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A college for advanced study at the University of Cambridge

Clare Hall is a graduate college renowned for its informal approach to college life and its international diversity, located at the heart of the University of Cambridge.

A welcome message from our President, Professor Alan Short

Clare Hall was founded specifically for researchers and postgraduate students, who are at the centre of our community along with visiting scholars, Fellows, postdoctoral affiliates, and our staff. The College is in part modelled on the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, envisaged as such from its foundation by Clare College in 1966.

A critically important part of our vision is the largest programme for visiting academics in either university – some 50 Visiting Fellows join us annually, based in the College from three months to a year. In fact, the idea of Clare Hall was in part born out of the historical exclusion of students’ and Fellows’ partners and families from the daily life of the traditional colleges.

Alumni Festival at Clare Hall explores the implications of AI for healthcare

26 September 2023 College life

We were delighted to host a discussion on Artificial Intelligence as part of the …

26 September 2023 College life

Professor Daniela Rhodes receives the 2023 World Laureates Association Prize (WLA Prize)

18 September 2023 Fellows

Congratulations to Professor Daniela Rhodes, an Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, who has been …

18 September 2023 Fellows

Conferencing and Events: Virginia Woolf at Clare Hall, Literature Cambridge summer course

6 September 2023

We were delighted to host an intensive five-day summer course in July on Virginia …

6 September 2023

PhD Student Srijit Seal awarded Clare Hall Boak Student Support Fund to present research

4 September 2023 Students

Congratulations to Srijit Seal, a third-year PhD student at the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge …

4 September 2023 Students

Professor Lord Martin Rees awarded the Royal Society’s Copley Medal

1 September 2023 Fellows

Lord Rees is the UK’s Astronomer Royal and a renowned astrophysicist and cosmologist. He …

1 September 2023 Fellows

Meet the Artist: Oliver Soskice

18 August 2023 Blog

On the 8th of June 2023, Clare Hall previewed an exhibition by Cambridge artist …

18 August 2023 Blog

‘We are very grateful to Clare Hall, and to Cambridge in general, for the true love and happiness they have given us’

9 August 2023 Students

On 29 July, Clare Hall students Snezhana Shevchenko and David Luchford celebrated their wedding …

9 August 2023 Students

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The College sits in tranquil surroundings to the west of Cambridge. Our grounds and modernist architecture provide the perfect environment for our members to study and build new friendships.