Selwyn College
Cambridge
CB3 9DQ
Tel: 01223 335896
Email: admissions@sel.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.sel.cam.ac.uk

Founded: 1882; women undergraduates first admitted 1976.

Admission: By conditional pre A-level offer after interview; some places offered on A-levels, school reports and interviews. All applicants resident in the UK are invited for interview.

Scholarships: Organ scholarships awarded 2 years out of 3; annual choral and instrumental exhibitions; book prizes, scholarships and exhibitions awarded to firsts and other outstanding performances in university examinations.

Travel grants: Some available.

Largest fields of study: Engineering, history, modern languages, natural sciences. Library & information service: College library (45,000 books), with law and history reading rooms. Separate IT service, access 24 hours/day. 2 computer rooms, ratio 1:42 workstations to students. 450 points with access to library and internet (points in every student room for use with own PCs). IT support from 1-5 staff.

Eating arrangements: Breakfast, lunch and dinner taken in hall; informal self-service and formal dinner.

Gate/guest hours: College gates closed between 2 and 6 am; late keys obtainable. Undergraduates permitted to put up a guest in their own rooms.

Other college facilities: Bar, shop, 3 rooms for private functions, drama facilities; music practice rooms; photographic dark room; shared sports ground with King's College. Choral evensong 3 times weekly.

Accommodation: All students in college: most charged £1600 per year (range £900-£2200). No first degree students live at home.

Term-time work: College strongly discourages term-time work (negligible number do). University careers service helps finding vacation jobs. Financial help: Chadwick Fund, Keasbey awards.