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Full name | The Women's College | |||||||||
Motto | Capimus ut dividamus We take so that we may share |
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Named after | See 'Admission' | |||||||||
Established | 1914 | |||||||||
Principal | Ms Iyla Davies | |||||||||
President | Ms Zoe Cotton (2011) | |||||||||
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Residents | 189 | |||||||||
Admission | Female only | |||||||||
Homepage | Alumni Homepage |
The Women's College, University of Queensland is an independent College for women students.
The Women’s College within the University of Queensland was founded in 1913 and admitted 19 women residents on March 16, 1914 under founding Principal Anna Frederica Bage MSc DPhil (Honoris Causa). The first University of Queensland college to admit women, it was another 35 years before the establishment of another such college. Of the ten colleges now on campus, three are for women only, two for men only, and the others are mixed. There are currently 189 undergraduates and postgraduate women residents within the College.
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