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Wolfson College, Cambridge

Wolfson College, Cambridge
LocationBarton Road, Cambridge (map)AbbreviationWMotto"Ring True"FounderUniversity of CambridgeEstablished1965Named afterWolfson FoundationFormer namesUniversity College (1965–1972)Age restrictionAged 21 or overSt Antony's College, OxfordDame Ijeoma UchegbuUndergraduates167 (2024-25)Postgraduates915 (2024-25)Fellows106 (2017)Endowment£42m (2025)Websitewolfson.cam.ac.ukwolfson.cam.ac.uk/wcsa/Boat clubWolfson College Boat ClubMap
Wolfson College, Cambridge
Location within Cambridge

Wolfson College () is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The majority of students at the college are postgraduates. The college also admits "mature"undergraduates (aged 21 and above), with around 15% of students studying undergraduate degree courses at the university. The college was founded in 1965 as "University College", but was refounded as Wolfson College in 1973 in recognition of a benefaction of the Wolfson Foundation. Wolfson is located to the south-west of Cambridge city centre.

As one of the more modern colleges in Cambridge, Wolfson does not follow all of the traditions of some of the university's older colleges. For example, since the college's founding there has been no "High Table" reserved for Fellows at Formal Hall dinners; students and Fellows mix and dine together, and the tradition of wearing academic gowns to such occasions is encouraged but is not compulsory. Both Fellows and students at the college have access to all the facilities. With students from over 70 countries, Wolfson claims to be one of Cambridge's most cosmopolitan colleges. It was the first college of the university to admit men and women as both students and Fellows.The current President of Wolfson College is scientist Ijeoma Uchegbu.