Company Profile
Wolfson College Cambridge
Company Overview
Wolfson College is one of the 31 Colleges in the University of Cambridge. Founded by the University as University College in 1965, the College became Wolfson College in 1973 following a benefaction from the Wolfson Foundation. The College was the first in Cambridge to have both male and female students and male and female Fellows. The current President, Professor Sir Richard Evans, will retire on 30 September 2017 to be succeeded by Professor Jane Clarke from 1 October.
The College is one of the largest in terms of student numbers, with over 800 students, made up of 167 mature undergraduates (aged 21 or above), 454 full-time postgraduates studying for a one-year Master’s degree or the PhD, and 217 part-time postgraduates studying for a Master’s degree over two years or the PhD. All academic disciplines are reflected in the student body and in the Fellowship, with particular strengths in Law, English, Computer Science and the Life Sciences. The College provides academic and pastoral support tailored to the distinctive needs of postgraduate and mature undergraduate students, not all of whom have followed standard paths to University education.
The College occupies a single nine-acre site in the Newnham area of Cambridge, situated between the growth areas of the University in West Cambridge, North-West Cambridge and the Biomedical Campus around Addenbrooke’s Hospital, while a short walk from the University Library and the Sidgwick site, home to most of the Humanities faculties. This puts Wolfson College at the heart of one of the world’s leading universities.
Company History
1965: founded by the University of Cambridge as University College
1973: re-named Wolfson College following a benefaction from the Wolfson Foundation
2015: celebrated its 50th anniversary
Benefits
Senior positions such as Development Director include membership of the USS defined benefit pension scheme.