One of only two wholly postgraduate colleges in Cambridge, Clare Hall is also the smallest, with total student numbers around 200. This makes it an ideal community in which to quickly feel at home and where social and intellectual mixing can take place in an informal and friendly setting.
Our members make up an integrated academic community which promotes a culturally rich and intellectually diverse environment for advanced study. Many postgraduate students, like many of the visiting senior academics, are from overseas, adding a stimulating international dimension to life in the College.
Supporting you to thrive
Postgraduate students often prefer to be in a more mature community with facilities and support tailored specifically to their needs. Clare Hall offers a community that functions all year round, with accommodation available in vacations as well as term time, and catering provision throughout the year. Fellows, Visiting Fellows and postgraduate students regularly mix at lunch, dinner and frequent informal gatherings, seminars and talks. Art and music are widely appreciated within the College, which hosts regular exhibitions and musical performances to which all are welcome. Our Graduate Student Body (GSB) organises an array of student-led events and sports, in addition to our college Boat and Cricket Clubs.
The Tutorial system at Clare Hall is expressly geared to meet the needs of its postgraduate students, and we have a wealth of experience in dealing with the wide range of pastoral, financial and wellbeing issues that advanced study can bring. Each student is allocated a personal Tutor who is available to meet with them regularly, both individually and in groups. Academic English writing and communications skills support is also available for students through workshops and on an individual basis, for both native and non-native English-speakers and across the academic disciplines.
Please find funding details for prospective students below. Once you arrive in Cambridge, there is further funding provision available for current students, including the Boak Student Support Fund, which offers support in terms of conference and research travel. There are also awards through our Tutorial Office related to research, hardship, mental health and sports.