St. Edmund's College, Cambridge
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| University | Cambridge University |
| Location | Mount Pleasant (map) |
| Motto | Per Revelationem et Rationem (Latin) |
| Motto in English | "Through revelation and reason" |
| Founder | Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk and Baron Anatole von Hügel |
| Established | 1896 |
| Named for | Edmund of Abingdon |
| Previous names | St Edmund's House |
| Age restriction | Aged 21 and older |
| Sister college | Green Templeton College, Oxford |
| Master | Matthew Bullock |
| Undergraduates | 120 |
| Postgraduates | 350 |
| Website | www |
| CR | www |
| Boat club | www |
St Edmund's College (colloquially Eddie's) is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It is the second oldest of the four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which only accept students reading for either masters or doctorate degrees, or undergraduate degrees if they are aged 21 or older (the oldest being Hughes Hall and the others being Wolfson College and Lucy Cavendish College; additionally, Darwin College and Clare Hall admit graduate students only). Over three-quarters of St Edmund's students are studying towards higher degrees, usually the PhD, MPhil or LLM degrees. The college is named after St Edmund of Abingdon (1175–1240) who was the first known Oxford Master of Arts and the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1234 to 1240.
The college is located about 15 minutes walk northwest of the centre of Cambridge, near Lucy Cavendish and the other hill colleges. Its campus is a garden setting on the edge of Roman Cambridge, with housing for over 250 students.
St Edmund's House was founded in 1896 by Henry Fitzalan Howard, the 15th Duke of Norfolk, and Baron Anatole von Hügel as an institution catering for Roman Catholic students at the University of Cambridge. After Catholic Emancipation, in particular after the repeal of Test Acts in 1873, students who were Roman Catholics were finally admitted as members of the university. In its early days the college functioned predominantly as a lodging house, or residential hall of residence, for students who were matriculated at other colleges. Most of the students, at that time, were ordained Catholic priests who were reading various subjects offered by the university. The college was established in the buildings of Ayerst Hostel, which had been set up for non-collegiate students by the Reverend William Ayerst in 1884. In 1896 Ayerst Hostel had to close due to lack of funds.
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