St Chad's College
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| University | University of Durham |
| Coordinates | 54°46′23″N 1°34′29″W / 54.772925°N 1.574695°WCoordinates: 54°46′23″N 1°34′29″W / 54.772925°N 1.574695°W |
| Motto | Non vestra sed vos |
| Motto in English | Not what you own, but who you are |
| Established | 1904 |
| Named for | Chad of Mercia |
| Principal | Margaret Masson |
| Undergraduates | 388 |
| Postgraduates | 180 |
| Senior tutor | Eleanor Spencer-Regan |
| Website | www |
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 Location in Durham, England
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St Chad's College is a recognised (independent) college of Durham University in England, founded in 1904 as an Anglican hall for the training of Church of England clergy. The main part of the college is located on the Bailey, occupying nine historic buildings at the east end of Durham Cathedral. It neighbours Hatfield College to its north, while St John's College and St Cuthbert's Society are to its south. The college is named after St Chad of Mercia, a 7th-century bishop.
It is one of the smallest of Durham's colleges in terms of student numbers (in 2013-4, the college had 388 undergraduates and 180 active postgraduates), it nonetheless has the largest staff, extensive college library facilities, and among the highest undergraduate academic results in Durham.
St Chad's was founded as an Anglican hall in 1904, principally to provide a university education for those considering ordination in the Church of England. For the first 70 years of its existence, a high proportion of students completed their undergraduate degree (in any discipline) at St Chad's and then remained for postgraduate training for ordination. The college remains a Church of England foundation but it ceased formal ordination training in 1971. Its current students study for degrees across all departments of the university.
The college has its roots in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England and this tradition is still evident in services in the college chapel. Archbishop Michael Ramsey described the college thus, "I have always loved Saint Chad's College and it has been a joy to see the college go from strength to strength.... My spiritual home in Durham since 1939, Saint Chad's College represents to me the wholeness of faith and practice so needed in the universities and in the nation."
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