Jesus College

Jesus is the right size so that you can name nearly everyone in your year but never get bored with the diversity of people. There's always someone to talk to at the College bar. The library and computer room are both fantastic and they're open 24 hours a day, not that I'd have reason to go there at midnight! Owain

Jesus College contains the oldest and some of the newest College buildings in Cambridge. In other respects too, while valuing the past, it is thoroughly up-to-date. The College is exceptionally spacious, in a tranquil setting off the tourist route, yet only five minutes’ walk from the city centre, with an unusually wide range of facilities on site.

We admit about 145 undergraduates a year, across all subjects studied in the University, with roughly equal numbers of arts and science students. We welcome applicants from all types of school and college, and all are considered for admission as individuals on their own merits.

The College aims to encourage excellence in all walks of life:

• Academic: Our award-winning Quincentenary Library and Computer Centre provides a superb working environment, open round the clock.
• Artistic: The College is known for its strong support of the visual arts and we have an exceptional student art collection.
• Musical: We have our own Director of Music and a wide variety of musical activities, including swing band and gospel choir, are enthusiastically supported.
• Sporting: Our boathouse is nearby, and within the College grounds are soccer, rugby, cricket and hockey pitches, as well as squash and tennis courts.

The College is a thriving community and enjoys every opportunity to support and share in the academic and recreational interests of all our students throughout the year.

All first-year undergraduates are accommodated in College, and in subsequent years all undergraduates are either in the main College buildings or in ‘external staircases’ (College houses just across the road), so that no Jesus students live more than a stone’s throw away, reinforcing the College’s strong sense of community. All rooms have modern amenities, including telephone and internet connections. The external staircases offer the opportunity for groups of friends to live together in smaller, self-contained communities – an opportunity much appreciated by many of our students.

Factfile

UCAS campus code J Courses available The College accepts applications for all courses. Open days 2009 By prior arrangement. Arts 23 June Sciences 24 June Mathematics 25 April See also Cambridge Open Days. Student numbers 489 undergraduates, 270 postgraduates. For men and women. Master Professor Robert Mair Senior Tutor Dr Stephen Siklos Admissions Tutor Dr Brechtje Post (Arts) Dr David Ingram (Sciences)

Directors of Studies Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic Dr P Moran Archaeology & Anthropology Dr M L S Sørensen Architecture Mr N J Ray Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Dr S Church† Chemical Engineering Dr D I Wilson Classics Dr J Clackson Computer Science Professor J M Bacon Economics Dr T Aidt Education Professor M Arnot Engineering Dr G T Parks English Dr F Green Geography Dr G Kearns History Dr A Tooze History of Art Dr S Pickford Land Economy Dr S Fennell Law Dr M Oldham Linguistics Dr J Clackson Management Studies TBC Manufacturing Engineering Dr T Wilkinson Mathematics Dr S T C Siklos Medicine Dr J W Ajioka Modern & Medieval Languages Dr J Howlett Music Dr B Walton Natural Sciences Dr D Hanke (Biological), Dr S Clarke (Physical) Philosophy Dr C Chambers Politics, Psychology & Sociology Dr V Mottier Theology & Religious Studies The Rev’d Dr T Jenkins Veterinary Medicine Dr J W Ajioka † external Director of Studies