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Our undergraduate students come from a wide range of backgrounds, countries and cultures. We aim to attract the brightest minds, and are committed to raising aspiration and improving social mobility through a programme of access bursaries, worth up to £850 per year.
Reply 1. 5 years ago. ANatsci. Let’s get this thread started so we can meet some fellow prospective jesuans! I just applied for natural sciences (bio) and I chose Jesus because I wanted green spaces, a relaxed vibe, on or near site accommodation and a good choir.
Oct 10, 2020 · Is anyone applying to Jesus College Cambridge for 2021 or 2022 entry? If so, why did you choose it?
- Origins of The College
- Growth and Change
- Jesus College Today
- Influential People Connected to Jesus College
- Further Reading
Today Jesus College is one of the larger colleges in Cambridge, but until the late 19th century it was one of the smallest and poorest. Its origins lie 400 years earlier, when John Alcock, Bishop of Ely, decided to convert a derelict nunnery on the eastern edge of Cambridge into a community for graduate priests studying in the University. It was 20...
For the 300 years from 1560 to 1860 Jesus College was primarily a training college for Church of England clergy. It was strengthened in 1671 by a major gift from Tobias Rustat. Until the end of the 17th century there were other students, but they rarely stayed long enough to get a degree, a qualification which was essential only for clergymen, scho...
Since the Second World War the College has continued to grow, gaining a reputation for academic achievement to match its sporting success. Jesus College is now a community of more than 1,000 members, including around 500 undergraduates, around 400 graduates and research associates, and over 100 Fellows, supported by more than 100 staff. Nearly all ...
The history of Jesus College and its intellectual life includes many famous writers, scholars, scientists, and public figures. 1. St Radegund 2. Bishops John Alcock and Nicholas West 3. Thomas Cranmer 4. Tobias Rustat 5. John Worthington 6. Laurence Sterne 7. Thomas Robert Malthus 8. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 9. Sir John Sutton 10. Henry Arthur Morga...
Glazebrook, Peter (2007) ed, Jesus: The Life of a Cambridge College, Cambridge: Granta Editions.Gray, Arthur and Brittain, Frederick (1960) A History of Jesus College, Cambridge, London: Heinemann, with various reprints to 1988.Oct 3, 2024 · I chose Jesus College because of the great mixture of undergraduates and postgraduates, and when I first visited I thought it was the most beautiful place I had ever seen! The sense of community in Jesus has had an enormous impact on my experience here.
Jesus College is a diverse, hard working community. Our students are encouraged to pursue their ambitions in all areas, leading to a good mix of academic excellence with music, sports, and the arts. Please come and see for yourself what makes Jesus College so special, either by attending an open day or by making an informal visit.
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Jesus is proud to be one of the first five Colleges in Oxford to become co-ed. The first women of Jesus return to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the college becoming co-educational. This flagstone was laid to celebrate the first women to study at Jesus College, in 1974.
