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Newnham College is the lively and sociable women’s college at the heart of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1871, we are the oldest college run by women, for women. At its heart, a Cambridge college is a community of learning, teaching and research.
Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. [4] The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicent Garrett Fawcett.
Newnham is one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge: a place of learning, teaching and research. Newnham College was established in 1871, as a women’s college at a time when women were not allowed to attend the University. Our co-founders included Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, the famous campaigner for women’s suffrage.
Location and student life. Newnham is next to the main arts and humanities site, with the science and engineering departments five minutes’ cycle away. Newnham is a College for women, led by women. It’s a place where you’ll see women hold the most senior roles; where you’ll have the support to live life to your full potential.
People who attended Newnham College, a college of the University of Cambridge, as students.
A virtual tour experience for the University of Cambridge.
The book describes 'the idea of Newnham', which arose from supporters of female education in the mid-nineteenth century, the parallel trajectory of the founders of Girton College, and the small beginning of what became Newnham, with five students in a house overlooking Parker's Piece in 1871.
How to Apply. Open Days. Costs and funding. Postgraduates. Newnham attracts postgraduate students of the highest academic calibre in all subjects from universities all over the world, giving the College a vibrant intellectual and international flavour.
Established in 1871 as a house in which young women could reside while attending lectures in Cambridge, Newnham College remains a women’s constituent college and one of the most scenic sites amongst the Cambridge Colleges.
Newnham is the women’s college in the heart of Cambridge. 150 years ago, a group of radicals – philosophers, campaigners, scientists, writers – came together to create a Cambridge College unlike any other.
