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.

News
Rowing: Clare Hall Boat Club strikes gold in Newnham Head
Congratulations to Clare Hall Boat Club’s M1 rowers, who placed joint first in the …

Behind the lens: GSB film screening to mark LGBT+ History Month 2023
Clare Hall’s GSB Committee will present a screening of A Fantastic Woman (2017) to mark LGBT+ …

‘I specialised in medieval death cultures and the ways professional executioners were viewed’
We catch up with Hannele Klemettilä-McHale, a Life Member of Clare Hall who now …

Materials Science: Professor Sohini Kar-Narayan awarded €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant
Congratulations to Professor Sohini Kar-Narayan, a Fellow of Clare Hall, who has been awarded …

Sustainability: Life Members named Breakthrough Energy Innovator Fellows
Kevin Kung and Ian Hu, Life Members of Clare Hall and founders of Takachar …

Music at Clare Hall: Intimate Engagements concert to include ‘defining’ chamber work of 20th century
Join us on 4 March 2023 as Jeremy Thurlow, Poppy Beddoe, Henry Chandler and …

Neuroscience: Clare Hall members explain emotional ‘blunting’ caused by common antidepressants
A team of scientists including Professor Barbara Sahakian, a Fellow of Clare Hall, have …

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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.