Welcome to MagdaleneThe College is a warm and thriving community in which we strive to make everyone welcome. We are committed to excellence not only in academic life but in all aspects of what we do and we take great pride in the many achievements of the Members of our community.
Pepys Restoration Project
2024 marks the 300th anniversary of the Pepys Library arriving at Magdalene.
This year is focussed on raising funds to completely renovate and repurpose the unique Grade I listed Pepys Building.
Everest mountaineer’s letters digitised for the first time
Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global audience for the first time, in the centenary year of his fatal attempt to scale Everest.
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Alumni and Supporters
Magdalene alumni are Members of College for life and are very much part of the College community.
Magdalene Members can be found in every corner of the globe, we run a very active events programme for Members throughout the year. The College offers a number of benefits to its non-resident Members including Dining rights, Guest rooms in College, and punt hire.
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Undergraduates
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Postgraduates
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Fellows
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Alumni
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Years of Study
About
Magdalene College in the twenty-first century continues a tradition of education and exploration on this riverside site that goes back nearly 600 years.
About
College Life
Find out about what it's like to live, study and socialise at Magdalene. Our small annual intake helps to foster a family atmosphere and a close-knit community.
College Life
Study
We are keen to encourage anyone with the academic potential to succeed at Cambridge to apply to Magdalene.
Study
Student Life
We value the opportunities we have to get to know one another, irrespective of our subject and status.
Student Life
Alumni
Magdalene alumni are Members of College for life and are at the centre of the College community.
Alumni
Supporting Magdalene
With your help, we can do even more to encourage our talented community of bright young minds to achieve their academic and personal potential
Supporting Magdalene
Events
Magdalene hosts a wide range of events throughout the year for both resident and non-resident Members of the College.
Events
Pepys Restoration Project
2024 is the 300th anniversary of the Pepys Library at Magdalene. We are raising funds to renovate and repurpose this unique building.
Pepys Restoration ProjectContact us
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News
Outstanding Young Writers Awarded at Essay Competition Prize-Giving
Magdalene College welcomed the winners of the 2024 Armstrong Arts and Humanities Essay Competition for a prize-giving ceremony in the Master’s Garden. The winners were celebrated for their exceptional essays, with the Master, Sir Christopher Greenwood, presenting certificates and offering words of encouragement for their future academic journeys.
Magdalene Fellow awarded European Research Council Starting Grant
Senior Research Fellow, Dr Adrian Baez-Ortega (2020), has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. His project will explore long-term tumour evolution and genomic instability in marine transmissible cancers.
Academic
Lives and the Dream: Writing the Biography of Mary and Padraic Colum
Parnell Fellow, Professor Margaret Kelleher (2023), writes about reviving the lives of Irish writers Mary Maguire Colum and Padraic Colum. By delving into newly uncovered archival materials, including their personal correspondence and memoirs, she seeks to illuminate their literary contributions.
Events
Exhibition
George Mallory: Magdalene to the Mountain
A homage to the life and legacy of George Mallory (1905). Beginning with his Magdalene days, his academic, athletic, and social pursuits. Delving into his WWI experiences, his Everest expeditions and American lecture tour, culminating in a poignant commemoration of Mallory and Irvine's tragic end on the mountain.
Alumni
10th, 25th, and 50th Anniversary Reunion for 2014, 1999, and 1974 matriculands
Fully Booked - The Master and Fellows are delighted to invite those Members who matriculated in 2014, 1999, and 1974 to a special reunion celebration, marking the 10th, 25th, and 50th anniversary of their admission to Magdalene.
Alumni
Mallory Club Dinner
Bookings Closed - The Mallory Club invites you to a Special Exhibition, Reception and Dinner to celebrate the life of George Mallory (MBC President 1907-08) and honour the centenary of his loss on Mount Everest.