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The entrance to St Edmund's College

St Edmund's College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, England. It only has students who are at least 21 years old. They can be both undergraduates or postgraduates. It was created in 1896 and is named after St Edmund of Abingdon who was an Archbishop of Canterbury.

The college is found northwest of the city of Cambridge. It has about 450 students. At the beginning, it mainly had Roman Catholic students because it was built a short time after they were allowed back again in the University. Now it has a very international feeling. It was only in 1998 that St Edmund's was given full college status. Before, it was only considered a "House of Residence" by the University.

Some important people have studied here, like Georges Lemaître, an astronomer. Sir Martin Evans and Amartya Sen, who both won Nobel Prizes, were Fellows (teachers) here. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is a Honorary Fellow.

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


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  • College Chapel and Norfolk Building in the Foreground with Okinaga Tower in the Background

    College Chapel and Norfolk Building in the Foreground with Okinaga Tower in the Background

  • White Cottage iwith Mount Pleasant Halls in the background

    White Cottage with Mount Pleasant Halls in the background

  • St Edmund's College Dining Hall

    St Edmund's College Dining Hall

  • Mount Pleasant Halls Front Facade

    Mount Pleasant Halls front facade

  • New Court

    New Court

  • Main Gate

    Main gate

  • Sporting grounds and Brian Heap Building

    Sporting grounds and Brian Heap Building

  • Richard Laws Building

    Richard Laws Building

  • Geoffrey Cook Building

    Geoffrey Cook Building

  • College Orchards

    College orchards

  • Maisonettes

    Maisonettes for families

  • Norfolk Extension

    Norfolk Extension

  • Bene't House

    Bene't House

  • College Chapel

    College Chapel

  • Travel & Tourism declaration on illegal trade in wildlife (26694043987) (cropped)

    Catherine Arnold OBE, Master of St Edmund's College and former British Ambassador to Mongolia

  • JOSE LUIS MARTIN C. GASCON

    Chito Gascon, Chair of the Human Rights Commission of the Philippines

  • Georges Lemaître 1930s

    Georges Lemaître, Belgian astronomer and cosmologist who formulated the modern Big Bang theory

  • The Prince of Wales at St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh with archbishops (47950084462) (Eamon Martin cropped)

    Eamon Martin KC*HS, Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland

  • Martin Evans Nobel Prize

    Martin Evans, British biologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

  • Joaquin Almunia Mercosul

    Joaquín Almunia, former European Commissioner for Economy and European Commissioner for Competition

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