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Selwyn, in common with most other Oxford and Cambridge colleges, originally admitted only men, but was one of the first colleges to become mixed when women were admitted from 1976. In that year, women lived only on E and H Staircases, but in subsequent years could live anywhere in College.
The college was one of the first in Cambridge to go mixed, admitting women in 1976. Today the college is home to around 370 undergraduates; over 250 postgraduate students, drawn from universities all over the world; the Master and around 60 Fellows.
Without this devotion Selwyn could not have become a full College as early as it did. The Statutes of 1913 created a constitution which could only be temporary. The Master and Council of outsiders controlled the policy, the Master and Fellows administered affairs.
Selwyn, in common with most other Oxford and Cambridge colleges, originally admitted only men, but was one of the first colleges to become mixed when women were admitted from 1976. In that year, women lived only on E and H Staircases, but in subsequent years could live anywhere in College.
Darwin, founded in 1964, was the first mixed college, while in 1972 Churchill, Clare and King's colleges were the first previously all-male colleges to admit women, whilst King's formerly only accepted students from Eton College.
Sep 29, 2024 · Selwyn retained the status of a public hostel until the University statutes of 1 October 1926 came into force. These statutes provided for the existence in the University of a class of corporate institutions known as 'Approved Foundations', and expressly placed Selwyn College in this class.
Selwyn College was founded by public subscription in 1882 to commemorate George Augustus Selwyn (1809-78), Bishop of New Zealand. It became a full college of the university in 1958 and admitted women in 1976.
