A vibrant and friendly college in a beautiful city
Hughes Hall is a progressive, vibrant and supportive Cambridge college community of over 200 undergraduates, all over 21, and more than 700 postgraduates across every subject area and from over 80 countries. Bearing the name of our first Principal, Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, the college was was founded in 1885 to change Cambridge, to change the lives of those who studied here and, through them, to bring about positive change in society through the transformative power of education.
Hughes Hall is still a forward-looking and transformative College which also has innovation at its heart. We want to nurture people and ideas that will make a positive difference in the world. You can find out more about our cutting-edge research centres, our unique Pathways programme for all students, our leadership initiatives, our fellowship and our inspiring and fun College events.
It is the people of Hughes Hall that make all this possible. We are a mutually supportive and international community of over 900 students, around 150 staff, and more than 250 fellows and senior members. We have a progressive and egalitarian culture, with a rich history of inclusion and intellectual challenge; and offer scholarships and bursaries targeted at new and continuing students.
We are one of the most international colleges, bridging the academic and external worlds, with an open and informal atmosphere.
We have more than 50 Governing Body Fellows, over 200 further Senior Members, and around 800 postgraduates and mature undergraduates from more than 80 countries. Particularly distinctive is our “Bridge Fellows” programme, which brings a diverse group of outstanding individuals from outside the University into our Fellowship as full members of Governing Body.
An oasis of calm and quiet near the busy city centre, we provide a relaxing yet stimulating environment for study and research. Hughes Hall is situated alongside the University’s Cricket Ground, just off the cosmopolitan Mill Road.
Inter-disciplinary collaboration
We are focused on being an intellectual force at the centre of the University, concentrating on translating research into impact and inter-disciplinary collaboration. We have particular strengths in five subject areas, broadly in the Sciences and Social Sciences, where collaboration between the academic and wider worlds thrives: Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics; Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Education and Social Sciences; and Law. We have world-leaders in each of these fields developing dynamic communities of interest within the College, with a reach far beyond our boundaries.
A large, vibrant, friendly and ambitious community dedicated to supporting one another in the pursuit of excellence, using academic learning to bring about real change and growth in the world.
A determination to change the world for the better is realised through our Bridge initiative which leverages the College’s multidisciplinary perspective, international nature, and external focus to help turn brilliant ideas into lasting change. The Bridge at Hughes Hall helps researchers build relevant skills and enables networking and matchmaking between our academic community and external partners. It is structured around four themes, in different stages of development, through which we aspire to have impact on societies and engage our students: Global Health; The Future of Education; Environment and Energy; and Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. The Bridge also supports our centres: the Centre for Climate Change Engagement, Oracy Cambridge, Cambridge Governance Labs, and the Cambridge Centre for Digital Innovation.
These hubs of academic and professional innovation are having a wide-reaching influence, drawing global attention to Hughes Hall, and are one aspect of a large, vibrant, friendly and ambitious community dedicated to supporting one another in the pursuit of excellence, using academic learning to bring about real change and growth in the world.