St Edmund's College, Cambridge

Cambridge College Infobox
name = St Edmund's College
infobox_colour = #000099
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link_colour = #66CCFF


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full_name =
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latin_motto = Per Revelationem et Rationem
english_motto = Through revelation and reason
founder = Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk and Baron Anatole von Hügel
founder_pl =
named_for = Saint Edmund of Abingdon
established = 1896
old_names = St. Edmund's House
location = [http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v3/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=1395;yy=301;mt=c;ms=75;tl=St%20Edmund%27s%20College Mt Pleasant]
women_only =
mature_students = yes
head_label = Master
head = Prof. J Paul Luzio
undergraduates = 100
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graduates = 230
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sister_college = Green College, Oxford
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homepage = http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk
boat_club = http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/cr/boatclub/doku.php/

Saint Edmund's College is a college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1896 as a residential hall of residence by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk and Baron Anatole von Hügel. St Edmund's College received its Royal Charter in 1996.

St Edmund's College is one of four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, only accepting those reading for undergraduate, Masters or Doctorate degrees if they are 21 or older. (Two other colleges cater to graduate students only.) Over three-quarters of the students are studying towards higher degrees, usually the PhD, MPhil or LLM degrees. It is located about 15 minutes' walk northwest of the centre of Cambridge.

St Edmund's has students from more than 60 countries. The full spectrum of academic subjects is represented in the College. The Fellowship of the College (academic staff) represents many academic disciplines, spread across arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and especially veterinary medicine.

The college is known for its friendly atmosphere, which reflects its history and traditions. Whilst Fellows at most colleges in the University dine on 'High Table' (separately from the students), St Edmunds has no such division, and undergraduates, postgraduates and Fellows alike mix over dinner and other social activities. In fact, Fellows and Masters are even known to put on a pantomime for students every year in the college Combination Room (CR).

The College has an excellent sporting tradition. In recent years many members have competed in varsity teams representing Cambridge University in a wide variety of sports, most notably, at the Boat Race.

In keeping with almost all Colleges in Cambridge, St Edmund's has a chapel for Christian worship. In Cambridge St Edmund's is unique in following the Catholic tradition rather than the Anglican tradition.

The cosmologist Georges Lemaître, the Big Bang theorist, was a former graduate student 1923-24 at the college, supervised by Sir Arthur Eddington.

Sir Martin Evans, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, was fellow of the college (now an honorary fellow).

Professor Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, is also an honorary fellow of St Edmund's College.

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Chancellor of Cambridge University (1977-), is an honorary fellow of St Edmund's College, he officially opened three new college buildings on Monday 8th October 2007.

St Edmund's College is sometimes informally called 'Eddies' or 'Ed’s'.