Churchill College, Cambridge

Churchill College
Churchill College
University of Cambridge
	Entrance to Churchill College in June 2019
	Arms of Churchill College
Location	Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS (map)
Coordinates	52°12′47″N 0°06′04″E / 52.213°N 0.101°E
Abbreviation	CHU
Motto in English	Forward
Established	1958
Named after	Winston Churchill
Sister college	Trinity College, Oxford
Master	Dame Athene Donald
Undergraduates	504 (2022-23)
Postgraduates	348 (2022-23)
Endowment	£108.8m
Visitor	vacant
Website	www.chu.cam.ac.uk
JCR	jcr.chu.cam.ac.uk
MCR	mcr.chu.cam.ac.uk
Boat club	www.churchillboatclub.org.uk
Map
	Location in Cambridge

Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge^[3] in Cambridge, England. It has a primary focus on science, engineering and technology, but retains a strong interest in the arts and humanities.

In 1958, a trust was established with Sir Winston Churchill as its chairman of trustees, to build and endow a college for 60 fellows and 540 students as a national and Commonwealth memorial to Winston Churchill; its Royal Charter and Statutes were approved by the Queen Elizabeth II, in August 1960.^[4] It is situated on the outskirts of Cambridge, away from the traditional centre of the city, but close to the University's main new development zone (which now houses the Centre for Mathematical Sciences). It has 16 hectares (40 acres) of grounds, the largest area of the Cambridge colleges.

Churchill was the first formerly all-male college to decide to admit women, and was among three men's colleges to admit its first women students in 1972.^[5] Within 15 years all others had followed suit. The college has a reputation for relative informality compared with other Cambridge colleges, and traditionally admits a larger proportion of its undergraduates from state schools.

The college motto is "Forward", which was taken from the final phrase of Winston Churchill's first speech to the House of Commons as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, known as the "blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech in which Churchill said, "Come, then, let us go forward together".^[6]

^ University of Cambridge (6 March 2019). "Notice by the Editor". Cambridge University Reporter. 149 (Special No 5): 1. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference chu-cam-statutes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Walker, Timea (4 August 2022). "Churchill College". www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ "Churchill College, Cambridge - Publication Scheme" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^ "Dick Tizard". The Independent. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ "Churchill College Hospitality - About Churchill College". Retrieved 5 February 2010.

[1] University of Cambridge (6 March 2019). "Notice by the Editor". Cambridge University Reporter. 149 (Special No 5): 1. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[chu-cam-statutes-2] Cite error: The named reference chu-cam-statutes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Walker, Timea (4 August 2022). "Churchill College". www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

[4] "Churchill College, Cambridge - Publication Scheme" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

[:0-5] "Dick Tizard". The Independent. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[6] "Churchill College Hospitality - About Churchill College". Retrieved 5 February 2010.

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