Colleges of The University of Cambridge - Former Colleges

Former Colleges

The above list does not include several former colleges that no longer exist. These include:

  • Buckingham College, founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hall, refounded as Magdalene in 1542.
  • Bull College, a college for US GIs, existing from 1945 to 1946.
  • "Clare Hall" was the name of Clare College between 1338 and 1856. Clare College founded a new college named Clare Hall in 1966.
  • King's Hall, founded in 1317, and combined with Michaelhouse to form Trinity College in 1546.
  • Michaelhouse, founded in 1324, and combined with King's Hall to form Trinity College in 1546.
  • Gonville Hall, founded in 1348, and re-founded in 1557 as Gonville and Caius College.
  • God's House, founded in 1437, and re-founded in 1505 as Christ's College.
  • Cavendish College, founded in 1873, a failed attempt to allow poorer students to sit the Tripos examinations, whose buildings were bought by Homerton in 1895.
  • University College, founded 1965, and re-founded in 1972 as Wolfson College
  • University Hall, founded 1326, refounded as Clare Hall in 1338, renamed as Clare College in 1856.
  • New Hall, founded 1954, and re-founded in 2008 as Murray Edwards College

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