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List of current heads of University of Cambridge colleges
Last updated
October 03, 2025
A
list of current heads of
colleges
at the
University of Cambridge
, England.
College
Incumbent
Title
Appointed
Christ's
The Lord McDonald of Salford
Master
2022
[
1
]
Churchill
Sharon Peacock
Master
2024
[
2
]
Clare
Loretta Minghella
Master
2021
[
3
]
Clare
Hall
C. Alan Short
President
2020
[
4
]
Corpus
Christi
Christopher Kelly
Master
2018
[
5
]
Darwin
Mike Rands
Master
2020
[
6
]
Downing
Graham Virgo
Master
2023
[
7
]
Emmanuel
Lt Gen Douglas Chalmers
Master
2021
[
8
]
Fitzwilliam
The Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Master
2019
[
9
]
Girton
Elisabeth Kendall
Mistress
2022
[
10
]
Gonville
and
Caius
Richard Gilbertson
Master
2025
[
11
]
Homerton
The Lord Woolley of Woodford
Principal
2021
[
12
]
Hughes
Hall
Sir Laurie Bristow
President
2022
[
13
]
Jesus
Sonita Alleyne
Master
2019
[
14
]
King's
Gillian Tett
Provost
2023
Lucy
Cavendish
Girish Menon
President
2025
[
15
]
Magdalene
Sir Christopher Greenwood
Master
2020
[
16
]
Murray Edwards
Rachel Polonsky
(acting)
President
2025
[
17
]
Newnham
Alison Rose
Principal
2019
[
18
]
Pembroke
Rosalind Polly Blakesley
Master
2025
[
19
]
Peterhouse
Andy Parker
Master
2023
[
20
]
Queens'
Dame Menna Rawlings
President
2025
[
21
]
Robinson
Sir Richard Heaton
Warden
2021
[
22
]
St
Catharine's
John Benger
Master
2023
[
23
]
St
Edmund's
Chris Young
Master
2024
[
24
]
St
John's
Heather Hancock
Master
2020
[
25
]
Selwyn
Suzanne Raine
Master
2025
[
26
]
Sidney
Sussex
Martin Burton
Master
2023
[
27
]
Trinity
Dame Sally Davies
Master
2019
[
28
]
Trinity
Hall
Mary Hockaday
Master
2022
[
29
]
Wolfson
Ijeoma Uchegbu
President
2024
[
30
]
References
↑
"Christ's College elects new Master"
.
Christs College Cambridge
. Retrieved
7 February
2023
.
↑
"Professor Sharon Peacock CBE FMedSci"
.
Churchill College Cambridge
. Retrieved
1 November
2024
.
↑
"Loretta Minghella OBE (1981) installed as Master of Clare"
.
Clare College, Cambridge
. 1 October 2021
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Professor C. Alan Short Elected as President"
.
Clare Hall, Cambridge
. 2 December 2019
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Professor Christopher Kelly's Admission as Master of Corpus"
.
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
. 4 October 2018
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Wolfson alumnus Michael Rands appointed Master of Darwin College"
.
Wolfson College, Cambridge
. 25 November 2019
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Downing College announces Master Elect"
.
Downing College, Cambridge
. Retrieved
17 October
2023
.
↑
"Doug Chalmers elected as the next Master of Emmanuel"
.
For Staf
. University of Cambridge. 12 February 2021
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Baroness Morgan of Huyton appointed Master of Fitzwilliam College"
.
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
. 27 February 2019
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Professor Susan J Smith"
.
Girton College, Cambridge
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Master and Fellows – Gonville & Caius"
. Gonville & Caius College
. Retrieved
1 October
2025
.
↑
Mistlin, Alex (31 March 2021).
"Lord Woolley to become first black man to head Oxbridge college"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Sir Laurie Bristow elected President of Hughes Hall"
.
Hughes Hall, Cambridge
. 28 March 2022
. Retrieved
3 November
2022
.
↑
Luxon, Sally (27 October 2019).
"Sonita Alleyne - the first female and black Master of any Oxbridge College"
.
Cambridgeshire Live
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Lucy Cavendish College appoints Girish Menon to serve as its 10th President"
.
Lucy Cavendish College
. Retrieved
2 October
2025
.
↑
"BIICL Congratulates new master of Magdalene College"
.
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
. 20 August 2019
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Dr Rachel Polonsky announced as Acting President"
.
Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
. 16 September 2025
. Retrieved
2 October
2025
.
↑
"Alison Rose becomes Principal of Newnham College"
.
Newnham College, Cambridge
. 10 October 2019
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Mastership of Pembroke College Cambridge"
.
Pembroke College Cambridge
. Retrieved
2 October
2025
.
↑
"News | Peterhouse"
.
www.pet.cam.ac.uk
. Retrieved
15 December
2023
.
↑
"Dame Menna Rawlings installed as new President of Queens' College"
.
Queens' College, Cambridge
. Retrieved
2 October
2025
.
↑
"Robinson College welcomes its third Warden, Sir Richard Heaton"
.
Robinson College, Cambridge
. 1 October 2021
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Catz_Cambridge/status/1708407707483476042"
.
X (formerly Twitter)
. Retrieved
1 October
2023
.
↑
"Prof Chris Young"
.
St Edmund's College Cambridge
. Retrieved
1 November
2024
.
↑
"Heather Hancock appointed as Master of St John's College"
.
St John's College, Cambridge
. 4 December 2019
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"The Master"
.
Selwyn College, Cambridge
. 1 October 2025
. Retrieved
2 October
2025
.
↑
"Master of the College"
.
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
. Retrieved
17 October
2023
.
↑
"Chief medical officer to become first female Trinity College master"
.
The Guardian
. Press Association. 8 February 2019
. Retrieved
7 April
2022
.
↑
"Mary Hockaday takes up post as Master"
.
Trinity Hall
. 21 September 2022.
↑
"President & Officers"
.
Wolfson College Cambridge
. Retrieved
1 November
2024
.
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