"Newnham is the most fantastic place - an easy-going but resolute embodiment of a 'girl-power' as relevant now as it was in 1871 - encouraging members to do whatever the hell they want to do in life, and to be proud of it." Lucy Stoy

About Newnham

Who we are, where we are, what we do...

Newnham is one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge (see map). We have 400 undergraduates, 150 postgraduates, and about 70 academic staff. The spacious gardens adjoin our sports fields, and the University's Sidgwick site is directly across the road.

The College was established in 1871 as a house in which young women could reside while attending lectures in Cambridge. Newnham is still a women's college, and the only undergraduate college with an all-women Fellowship.

Our charitable purposes are "Education, Learning and Research". In At Newnham you will find information on the ways in which we continue to support those purposes, for undergraduates, graduate students and academic staff.

This part of our website gives more details of where we are, who we are and how we used to be.  You can find our Statutes and College policies here, too.

Latest news

Friday 3rd May 2013
Podcast of Gillian Vaisey Memorial Lecture now available
Saturday 27th April 2013
Gillian Vaisey Memorial Lecture Fri 26 April with Prof. David Spiegelhalter
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Events at Newnham

Gibbs Fellowship Talks
Gibbs Fellowship Talks, Friday 24th May 2013
Secret Gardens Ball
Newnham's first alumnae ball, Friday 21st June 2013
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How to Contact Us

Newnham College,
Sidgwick Avenue,
Cambridge CB3 9DF
tel. 01223 335700
fax 01223 357898
enquiries@newnham.cam.ac.uk
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