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Newnham College is the lively and sociable women’s College at the heart of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1871, we are the oldest College run by women, for women. At its heart, a Cambridge College is a community of learning, teaching and research.
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Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicent Garrett Fawcett. It was the second women's college to be founded at Cambridge, following Girton College.
Explore the College on our Virtual Tour. Come to an Open Day. 150 years ago, a group of radicals – philosophers, campaigners, scientists, writers – came together to create a Cambridge College for women unlike any other. Newnham proudly remains radical, friendly, supportive and challenging, and equality is at our heart.
Newnham began as a house for five students in Regent Street in Cambridge in 1871. Lectures for Ladies had been started in Cambridge in 1870.
Newnham College was founded in 1871 by a group of radicals. Their radical beliefs? They argued that women were every bit as intelligent as men, and that women, too, deserved a first class education. With determination and courage, they created the College we see today.