Due to coronavirus (COVID-19) Magdalene is regretfully closed to all visitors and non-resident Members. All College events have been cancelled up to the end of the academic year. Please see the statement from the Master, Dr Rowan Williams, for further information.

Essay Competition on Modern Day Slavery.

The Peckard Prize is open for submissions despite the closure of the College.

Magdalene invites submissions for its annual Peter Peckard Prize worth £1000 from the University of Cambridge undergraduate students body. Collective entries by University or College Societies and essays written for undergraduate degrees are welcomed.

Find out about what it's like to live, study and socialise at Magdalene College.

Magdalene admits roughly 105 undergraduates each year for all courses offered by the University of Cambridge, and about 80 graduate students. Our small annual intake helps to foster a family atmosphere and sense of close knit community.

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.

Regarded as the jewel in the crown of Magdalene College, the Pepys Library is a rare example of a 17th-century private library. The library houses Samuel Pepys’s original diaries and remains one of the most significant collections of books, manuscripts, documents and prints acquired by any private individual.

The Library is open to members of the public and visiting scholars.