Cambridge Colleges.

There are currently 31 colleges at Cambridge - 16 of these were founded between 1284 & 1596, whilst 15 were founded between 1800 & 1977. Below is a list of these colleges, as well as colleges which were either reformed, refounded, or renamed.

1. PeterHouse — 1284

2. King’s Hall — 1317 (refounded by Edward III in 1327, reformed as part of Trinity College)

3. University Hall — 1321 (refounded as Clare Hall in 1338)

4. Michaelhouse — 1324 (reformed as part of Trinity College)

5. Clare Hall — 1338 (renamed as Clare College in 1856)

6. Pembroke Hall — 1347 (renamed as Pembroke College in 1856)

7. Gonville Hall — 1351 (refounded as Gonville & Cauis in 1557)

8. Trinity Hall — 1350

9. Corpus Christi — 1352

10. Buckingham College — 1428 (reformed as part of Magdelene College)

11. God’s House — 1428 (refounded as Christ’s College in 1505)

12. King’s College — 1441

13. St Bernard’s College — 1446 (reformed as part of Queens’ College)

14. Queens’ College — 1448

15. St Catherine’s College — 1473

16. Jesus College — 1496

17. Christ’s College — 1505

18. St John’s College — 1511

19. Magdelene College — 1542

20. Trinity College — 1546

21. Gonville & Cauis —1557

22. Emmanuel College — 1584

23. Sidney Sussex — 1596

24. Downing College — 1800

25. Girton College — 1873

26. Newnham College — 1875

27. Cavendish College — 1873 (reformed as part of Homerton)

28. Selwyn College — 1882

29. Cambridge Training College for Women — 1885 (renamed as Hughs Hall in 1949)

30. Fitzwilliam College — 1892

31. Homerton College — 1894 (established in 1768 as a training institute)

32. St Edmond’s College — 1896

33. New Hall — 1954 (renamed as Murray Edwards College in 2008)

34. Churchill College — 1964

35. Darwin College — 1964

36. Wolfson College — 1965

37. Lucy Cavendish — 1965

38. Fitzwilliam College — 1966 (established as Fitzwilliam Hall a non-collegiate college in 1869)

39. Robinson College — 1977

*Bold Colleges are one of the 31 colleges that exist today (2020)