Selwyn College, Cambridge
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The exterior of Selwyn College's Chapel
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Selwyn College heraldic shield
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| University | University of Cambridge |
| Location | Grange Road (map) |
| Coordinates | 52°12′03″N 0°06′20″E / 52.20083°N 0.10556°ECoordinates: 52°12′03″N 0°06′20″E / 52.20083°N 0.10556°E |
| Motto | ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ (Latin) |
| Motto in English | Quit ye like men! |
| Established | 13 September 1882 |
| Named for | George Augustus Selwyn |
| Sister college | Keble College, Oxford |
| Master | Roger Mosey |
| Undergraduates | 403 |
| Postgraduates | 180 |
| Website | www |
| JCR | www-jcr |
| MCR | www-mcr |
| Boat club | www |
Selwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England. The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Selwyn (1809–1878), who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the first Bishop of New Zealand (1841–1868), and subsequently the Bishop of Lichfield (1868–1878). It consists of three main courts built of brick and stone (Old Court, Cripps Court, and Ann's Court) with some ancillary buildings, including houses serving as student hostels on Grange Road, West Road and Sidgwick Avenue, all on a single site. The college currently has 56 Fellows and around 110 non-academic staff.
In 2006 it had an estimated financial endowment of £22 million, and in 2004 fixed assets were worth £70 million. The college was ranked 16th out of 30 in an assessment of college wealth conducted by the student newspaper Varsity in November 2006.
In 2008, Selwyn was ranked first out of the 29 colleges which admit undergraduate students on the Tompkins Table (3rd in 2009, 4th in 2007, 6th in 2010, 7th in 2006). In 2016 it had fallen to 15th.
Selwyn's sister college at Oxford is Keble College.
Following the death of George Augustus Selwyn in April 1878, a former Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, who had played an important role in the establishment of New Zealand as its first Bishop, the Selwyn Memorial Committee was founded in Spring 1878. It proposed that a new Cambridge college should be established as a memorial to his legacy. The college's first Master, Arthur Lyttelton, was elected on 10 March 1879, the Archbishop of Canterbury (then Archibald Tait) was invited to become Visitor on 28 June 1878, and building of Old Court, as it is now known, began in 1880. The foundation stone of the College was laid by Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis in a ceremony on 1 June 1881, following a lunch in King's College, Cambridge. A Charter of Incorporation was granted by Queen Victoria on 13 September 1882, and the west range of Old Court was ready for use by the college's official opening (with the Master's installation) on 10 October 1882, in time for Michaelmas term. Selwyn's first 28 undergraduates, joined the original Master and twelve other Fellows at the then Public Hostel of the university in 1882.
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