University of Cambridge

Undergraduate

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Girton College

About the College

Set in over 20 hectares of beautiful parkland and gardens just outside the city centre, Girton College’s setting matches its open and informal atmosphere.

Founded on values of equality and diversity, Girton offers every student superb facilities in which to live and learn. As one of the larger Cambridge Colleges, we offer University places for almost every course. Whatever your subject, you’ll receive top-class tuition, excellent support, and an opportunity to exceed your expectations.

Girton is a home-from-home where you can experience all that’s best about being at Cambridge. The College has some of the best on-site sporting and leisure facilities in the University. These include football, rugby and cricket pitches; tennis, squash and basketball courts; a gym and 'uniquely' an indoor heated swimming pool. There’s a wide variety of student-run clubs and societies, including an amateur dramatics society and some of the best facilities for music in the University.

Girton offers accommodation for all its students for three years. As well as spacious living accommodation, we have a state-of-the-art library, well-equipped computer rooms, and internet connections across all accommodation. We maintain roughly equal numbers of men and women amongst our Fellowship and the student body. The relationship between Fellows, students and staff is friendly, lively and supportive.

In addition to the main College site, Girton also boasts Wolfson Court – a second building about 10 minutes’ walk from the University departments in the city centre and at the West Cambridge Site. Both sites have self-service cafeterias which provide lunches and evening meals and are open to all Girton students.

Fact file

UCAS campus code

G

Courses available

All courses except Education and History of Art

Student numbers

532 undergraduates
223 postgraduates

Open days 2012

See the College website for information and booking

See also Cambridge Open Days

College staff

Master

Professor S Smith

Admissions Tutors

Dr Veronica Bennett (Arts)
Dr Sandra Fulton (Sciences)

Senior Tutor

Mr Andrew Jefferies
Directors of Studies
  • Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Dr C Brett
  • Architecture Ms E King
  • Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Dr J Aitken
  • Chemical Engineering Mr S A Scott
  • Classics Dr H van Noorden
  • Computer Science Mr C K Hadley
  • Economics Dr C Lawson
  • Engineering Dr H Shercliff
  • English Dr S Garrigan Mattar
  • Geography Dr H Allen
  • History Dr B Griffin
  • Human, Social, and Political Sciences Dr J Lawson
  • Land Economy Dr J S L McCombie†
  • Law Dr A Albors-Llorens
  • Linguistics TBC
  • Management Studies Dr J Runde
  • Manufacturing Engineering Dr C Durkan
  • Mathematics Dr R M Williams
  • Medicine Mr A R Jefferies
  • Modern and Medieval Languages Dr S Davis
  • Music Dr M W Ennis
  • Natural Sciences Dr S Fulton (Biological), Dr J Riley (Physical)
  • Philosophy Dr A Ahmed
  • Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Dr E Weisblatt
  • Theology and Religious Studies Dr J Aitken
  • Veterinary Medicine Mr A R Jefferies

† external Director of Studies