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Magdalene College (/ ˈ m ɔː d l ɪ n / MAWD-lin) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene.
The History of Magdalene College. There has been a continuous tradition of academic study on the Magdalene College site for nearly 600 years. One of the most common questions we are asked is about the pronunciation of the College's name.
The Dias Law Lecture and Lunch 2024. Mickey Dias was a much loved Law Fellow from 1955 until his death in 2009. Magdalene has instituted an annual lecture in his memory and we are delighted to announce that the first Dias Lecture will be given by Mickey’s daughter, Dame Julia Dias DBE (the Hon. Mrs Justice Dias), on 15 June 2024.
May 22, 2024 · The colleges and halls: Magdalene. A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3, the City and University of Cambridge. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1959. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
There has been a continuous tradition of academic study on the Magdalene College site for nearly 600 years. In 1428, Abbot Lytlington of Crowland Abbey near Peterborough was licensed by Letters Patent of King Henry VI to acquire the site to establish a hostel in Cambridge for Benedictine student-monks.
Find out about what it's like to live, study and socialise at Magdalene College. Magdalene admits roughly 105 undergraduates each year for all courses offered by the University of Cambridge, and about 80 postgraduate students.
May 22, 2024 · Magdalene College in the 15th-century foundation was the only house of regular studies in Cambridge provided at first exclusively for Benedictine monks; the buildings of this period survive although to some extent obscured by later refacing and refitting.
