St Edmund's College, Cambridge
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| St Edmund's College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Saint Edmund's College | |||||||||||||||||
| Motto | per revelationem et rationem 'through revelation and reason' |
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| Named after | St Edmund of Abingdon | |||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | St. Edmund's House | |||||||||||||||||
| Established | 1896 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sister College(s) | Green College | |||||||||||||||||
| Master | J Paul Luzio | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mt Pleasant | |||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 131 | |||||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 368 | |||||||||||||||||
| Homepage | Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||
Saint Edmund's College is a college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1896 as a residential hall of residence by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk and Baron Anatole von Hügel. It gained full collegiate status in 1996.
St Edmund's College is one of four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, only accepting those reading for undergraduate, Masters or Doctorate degrees if they are 21 or older. (Two other colleges cater to graduate students only.) Over three-quarters of the students are studying towards a higher degrees, usually the PhD, MPhil or LLM degrees. It is located in the North-West of the city, about 15 minutes' walk from the centre of Cambridge.
St Edmund's is one of the most international colleges with students from more than 50 countries. The full spectrum of academic subjects is represented in the College. The Fellowship of the College (academic staff) represents many academic disciplines, spread across arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and especially veterinary medicine.
According to its promotional materials, the college is known for its friendly atmosphere[citation needed], which reflects its history and traditions. Whilst Fellows at most colleges in the University dine on 'High Table' (separately from the students), St Edmunds has no such division, and undergraduates, postgraduates and Fellows alike mix over dinner and other social activities. In fact, Fellows and Masters are even known to put on a pantomime for students every year in the college Combination Room (CR).
In keeping with almost all Colleges in Cambridge, St Edmund's has a chapel for Christian worship. In Cambridge St Edmund's is unique in following the Roman Catholic tradition rather than the Anglican tradition.
The college is sometimes informally called 'Eddies' or 'Ed's'.
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