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- In 1966, Fitzwilliam House was granted a royal charter and became Fitzwilliam College.
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Fitzwilliam began in 1869 as a non-collegiate institution, providing Cambridge education to undergraduates who were unable to afford membership of a college. It received in turn the names of Fitzwilliam Hall and Fitzwilliam House, and its members continually strove to enhance its standing.
Fitzwilliam has, over the years, also become known for its beautiful gardens, which largely predate the college. [11] In 2008, an archaeological dig discovered on the college site the earliest clear evidence of settlement in Cambridge, the remains of a 3,500-year-old farmstead.
Since 1966, we have been one of the 31 colleges which make up the University of Cambridge, but we were founded as Fitzwilliam Hall in 1869 with the distinct purpose of supporting students from less privileged or less represented backgrounds to find their place in Cambridge.
Founded in 1869 as a non-collegiate institution, Fitzwilliam College was originally created to provide students of modest means with access to a Cambridge education without the need for a college affiliation.
Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all backgrounds a chance to study at the university.
unable to afford membership of a college, what was to become Fitzwilliam College was located initially in Trumpington Street. Before the end of the Second World War the University began to consider increasing the number of students, and in 1948 it was resolved that Fitzwilliam House should develop with residential provision, thereby requiring
Fitzwilliam House was founded in 1869, in a building opposite the Fitzwilliam museum, and was founded for those wishing to study in Cambridge but without sufficient funds for college membership. In 1966, Fitzwilliam became a college, and moved to its present location.
