Downing College, Cambridge

Downing College
University of Cambridge
Downing College Chapel
Arms of Downing College
Arms: Barry of eight argent and vert, a griffin segreant or within a bordure azure charged with eight roses of the first seeded and barbed proper.
Scarf colours: black, with three narrow magenta stripes
LocationRegent Street, Cambridge (map)
Coordinates52°12′03″N 0°07′29″E / 52.2008°N 0.1248°E / 52.2008; 0.1248
Full nameDowning College in the University of Cambridge
AbbreviationDOW[1]
MottoQuaerere Verum (Latin)
Motto in EnglishSeek the truth
FounderSir George Downing
Established22 September 1800; 224 years ago (22 September 1800)
Sister collegeLincoln College, Oxford
MasterGraham Virgo[2]
Undergraduates493 (2022-23)
Postgraduates455 (2022-23)
Endowment£70.7m (2022)[3]
Visitor The Crown ex officio[4]
Websitewww.dow.cam.ac.uk
JCRwww.jcr.dow.cam.ac.uk
MCRdowningmcr.soc.srcf.net
Boat clubwww.downingboatclub.co.uk
Map
Downing College, Cambridge is located in Central Cambridge
Downing College, Cambridge
Location in Central Cambridge
Downing College, Cambridge is located in Cambridge
Downing College, Cambridge
Location in Cambridge

Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge[5] and currently has around 950 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the oldest of the new colleges and the newest of the old.[6] Downing College was formed "for the encouragement of the study of Law and Medicine and of the cognate subjects of Moral and Natural Science", and has developed a reputation amongst Cambridge colleges for Law[7] and Medicine.

Downing has been named one of the two most eco-friendly Cambridge colleges.[8]

  1. ^ University of Cambridge (6 March 2019). "Notice by the Editor". Cambridge University Reporter. 149 (Special No 5): 1. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Downing welcomes Professor Graham Virgo KC (Hon) as the 19th Master". Downing College Cambridge. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Annual report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2022" (PDF). Downing College, Cambridge. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference dow-cam-statutes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Walker, Timea (2 February 2022). "Downing College". www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Downing College". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  7. ^ Chappell, Peter (16 September 2018). "How a small society of Indian Cambridge students helped destroy the British Raj". Varsity. Retrieved 18 September 2018. Downing admitted one third of all Indian students as the College's heavy focus on Law drew many applications from the Empire.
  8. ^ "Jesus and Downing named 'greenest' Cambridge colleges". 30 April 2012.