elected as the next Master of Emmanuel |url=https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/doug-chalmers-elected-as-the-next-master-of-emmanuel |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=For Staf |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=12 February 2021 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004103516/https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/doug-chalmers-elected-as-the-next-master-of-emmanuel |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2021</small>
|align=right |514
|align=right |219
|align=right |'''733'''
|align=right |£143{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="em-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/about/documents/pdfs/RCCA%20-%2031st%20July%202023Final.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2023 |website=Emmanuel College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£388{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="em-accounts"/>
|align=right |£529{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|EM<br /><small>(Emma)</small>
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Fitzwilliam" |[[File:Fitzwilliam College shield.svg|24px|Arms of Fitzwilliam College]]<br />[[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge|Fitzwilliam]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Fitzwilliam}}
|1869<br /><small>(1966){{efn|name="royal-charter-college"}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Morgan of Huyton, Baroness" |[[Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton|Baroness Morgan of Huyton]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Baroness Morgan of Huyton appointed Master of Fitzwilliam College |url=https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/news/baroness-morgan-huyton-appointed-master-fitzwilliam-college |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |date=27 Feb 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421042105/https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/news/baroness-morgan-huyton-appointed-master-fitzwilliam-college |url-status=dead }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Fitzwilliam College|Master]] since 2019</small>
|align=right |490
|align=right |481
|align=right |'''971'''
|align=right |£77{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="f-accounts">{{Cite web |title=College Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/Fitzwilliam%20College%20Annual%20Report%20and%20Financial%20Statements%20For%20the%20Year%20Ended%2031st%20July%202023%20%28FINAL%29.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618212203/https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/Fitzwilliam%20College%20Annual%20Report%20and%20Financial%20Statements%20For%20the%20Year%20Ended%2031st%20July%202023%20(FINAL).pdf |archive-date=18 June 2024 |access-date=18 June 2024 |website=Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£155{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="f-accounts"/>
|align=right |£160{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|F<br /><small>(Fitz)</small>
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Girton" |[[File:Arms of Girton College, Cambridge.svg|24px]]<br />[[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Girton}}
|1869<br /><small>(1924){{efn|name="royal-charter"|Date of [[royal charter (United Kingdom)|royal charter]].}}<br />(1948){{efn|name="college-status"}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Kendall, Elisabeth" |[[Elisabeth Kendall]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Elisabeth Kendall |url=https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-elisabeth-kendall-elected-new-mistress-girton-college |publisher=Girton College, Cambridge |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602144522/https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-elisabeth-kendall-elected-new-mistress-girton-college |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Mistress of Girton College|Mistress]] since 2022</small>
|align=right |529
|align=right |375
|align=right |'''904'''
|align=right |£73{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="g-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Financial Statement 2023 |url=https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-12/GirtonCollegeAccounts2023-Signed.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Girton College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£173{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="g-accounts"/>
|align=right |£191{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|G
|Formerly female-only; mixed from 1976.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Gonville and Caius" |[[File:Gonville & Caius College Crest.svg|24px|Gonville and Caius College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Gonville and Caius}}
| 1348<br /><small>(1557){{efn|Date of [[royal charter (United Kingdom)|royal charter]] re-founding Gonville Hall as ''Gonville and Caius College''.}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Gilbertson, Richard" |[[Richard Gilbertson]]<ref>{{cite news |date=1 October 2025 |title=Professor Gilbertson installed as Master |url=https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-gilbertson-installed-master |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Gonville and Caius College}}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Gonville and Caius College|Master]] since 2025</small>
|align=right |584
|align=right |254
|align=right |'''838'''
|align=right |£271{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="cai-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 |url=https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Accounts_2023-24.pdf |access-date=June 15, 2025 |website=Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£403{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="cai-accounts"/>
|align=right |£481{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|CAI<br /><small>(Caius)</small>
|{{ubl|''Caius'', {{shy|pro|nounced}} "keys".|Formerly ''Gonville Hall''.}}
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Homerton" |[[File:Homerton College Shield for print.png|24px]]<br />[[Homerton College, Cambridge|Homerton]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Homerton}}
| 1768<br /><small>(1976){{efn|name="first-recognition"}}<br />(2010){{efn|name="royal-charter-college"}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Woolley of Woodford, Lord" |[[Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford|Lord Woolley of Woodford]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mistlin |first1=Alex |title=Lord Woolley to become first black man to head Oxbridge college |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/31/lord-woolley-former-head-of-race-disparity-unit-to-be-principal-at-cambridge-university |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=31 March 2021}}</ref><br /><small>[[Principal of Homerton College|Principal]] since 2021</small>
|align=right |617
|align=right |714
|align=right |'''1331'''
|align=right |£119{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="ho-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statement 2023 |url=https://homerton.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-12/homerton_annual_report_and_financial_statement_signed.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Homerton College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£215{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="ho-accounts"/>
|align=right |£162{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|HO
|Originally mixed, then became women-only on move to Cambridge; returned to mixed from 1976.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Hughes Hall" |[[File:HughesHallShield.png|24px|Hughes Hall heraldic shield]]<br />[[Hughes Hall, Cambridge|Hughes Hall]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Hughes Hall}}
| 1885<br /><small>(1949){{efn|name="first-recognition"}}<br />(2006){{efn|name="royal-charter-college"}}</small>
| data-sort-value="Bristow, Laurie" |Sir [[Laurie Bristow]]<ref>{{cite news |date=28 March 2022 |title=Sir Laurie Bristow elected President of Hughes Hall |work=Hughes Hall, Cambridge |url=https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/news/sir-laurie-bristow-elected-president-of-hughes-hall/ |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013185111/https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/news/sir-laurie-bristow-elected-president-of-hughes-hall/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[President of Hughes Hall|President]] since 2022</small>
|align=right |166
|align=right |764
|align=right |'''930'''
|align=right |£8{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="hh-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Financial Statement 2023 |url=https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Hughes-Hall-2022-23-RCCA-Accounts-FINAL.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Hughes Hall College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£57{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="hh-accounts"/>
|align=right |£61{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|HH
|Mature-only.{{efn|name=mature|Mature-only colleges admit only postgraduate students or undergraduate students over the age of 21.}}
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Jesus" |[[File:Jesus College (Cambridge) shield.svg|24px|Jesus College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Jesus College, Cambridge|Jesus]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Jesus 2-sided}}
| 1496
|data-sort-value="Alleyne, Sonita" |[[Sonita Alleyne]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |last1=Luxon |first1=Sally |title=Sonita Alleyne - the first female and black Master of any Oxbridge College |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/sonita-alleyne-jesus-college-master-17128168 |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Cambridgeshire Live |date=27 October 2019 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407165357/https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/sonita-alleyne-jesus-college-master-17128168 |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Jesus College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2019</small>
|align=right |527
|align=right |390
|align=right |'''917'''
|align=right |£236{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="je-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Reports and Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/annual_report_and_accounts_2023.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Jesus College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£375{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="je-accounts"/>
|align=right |£409{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|JE
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="King's" |[[File:Kingscollegearms-alternative.svg|24px|King's College heraldic shield]]<br />[[King's College, Cambridge|King's]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|King's}}
| 1441
|data-sort-value="Tett, Gillian" |[[Gillian Tett]]<ref name="auto1"/><br /><small>[[Provost of King's College, Cambridge|Provost]] since 2023</small>
|align=right |420
|align=right |329
|align=right |'''759'''
|align=right |£340{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="k-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Accounts as at June 2023 |url=https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/pdfviewer/48384 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=King's College Cambridge |language=en |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314131322/https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/pdfviewer/48384 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align=right |£481{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="k-accounts"/>
|align=right |£633{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|K
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Lucy Cavendish" |[[File:Lucy cav shield.png|24px|Lucy Cavendish College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge|Lucy Cavendish]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Lucy Cavendish}}
|1965<br /><small>(1997){{efn|name="royal-charter-college"}}</small>
|data-sort-value="Atkins, Madeleine" |Dame [[Madeleine Atkins]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Higher Education Boss Handed £550,000 In 'Golden Goodbye' |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/higher-education-boss-handed-ps500000-in-golden-goodbye_uk_5b4f5d84e4b0de86f488e101 |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Huffington Post |date=18 July 2018 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407165358/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/higher-education-boss-handed-ps500000-in-golden-goodbye_uk_5b4f5d84e4b0de86f488e101 |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[President of Lucy Cavendish College|President]] since 2018</small>
|align=right |455
|align=right |638
|align=right |'''1093'''
|align=right |£14{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="lc-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/Final%20signed%20accounts%20for%20the%20web.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Lucy Cavendish, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£50{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="lc-accounts"/>
|align=right |£46{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|LC<br /><small>(Lucy Cav, Lucy)</small>
|Formerly mature-only,{{efn|name="mature"}} and female-only; all-age from 2020, mixed from 2021.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Magdalene" |[[File:Magdalene college shield.svg|24px|Magdalene College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Magdalene College, Cambridge|Magdalene]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Magdalene}}
|1428<br /><small>(1542){{efn|Date of [[royal charter (United Kingdom)|royal charter]] re-founding Buckingham College as ''Magdalene College''.}}</small>
|data-sort-value="Greenwood, Christopher" |Sir [[Christopher Greenwood]]<ref>{{cite news |title=BIICL Congratulates new master of Magdalene College |url=https://www.biicl.org/newsitems/16373/biicl-congratulates-new-master-of-magdalene-college |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=British Institute of International and Comparative Law |date=20 August 2019}}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Magdalene College|Master]] since 2020</small>
|align=right |375
|align=right |202
|align=right |'''577'''
|align=right |£74{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="m-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Reports and Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/system/files/2023-10/magdalene_college_accounts_2022-23.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Magdalene College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£202{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="m-accounts"/>
|align=right |£350{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|M
|{{ubl|''Magdalene'', {{shy|pro|nounced}} "maudlin".|Formerly ''{{shy|Bucking|ham}} College''.}}
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Murray Edwards" |[[File:MurrayEdwardsCollegeCrest.svg|24px]]<br />[[Murray Edwards College, Cambridge|Murray Edwards]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Murray Edwards}}
|1954<br /><small>(1972){{efn|name="royal-charter-college"}}<br />(2011){{efn|name=|Date of supplemental [[royal charter (United Kingdom)|royal charter]] re-founding New Hall as ''Murray Edwards College''.}}</small>
|data-sort-value="Byrne, Dorothy" |[[Dorothy Byrne]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Dorothy Byrne elected as next President of Murray Edwards College |url=https://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/news/dorothy-byrne-elected-next-president-murray-edwards-college |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Murray Edwards College, Cambridge |date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=20 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120222136/https://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/news/dorothy-byrne-elected-next-president-murray-edwards-college |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[President of Murray Edwards College|President]] since 2021</small>
|align=right |383
|align=right |227
|align=right |'''610'''
|align=right |£54{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="mur-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Financial Statement 2023 |url=https://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Annual%20Report%202023(1).pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Murray Edwards College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£118{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="mur-accounts"/>
|align=right |£193{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|MUR<br /><small>(Medwards)</small>
|{{ubl|Female students-only, mixed fellowship.|Formerly ''New Hall''.}}
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Newnham" |[[File:Newnham crest.png|24px|Newnham College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Newnham College, Cambridge|Newnham]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Newnham}}
|1871<br /><small>(1917){{efn|name="royal-charter"}}<br />(1957){{efn|Date of supplemental [[royal charter (United Kingdom)|royal charter]], and of recognition by the university as a constituent college.}}</small>
|data-sort-value="Rose, Alison" |[[Alison Rose (diplomat)|Alison Rose]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Alison Rose becomes Principal of Newnham College |url=https://newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news/alison-rose-becomes-principal-of-newnham-college/ |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Newnham College, Cambridge |date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517232327/https://newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news/alison-rose-becomes-principal-of-newnham-college/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Principal of Newnham College|Principal]] since 2019</small>
|align=right |418
|align=right |298
|align=right |'''716'''
|align=right |£74{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="n-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Financial Statement 2023 |url=https://newn.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Newnham-College-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-20230630-FULLY-SIGNED.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Newnham College, Cambridge|date=13 February 2024 }}</ref>
|align=right |£259{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="n-accounts"/>
|align=right |£362{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|N
|align="left"|Female-only.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Pembroke" |[[File:Pembroke College (Cambridge) shield.svg|24px|Pembroke College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Pembroke College, Cambridge|Pembroke]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Pembroke}}
|1347
|data-sort-value="Smith of Finsbury, Lord" |[[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|Lord Smith of Finsbury]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chairman and trustees |url=https://www.artfund.org/about-us/meet-our-chairman-trustees |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Art Fund |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330015306/https://www.artfund.org/about-us/meet-our-trustees |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2015</small>
|align=right |453
|align=right |288
|align=right |'''741'''
|align=right |£139{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="pem-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Report and Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/2022-23_pembroke_college_rcca_signed.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Pembroke College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£302{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="pem-accounts"/>
|align=right |£408{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|PEM
|Formerly ''Pembroke Hall''.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Peterhouse" |[[File:Peterhouse shield.svg|24px|Peterhouse coat of arms]]<br />[[Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Peterhouse}}
|1284
|data-sort-value="Kendall, Bridget" |[[Andy Parker (physicist)|Andy Parker]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=News {{!}} Peterhouse |url=https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/news2 |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=www.pet.cam.ac.uk |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216045901/https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/news2 |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Peterhouse|Master]] since 2023</small>
|align=right |301
|align=right |203
|align=right |'''504'''
|align=right |£238.6{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="pet-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Peterhouse Financial Statements for year ended June 30th |url=https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/Year%20Ended%20June%202024.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Peterhouse College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£350{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="pet-accounts"/>
|align=right |£694{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|PET
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Queens'" |[[File:Queens' College (Cambridge) shield.svg|24px|Queens' College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Queens' College, Cambridge|Queens']]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Queens'}}
| 1448<br /><small>(1465){{efn|name="re-foundation"}}</small>
|data-sort-value="El-Erian, Mohamed A." |[[Mohamed A. El-Erian|Mohamed A. El{{nbh}}Erian]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ablan |first1=Jennifer |title=El-Erian named new president of Queens' College, University of Cambridge |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-allianz-elerian-idUSKCN1SY1X8 |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=28 May 2019 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407165357/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-allianz-elerian-idUSKCN1SY1X8 |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[President of Queens' College|President]] since 2020</small>
|align=right |538
|align=right |530
|align=right |'''1068'''
|align=right |£120{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="q-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Queens' College, Cambridge Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30th June 2023 |url=https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.queens.cam.ac.uk/files/downloads/accounts_annual_report_22-23.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Queens College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£154{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="q-accounts"/>
|align=right |£144{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|Q
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Robinson" |[[File:Robinson College Crest.svg|24px|Robinson College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Robinson College, Cambridge|Robinson]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Robinson}}
|1977<br /><small>(1984){{efn|name="college-status"|Date of recognition by the university as a constituent college.}}</small>
|data-sort-value="Heaton, Richard" |Sir [[Richard Heaton]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Robinson College welcomes its third Warden, Sir Richard Heaton |url=https://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/robinson-college-welcomes-its-third-warden-sir-richard-heaton |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Robinson College, Cambridge |date=1 October 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817012953/https://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/robinson-college-welcomes-its-third-warden-sir-richard-heaton |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Warden of Robinson College|Warden]] since 2021</small>
|align=right |422
|align=right |261
|align=right |'''683'''
|align=right |£30{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="r-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/assets/about/Robinson%20College%20Financial%20Statements%202023.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Robinson College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£117{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="r-accounts"/>
|align=right |£171{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|R
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Saint Catharine's" |[[File:St Catharine's College Crest - flat.svg|24px|St Catharine's College heraldic shield]]<br />[[St Catharine's College, Cambridge|St Catharine's]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|St Catharine's}}
|1473
|data-sort-value="Benger, John" |Sir [[John Benger]]<br /><small>[[Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2023</small>
|align=right |475
|align=right |356
|align=right |'''831'''
|align=right |£74{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="cth-accounts">{{cite web |title=St Catharine's College, Cambridge Financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2023 |url=https://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/College%20Signed%20Accounts%202023.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=St Catharine's College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£175{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="cth-accounts"/>
|align=right |£211{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|CTH<br /><small>(Catz)</small>
| Formerly ''Catharine Hall''.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Saint Edmund's" |[[File:StEdmund'sCrest.png|24px|St Edmund's College heraldic shield]]<br />[[St Edmund's College, Cambridge|St Edmund's]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|St Edmund's}}
| 1896<br /><small>(1965){{efn|name="first-recognition"}}<br />(1998){{efn|name="royal-charter-college"}}</small>
|data-sort-value="Arnold, Catherine" |Chris Young<ref>{{cite news |date=11 March 2023 |title=Professor Chris Young elected 16th Master of St Edmund's College |url=https://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-chris-young-elected-16th-master-of-st-edmunds-college/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421075914/https://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-chris-young-elected-16th-master-of-st-edmunds-college/ |archive-date=21 April 2021|access-date=20 November 2024 |work=St Edmund's College}}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of St Edmund's College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2024</small>
|align=right |196
|align=right |621
|align=right |'''817'''
|align=right |£19{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="ed-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Financial Statement 2023 |url=https://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2022-23-St-Edmunds-College-FINAL.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=St Edmund's College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£44{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="ed-accounts"/>
|align=right |£54{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|ED <br /><small>(Eddie's)</small>
|align="left"|Mature-only.{{efn|name=mature}}
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Saint John's" |[[File:Johns shield.png|24px|St John's College heraldic shield]]<br />[[St John's College, Cambridge|St John's]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|St John's}}
| 1511
|data-sort-value="Hancock, Heather" |[[Heather Hancock]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Heather Hancock appointed as Master of St John's College |url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/heather-hancock-appointed-master-st-johns-college |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=St John's College, Cambridge |date=4 December 2019 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811152412/https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/heather-hancock-appointed-master-st-johns-college |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of St John's College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2020</small>
|align=right |609
|align=right |347
|align=right |'''956'''
|align=right |£674{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="jn-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_resource_id=%2Faccounts-resource&p_p_cacheability=cacheLevelPage&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_objectiveId=A15016995&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_mvcRenderCommandName=%2Faccounts-and-annual-returns&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=4032881 |access-date=June 17, 2023 |website=St John's College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£974{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="jn-accounts"/>
|align=right |£1,019{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|JN<br /><small>(John's)</small>
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Selwyn" |[[File:Selwyn College shield.svg|24px|Selwyn College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Selwyn College, Cambridge|Selwyn]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Selwyn}}
| 1882<br /><small>(1883){{efn|name="first-recognition"|Date of first formal recognition by the university, but not yet as a constituent college.}}<br />(1958){{efn|name="college-status"}}</small>
|data-sort-value="Mosey, Roger" |[[Roger Mosey]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Plunkett |first1=John |title=Roger Mosey quits BBC to head Selwyn College, Cambridge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jul/02/roger-mosey-quits-bbc-selwyn-college-cambridge |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=2 July 2013}}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2013</small>
|align=right |431
|align=right |258
|align=right |'''689'''
|align=right |£55{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="se-accounts">{{Cite web |date= |title=Annual Report 2023 |url=https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/assets/about/financial/Selwyn%20College%20Accounts%202022-23%20FINAL.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Selwyn College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£134{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="se-accounts"/>
|align=right |£194{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|SE
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Sidney Sussex" |[[File:Sidney Sussex College shield.svg|24px|Sidney Sussex College heraldic shield]]<br />[[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge|Sidney Sussex]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Sidney Sussex}}
| 1596
|data-sort-value="Burton, Martin" |[[Martin Burton (academic)|Martin Burton]]<ref>{{cite news |date=29 November 2022 |title=Professor Martin Burton elected as new Master |work=Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |url=https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/about-sidney/news/professor-martin-burton-elected-new-master |access-date=13 September 2023 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913060247/https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/about-sidney/news/professor-martin-burton-elected-new-master |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Sidney Sussex College|Master]] since 2023</small>
|align=right |397
|align=right |217
|align=right |'''614'''
|align=right |£31{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="sid-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Financial Statement 2023 |url=https://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Financial%20Statements%20for%20yr%20to%2030%20June%202023-%20signed%20PEM.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£140{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="sid-accounts"/>
|align=right |£228{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|SID<br /><small>(Sidney)</small>
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Trinity" |[[File:Trinity College (Cambridge) shield.svg|24px|Trinity College coat of arms]]<br />[[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Trinity}}
| 1546
|data-sort-value="Davies, Sally" |Dame [[Sally Davies (doctor)|Sally Davies]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Chief medical officer to become first female Trinity College master |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/08/england-chief-medical-officer-dame-sally-hughes-cambridge |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=The Guardian |agency=Press Association |date=8 February 2019}}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Trinity College, Cambridge|Master]] since 2019</small>
|align=right |702
|align=right |317
|align=right |'''1019'''
|align=right |£2,020{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="t-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Trinity College, Cambridge, Annual Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30th June 2023 |url=https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/download/college-accounts-2023/?wpdmdl=41114&refresh=666fa4258f00e1718592549 |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Trinity College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£2,192{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="t-accounts"/>
|align=right |£2,151{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|T
| Founded by merger of King's Hall <small>({{abbr|est.|established}}{{nbsp}}1317)</small> and {{shy|Michael|house}} <small>({{abbr|est.|established}}{{nbsp}}1324)</small>.
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Trinity Hall" |[[File:Trinity Hall Crest.png|24px|Trinity Hall heraldic shield]]<br />[[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Trinity Hall}}
| 1350
| data-sort-value="Hockaday, Mary" |[[Mary Hockaday]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 September 2022 |title=Mary Hockaday takes up post as Master |work=Trinity Hall Cambridge |url=https://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/news/mary-hockaday-takes-up-post-as-master/ |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926140040/https://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/news/mary-hockaday-takes-up-post-as-master/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Master]] since 2022</small>
|align=right |369
|align=right |196
|align=right |'''565'''
|align=right |£89{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="th-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TH-Accounts-30Jun23.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Trinity Hall, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£389{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="th-accounts"/>
|align=right |£688{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|TH<br /><small>(Tit Hall)</small>
|
|-
| style="text-align: center" data-sort-value="Wolfson" |[[File:Wolfson College Crest.png|24px|Wolfson College Crest]]<br />[[Wolfson College, Cambridge|Wolfson]]<br />{{scarf/University of Cambridge|Wolfson}}
|1965<br /><small>(1977){{efn|name="college-status"}}</small>
|data-sort-value="Clarke, Jane" |[[Jane Clarke (scientist)|Jane Clarke]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jane Clarke 1st female president of Wolfson College |url=https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/jane-clarke-1st-female-president-wolfson-college |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=12 June 2017 |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517232342/https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/jane-clarke-1st-female-president-wolfson-college |url-status=live }}</ref><br /><small>[[President of Wolfson College, Cambridge|President]] since 2017</small>
|align=right |168
|align=right |914
|align=right |'''1082'''
|align=right |£32{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="w-accounts">{{Cite web |title=Annual Accounts 2023 |url=https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-12/rcca_2022-23.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Wolfson College, Cambridge}}</ref>
|align=right |£81{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="w-accounts"/>
|align=right |£75{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|W
|{{ubl|Mature-only.{{efn|name=mature}}|Formerly ''University College''.}}
|-class="sortbottom"
! colspan="3" | Totals:
|align=right |12,354
|align=right |10,893
|align=right |23,247
|align=right |£4,582{{abbr|M|million}}
|align=right |£9,184{{abbr|M|million}}
|align=right |
|
|
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ University and colleges consolidated information
|-
! Institutions(s)
! Founded
! Head
! {{Vert header |va=middle| Undergraduates}}
! {{Vert header |va=middle| Postgraduates}}
! {{Vert header |va=middle| Total<ref name="Student Numbers by College"/>}}
! {{Vert header |va=middle| [[Financial endowment|Endowment]]<br /><small>(2023)</small>}}
! [[Net asset value|Net Assets]]<br /><small>(2023)</small>
! style="max-width:6em" |Assets per student<br /><small>(2019)</small>
|-
| [[University of Cambridge]]
| {{circa|1209}}
| [[Deborah Prentice]]<br /><small>[[List of vice-chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor]] since 2023</small>
|align=right |12,354
|align=right |10,893
|align=right |23,247
|align=right |£2,469{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/university_of_cambridge_group_annual_reports_financial_statements_2021-22.pdf |title=Reports and financial statements |access-date=11 June 2023 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413195838/https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/university_of_cambridge_group_annual_reports_financial_statements_2021-22.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align=right |£7,168{{abbr|M|million}}<ref name="auto"/>
|align=right |£221{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|-
| Colleges
| 1284–1977
| (See [[List of current heads of University of Cambridge colleges|list]])
|align=right |" "
|align=right |" "
|align=right |" "
|align=right |£4,665{{abbr|M|million}}
|align=right |£9,184{{abbr|M|million}}
|align=right |£319{{abbr|k|thousand}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Totals:
|align=right |'''12,354'''
|align=right |'''10,893'''
|align=right |'''23,247'''
|align=right |'''£7,134{{abbr|M|million}}'''
|align=right |'''£16,352{{abbr|M|million}}'''
|align=right |'''£541{{abbr|k|thousand}}'''
|}

There are also several theological colleges in the city of Cambridge (for example [[Ridley Hall, Cambridge|Ridley Hall]], [[Wesley House]], [[Westcott House, Cambridge|Westcott House]] and [[Westminster College, Cambridge|Westminster College]]) 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 either of the university or of [[Anglia Ruskin University|Anglia Ruskin]] or [[Durham University|Durham]] Universities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theofed.cam.ac.uk/institutes.html |title=Institutes and Centres in the Federation - Member Institutes |access-date=27 March 2008 |publisher=[[Cambridge Theological Federation]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612133941/http://www.theofed.cam.ac.uk/institutes.html |archive-date=12 June 2007 }}</ref>

{{wide image|Cambridge_University_colleges_timeline.svg|700px|Timeline of the colleges in the order their students are presented for graduation, compared with some events in British history.}}

==Heads of colleges==

Most colleges are led by a [[Master (college)|Master]], even when the Master is female. However, there are some exceptions, listed below. Girton College has always had a Mistress, even though male candidates have been able to run for the office since 1976.

* '''Mistress''': Girton College
* '''President''': Clare Hall, Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish College, Murray Edwards College, Queens' College, Wolfson College
* '''Principal''': Homerton College, Newnham College
* '''Provost''': King's College
* '''Warden''': Robinson College

Also see [[List of current heads of University of Cambridge colleges]].

==Former colleges==

The above list does not include several former colleges that no longer exist. These include:
*[[Ayerst Hostel, Cambridge|Ayerst Hostel]], founded in 1884 by [[William Ayerst]] but closed in 1896. Buildings used by St Edmund's House from 1896 and later [[St Edmund's College, Cambridge|St Edmund's College]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/queens/Misc/Coll-Dates-Cam.html |title=College History |access-date=13 September 2013 |publisher=[[Queens' College, Cambridge]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901131548/http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/queens/Misc/Coll-Dates-Cam.html |archive-date=1 September 2013 }}</ref>
*[[Buckingham College, Cambridge|Buckingham College]], founded in 1428 as a [[Benedictine]] hall, refounded as [[Magdalene College, Cambridge|Magdalene]] in 1542.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/about/history/early-days.html | title = The Early Days | publisher = [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] | access-date = 27 March 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090326124845/http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/about/history/early-days.html | archive-date = 26 March 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Bull College]], an unofficial college for US [[G.I. (military)|GIs]] returning from World War II, existing in Michaelmas 1945 and Lent 1946.<ref name=CAM>''Cambridge Alumni Magazine'', [http://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/files/documents/Cam59_medres.pdf Bull College Cambridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130123217/https://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/files/documents/Cam59_medres.pdf |date=30 November 2015 }}, Issue 59, Lent 2010, pp30-35</ref>
*[[Cavendish College, Cambridge|Cavendish College]], founded in 1873, an attempt to allow poorer students to sit the [[Tripos]] examinations, whose buildings were bought by [[Homerton College, Cambridge|Homerton]] in 1895.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Misc/Coll-Dates-Cam.html |title=Cambridge Colleges Foundation Dates |publisher=[[Queens' College, Cambridge]] |access-date=27 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220151914/http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Misc/Coll-Dates-Cam.html |archive-date=20 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/teaching/library/archive.html |title=Homerton College Archive |access-date=27 March 2008 |publisher=[[Homerton College, Cambridge]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807112143/http://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/teaching/library/archive.html |archive-date=7 August 2007 }}</ref>
*"[[Clare Hall, Cambridge (1338-1856)|Clare Hall]]" was the name of [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare College]] between 1338 and 1856. Clare College founded a new college named [[Clare Hall, Cambridge|Clare Hall]] in 1966.
*[[Gonville Hall, Cambridge|Gonville Hall]], founded in 1348, and re-founded in 1557 as [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/college/past/index.php |title=Past - Introduction - Beginnings |access-date=27 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315090932/http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/college/past/index.php |archive-date=15 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[God's House, Cambridge|God's House]], founded in 1437, and re-founded in 1505 as [[Christ's College, Cambridge|Christ's College]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/history/ | title = College History | access-date = 9 June 2009 | publisher = [[Christ's College, Cambridge]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090531042909/http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/history/ | archive-date = 31 May 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[King's Hall, Cambridge|King's Hall]], founded in 1317, and combined with Michaelhouse to form [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]] in 1546.<ref name=trin>{{Cite web | url = http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=20 | title = Historical Overview | publisher = [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] | access-date = 27 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080329063213/http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=20 | archive-date = 29 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[Michaelhouse, Cambridge|Michaelhouse]], founded in 1324, and combined with King's Hall to form [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]] in 1546.<ref name=trin/>
*[[New Hall, Cambridge|New Hall]], founded in 1954, and re-founded in 2008 as [[Murray Edwards College, Cambridge|Murray Edwards College]]
*[[Physwick Hostel, Cambridge|Physwick Hostel]] – a predecessor of [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius]] College
*[[University College, Cambridge|University College]], founded in 1965, and re-founded in 1972 as [[Wolfson College, Cambridge|Wolfson College]]
*[[University Hall, Cambridge|University Hall]], founded in 1326, refounded as Clare Hall in 1338, renamed as Clare College in 1856.

==See also==
*[[Colleges of Durham University]]
*[[Colleges of the University of Oxford]]
*[[Colleges of the University of York]]
*[[List of current heads of University of Cambridge colleges]]
*[[List of fictional Cambridge colleges]]
*[[List of Oxbridge sister colleges]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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