Fitzwilliam College
| Fitzwilliam College | |
|---|---|
 |
|
 |
|
| University | Cambridge University |
| Location | Storey's Way (map) |
| Motto | Ex antiquis et novissimis optima (Latin) |
| Motto in English | The best of old and new |
| Established | 1966 (1869 as a non-collegiate body) |
| Named for |
Fitzwilliam Street (original location), which was named after the Fitzwilliam Museum, which was named after the 7th Viscount FitzWilliam |
| Previous names | Fitzwilliam Hall (non-collegiate) (1869–1924), Fitzwilliam House (non-collegiate) (1924–1966) |
| Sister college | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| Master | Nicola Padfield |
| Undergraduates | 475 |
| Postgraduates | 275 |
| Website | www |
| JCR | www |
| MCR | mcr |
Fitzwilliam College (often abbreviated "Fitz") is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge, England. The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study at the university.
The institution was originally based at Fitzwilliam Hall (later renamed Fitzwilliam House), opposite the Fitzwilliam Museum in central Cambridge. Having moved to its present site in the north of the city, Fitzwilliam attained collegiate status in 1966. Female undergraduates were first admitted in 1978, around the time most colleges were first admitting women.
Six members of Fitzwilliam College have received a Nobel Prize. Notable alumni include the Nobel Prize-winning physiologist Albert Szent-Györgyi, the Indian revolutionary leader Subhas Chandra Bose, economists Joseph Stiglitz and Angus Deaton, and politician Lee Kuan Yew.
Fitzwilliam is now home to around 450 undergraduates, 300 graduate students and 90 fellows.
In 1869, Cambridge University altered its statutes to allow men who were not members of a college to become members of the University under the supervision of a censor, whose office was in Trumpington Street, opposite the Fitzwilliam Museum. This provided students who could not afford to belong to a college with a base from which to study at the University, allowing them to be admitted to degrees, sit examinations and compete for scholarships. The name "Fitzwilliam" was chosen by the students at a meeting of the Non-Collegiate Amalgamation Club in the Spring of 1887 and, as a result, the University decreed that the house in Trumpington Street could be known as Fitzwilliam Hall. This became the headquarters of the Non-Collegiate Students Board and provided student facilities and limited accommodation. It was renamed Fitzwilliam House in 1922.
...
Wikipedia