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Emmanuel College: first court with the chapel

Emmanuel College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, England. It was built in 1584 and has around 650 students. Emmanuel has the tradition of doing very well in the exams.

Some very famous people have studied at this College, like Graham Chapman.

In 2006 the Dean of Emmanuel College said that same sex couples can have civil partnerships at Emmanuel's Chapel. This made it the first in the Church of England to allow this.


Colleges of the University of Cambridge
Christ's • Churchill • Clare • Clare Hall • Corpus Christi • Darwin • Downing • Emmanuel • Fitzwilliam • Girton • Gonville and Caius • Homerton • Huges Hall • Jesus • King's • Lucy Cavendish • Magdalene • Murray Edwards • Newnham • Pembroke • Peterhouse • Queens' • Robinson • St Catharine's • St Edmund's • St John's • Selwyn • Sidney Sussex • Trinity • Trinity Hall • Wolfson Arms of the University

Images for kids

  • Emmanuel College Chapel, Cambridge by Loggan 1690 - sanders 6176

    View of Emmanuel College Chapel, 1690

  • New Court, Emmanuel College - geograph.org.uk - 634071

    New Court which was built in 1824–25

  • Emmanuel College sports grounds - geograph.org.uk - 803309

    College sports grounds

  • Emmanuel College Chapel 1, Cambridge, UK - Diliff

    The chapel looking towards the altar

  • Emmanuel College Front, corridor, panoramica, Cambridge, UK, 2015

    Front Court cloisters

  • Emmanuel College Cambridge front

    Front façade from Downing Street

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