List of current heads of University of Cambridge colleges

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A list of current heads of colleges at the University of Cambridge, England.

College IncumbentTitleAppointed
Christ's The Lord McDonald of Salford Master 2022 [1]
Churchill Sharon Peacock Master2024 [2]
Clare Loretta Minghella Master 2021 [3]
Clare Hall C. Alan Short President2020 [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 Master2025 [11]
Homerton The Lord Woolley of Woodford Principal2021 [12]
Hughes Hall Sir Laurie Bristow President2022 [13]
Jesus Sonita Alleyne Master 2019 [14]
King's Gillian Tett Provost 2023
Lucy Cavendish Girish Menon President2025 [15]
Magdalene Sir Christopher Greenwood Master 2020 [16]
Murray Edwards Rachel Polonsky (acting) President 2025 [17]
Newnham Alison Rose Principal2019 [18]
Pembroke Rosalind Polly Blakesley Master2025 [19]
Peterhouse Andy Parker Master2023 [20]
Queens' Dame Menna Rawlings President2025 [21]
Robinson Sir Richard Heaton Warden2021 [22]
St Catharine's John Benger Master 2023 [23]
St Edmund's Chris Young Master2024 [24]
St John's Heather Hancock Master 2020 [25]
Selwyn Suzanne Raine Master 2025 [26]
Sidney Sussex Martin Burton Master2023 [27]
Trinity Dame Sally Davies Master2019 [28]
Trinity Hall Mary Hockaday Master2022 [29]
Wolfson Ijeoma Uchegbu President2024 [30]

References

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