St Catharine's College

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Year founded[❔] 1473
Mature (21+)[❔] ❌
Women only ❌
Postgraduate only ❌
Accepts part-time students ✔️
Oxford sister college[❔] Worcester College
Gold/Platinum Green Impact Award 2018[❔] ❌
College website click here

User reviews
  • 9
    Cheese course at every formal
  • 4
    You can't get any more central than Cats
  • 4
    Friendly and relaxed atmosphere
  • 3
    We have a cool underground college bar
  • 3
    Cheapest accommodation
  • 1
    Very sporty, very friendly - most students at every club night by far

  • 6
    Small area, no big grass areas or huge rooms
  • 1
    the front court is literally the entire college
  • 0
    Feels claustrophobic

  • 2
    Add a bar at the 2nd year (St Chads) site!

UG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 2
UG - usual # years room provided[❔] 4
PG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 0
PG - usual # years room provided[❔] 1
Couples rooms ✔️
Family rooms ❌
Ballot system[❔] ✔️
% full-time PG in college room (~)[❔] 49
PG single room min. (~£/wk) 109
PG single room max. (~ £/wk) 149
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
On-site room quality: Avg: 4.2/5
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On-site room value for money: Avg: 4/5
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Off-site room quality: Avg: 4.7/5
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Off-site room value for money: Avg: 5/5
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User reviews
  • 2
    Ensuite ones all very similar and clean, cheaper than most colleges
  • 1
    Really nice - whether modern or old, you can't really go wrong

  • 2
    Chads (2nd year) is great, some of the best in Cambridge. Flat of 4 with full proper kitchen (rare for cam) and two bathrooms
  • 0
    Chads is amazing - the flats you live in have a fantastic culture :)


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24/7 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
Value for money: Avg: 3.7/5
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Quality of food: Avg: 4/5
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User reviews
  • 0
    Food varies sometimes - sometimes the options you get are all amazing (Had a choice between steak, vegan pasta or oysters more than a few times), sometimes they're all less than ideal

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 (~)[❔] 26
JCR/MCR split[❔] ✔️
Student trustee[❔] ❌
UG student website click here
PG student website click here
Free formals ✔️
Free formals per year 3
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)[❔] 0
Spring ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Other ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Entrepreneurship competitions[❔] ❌

User ratings
May/Spring/Winter/other ball rating: Avg: 4/5
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User reviews
  • 0
    Usually really great - main site is small but the space is used really well, and headliners are usually great
  • 0
    Amazing! Most fun I’ve had at an event in Cambridge, and S Club were fantastic :)


# full-time Bachelor's (~) 480
% full-time Bachelor's (~) 70
# full-time Master's (~) 50
% full-time Master's (~) 5
# full-time PhD (~) 160
% full-time PhD (~) 25
Total # full-time students (~) 690
% full-time UK (~) 70
% full-time EU (non-UK) (~) 15
% full-time non-EU (~) 15
% full-time female (~) 45
% full-time Male (~) 55
# part-time Master's (~) 0
# part-time PhDs (~) 10
Total # part-time students (~) 10
Total # students (~) 700
% Arts and Humanities students (~) 40
% STEMM students (~)[❔] 60
High-table[❔] ✔️
Gowns required[❔] ✔️

User ratings
Formal food quality: Avg: 4.3/5
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Value for money: Avg: 4.3/5
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User reviews
  • 0
    Amazing! ALWAYS have fantastic food and what other college can boast a guaranteed cheese course?


Formals
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Net assets (est.) 112.0 million
Net assets/student (~£/student) 162,000
Scholarships and awards (~£/student ) 400