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  1. Welcome to Selwyn College, Cambridge. Selwyn combines academic excellence with a strong, diverse community. Freshers 2024. Apply to Selwyn. Selwyn success. Bridging course.

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  2. Selwyn College. Selwyn is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is home to students of all backgrounds from the UK and across the world. We are proud of our diversity, and we welcome everyone whatever their race, gender, sexuality, disability or religious belief. The college takes its name from George Augustus Selwyn, who was ...

  3. Selwyn College, Cambridge (formally Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Augustus Selwyn (1809–1878), the first Bishop of New Zealand (1841–1868), and subsequently Bishop of Lichfield (1868–1878).

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    Established in 1882, Selwyn College, Cambridge is named after George Augustus Selwyn who was the first Bishop of New Zealand (1841-1868). Selwyn later became Bishop of Litchfield and Selwyn College was founded in his memory. When it first opened in 1882 it only had 28 students and a teaching staff of three: A master, a tutor and one non-resident le...

    Selwyn College guarantees accommodation for the duration of the 3 or 4 year course that students undertake. All accommodation is on a single site which means the distance from any student rooms to the dining hall is 250m. This gives the college the advantage of cohesion and community that isn’t possible in many other Colleges. There are three accom...

    Other facilities at Selwyn College include a gym, library, Cafe-bar, laundry facilities, internet, music room and sports ground. All students belong to the Selwyn student union, the JCR. The JCR stands for Junior Combination Room which refers to both the rooms and the union. The JCR has a meeting room, games room, a TV room and a small shop.

    Selwyn is the only Oxbridge College that holds a Winter Ball, known as the Selwyn Snowball. It traditionally takes place on the last Friday of the Michaelmas term. Over time it has become a large event with several stages and previous headliners have included Mumford & Sons and Tinchy Stryder. The May Ball is a tradition that began on 14 June 1948....

    The boat club was founded in 1882. In its early history, the Selwyn Boat club trained several rowers who went on to become Olympic Rowers and University Blues in the annual Cambridge/Oxford boat race. Former Boat Club rowers include Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander and Richard Budgett. Interestingly, the College’s namesake George Augustus Selwyn rowed fo...

    Selwyn College’s impressive alumni come from all walks of life and include several famous faces. 1. Actors Hugh Laurie and Tom Hollander 2. Computer pioneer Sophie Wilson 3. Swiftkey entrepreneur Jon Reynolds 4. Bloomsbury Publishing founder Nigel Newton 5. The Archbishop of York John Sentamu 6. Writer Robert Harris 7. Professor Claire Warwick 8. P...

  4. Meet some of the college’s students and academics, and see Selwyn’s beautiful site, in this video for the 2021 Open Days.Visit our website: https://www.sel.c...

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  5. The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 was published in September, and it confirms that Selwyn had an excellent year academically. Bridging course Mon, 09/09/2024 - 10:44

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  7. Sep 2, 2024 · Please complete and return the forms listed below by 9pm on Monday 2nd September 2024. Arrival date form - to be completed ONLY if you do not intend to arrive on Saturday 5th October. Please note you must be in College by 2pm at the latest on the 5th October. Health and wellbeing disclosure form - please complete the online survey.

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