Selwyn College
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Year founded[❔] 1882
Mature (21+)[❔] ❌
Women only ❌
Postgraduate only ❌
Accepts part-time students ✔️
Oxford sister college[❔] Keble College
Gold/Platinum Green Impact Award 2018[❔] ❌
College website click here
User reviews
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11Beautiful college!
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8No tourists
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5Right next to Sidgwick site
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3Friendliest people
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3Accommodation provided for up to 4 undergraduate years
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2Accommodation within 5 mins for all undergraduates
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2Beautiful gardens
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1Great graduate dinners atmosphere, lots of fun and community
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1Beautiful Buildings and Gardens!
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3Hall food is average
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3Not near shops/atm's
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2Not very many cheap rooms, and restrictions on choosing cheap rooms in first and fourth year
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1Not that good academically
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4Cheaper accommodation
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2More off-site accommodation
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1I will change it to trinity,lol
UG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 4
UG - usual # years room provided[❔] 4
PG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 0
PG - usual # years room provided[❔] 4
Couples rooms ✔️
Family rooms ✔️
Ballot system[❔] ✔️
% full-time PG in college room (~)[❔] 67
PG single room min. (~£/wk) 90
PG single room max. (~ £/wk) 165
Deadline to have met conditions to be eligible for college accommodation 1st of September
Kitchen fixed charge [❔] ✔️
UG accommodation website click here
PG accommodation website click here
User ratings
User reviews
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3Most rooms are en-suite, and there is always a chance to have an en-suite
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2Washing costs too much
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2All rooms have a bed, desk and storage
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1test
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0Plenty of storage space
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0Often cheaper than the on-site rooms
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0Most do not have an en-suite
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0All in houses
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Street style in Selwyn GardensVarsity, Nov. 9, 2018
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Selwyn mourns porter's passingVarsity, Feb. 9, 2018
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Police called as Selwyn students told to avoid man lying on Old Court lawnVarsity, Oct. 3, 2017
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May Ball Review: SelwynVarsity, July 3, 2017
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Exclusive: Selwyn May Ball introduces trio of headlinersVarsity, June 19, 2017
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Student fury over proposed room changes at SelwynVarsity, March 10, 2017
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Selwyn Snowball 2016 Aurora: A Phenomenal JourneyVarsity, Dec. 4, 2016
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EXCLUSIVE: Selwyn Snowball reveals headlinerVarsity, Oct. 27, 2016
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Misogynist messages leak from SelwynVarsity, Nov. 28, 2014
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Selwyn honours alumnus Hugh LaurieVarsity, March 3, 2012
College Twitter feed:
Tweets by WolfsonCam24/7 library ❌
College cafe ✔️
Anglican chapel ❌
Interdenominational chapel ✔️
Discounted punting[❔] ✔️
Free punting[❔] ✔️
Radio station ❌
Garden plot ✔️
Bicycle scheme ❌
Art room ❌
Gym (weights) ✔️
Cinema ❌
Badminton court ❌
Basketball court ❌
Dance studio ❌
Eton Fives court ❌
Netball court ✔️
Squash court ❌
Swimming pool ❌
Tennis court ✔️
Rugby field ✔️
Lacrosse field ✔️
Hockey pitch ✔️
Cricket pitch ✔️
Volleyball court ❌
Football pitch ✔️
Brunch Saturday ✔️
Brunch Sunday ✔️
Daily vegan option ✔️
User ratings
User reviews
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2The Dining Hall is beautiful, like something out of Harry Potter! The Servery is pretty amazing too, best food I've had in either Oxford or Cambridge
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0Great formal dinners, kept very traditional and fancy
Acapella ❌
Africa ❌
Altruism ❌
Anglo-Japanese ❌
Anthropology ❌
Apotheosis ❌
Archeology ❌
Art ❌
Baking ❌
Ballroom dancing ❌
Bachata ❌
Bee keeping ❌
Board Games ❌
Book Club ❌
Botanical ❌
Caledonian ❌
Card games ❌
Casino ❌
Charity ❌
Chess ❌
Chinese Culture ❌
Choir ✔️
Christian Union ✔️
Classics ❌
College Brass Band ✔️
Comedy ❌
Computer science ❌
Consulting ❌
Contemporary dance ❌
Current affairs ❌
Debate ❌
Drama ❌
Economics ❌
Engineering ❌
English ✔️
Entrepreneurship ❌
Families Club ❌
Feminist ✔️
Film ❌
Finance ❌
Food ✔️
French ❌
Gardening club ✔️
Gender equality ❌
Geographical ❌
History ✔️
Humanities ❌
Investment ❌
Irish ❌
Islamic ❌
Jewish ❌
Land economy ❌
Languages ❌
Law ✔️
Lawn Games ❌
Literary ❌
Lockpicking ❌
Maths ❌
Medical ✔️
Mindfulness ❌
Music ✔️
Musical ❌
Orchestra ✔️
Oriental ❌
PhD ❌
Philosophy ❌
Photography ❌
Pilates ❌
Poetry ❌
Poker ❌
Politics ❌
Quiz ❌
Role playing games ❌
Russian ❌
Salsa ❌
Science ✔️
Serbian ❌
Sign language ❌
Smoothie ❌
Social science ❌
Speakers ❌
Steel pan band ❌
Student publication ❌
Swiss ❌
Tango ❌
Tea ❌
Theology ❌
Ukelele band ❌
Veterinary ✔️
Video games ❌
Wine ❌
Yoga ❌
Zouk ❌
Zumba ❌
Aerobics ❌
Athletics ✔️
Badminton ✔️
Basketball ✔️
Climbing ❌
Cricket ❌
Croquet ❌
Cycling ❌
Football (mens) ✔️
Football (womens) ✔️
Golf ❌
Hockey ✔️
Kayaking ❌
Lacrosse ✔️
Netball ✔️
Netball (womens) ✔️
Ninjitsu ❌
Pole ❌
Pool ❌
Rounders ❌
Rugby (mens) ✔️
Rugby ❌
Rugby (womens) ✔️
Running ❌
Sailing ❌
Shooting ❌
Ski ❌
Squash ✔️
Swimming ❌
Table football ❌
Table tennis ✔️
Tennis ❌
Tiddlywinks ✔️
Ultimate Frisbee ❌
Volleyball ❌
Waterpolo ❌
Windsurfing ❌
% 1st Class degree achieved (~)[❔] 28
JCR/MCR split[❔] ✔️
Student trustee[❔] ✔️
UG student website click here
PG student website click here
Free formals ✔️
Free formals per year 4
Free formal for guest ❌
Private dining discount ❌
Free formal for guest per year 0
Free parking ❌
Use of squash and tennis facilities ❌
Free sports facilities ❌
Right to step on grass ❌
Gym membership discount ❌
Punt booking ❌
Corporate event discount ❌
Wedding discount ❌
Accommodation discount available ❌
May Ball frequency (years)[❔] 2
June Event frequency (years)[❔] 0
Winter Ball frequency (years)[❔] 1
Spring ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Other ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Entrepreneurship competitions[❔] ❌
User ratings
User reviews
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6Best Ball I've been to in my 4 years at Cambridge!
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2Great variety of events throughout the evening.
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1Incredible - more spectacular than I could have ever imagined
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1Hardly any lines to wait in (other than to get in).
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0Local resident can hear the music. Turn it up
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0Best one I've been to
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1More food vendors
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0More standing in-line for entry entertainment/drinks/food
# full-time Bachelor's (~) 410
% full-time Bachelor's (~) 75
# full-time Master's (~) 30
% full-time Master's (~) 5
# full-time PhD (~) 120
% full-time PhD (~) 20
Total # full-time students (~) 560
% full-time UK (~) 75
% full-time EU (non-UK) (~) 10
% full-time non-EU (~) 15
% full-time female (~) 45
% full-time Male (~) 55
# part-time Master's (~) 40
# part-time PhDs (~) 10
Total # part-time students (~) 50
Total # students (~) 610
% Arts and Humanities students (~) 45
% STEMM students (~)[❔] 55
High-table[❔] ✔️
Gowns required[❔] ✔️
User ratings
User reviews
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3Amazing experience, the dining hall is stunning, its like living in Hogwarts but real life
Formals
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Net assets (est.) 111.0 million
Net assets/student (~£/student) 198,000
Scholarships and awards (~£/student ) 900