Residential Colleges Worldwide

Robert J. O’Hara (rjohara@post.harvard.edu)

A dormitory is organized to provide food and shelter; a college, to provide for the student’s intellectual, social, and personal development.

—Mark B. Ryan, A Collegiate Way of Living

Listed below are links to the websites of Oxford/Cambridge-style residential college systems and house systems at universities around the world. Residential colleges are small, permanent, cross-sectional societies of students and faculty within a larger university, and this directory is one part of a comprehensive website called “The Collegiate Way: Residential Colleges and the Renewal of University Life.” For more general information about residential colleges and collegiate universities please visit the main Collegiate Way page.

The residential college model originated in Great Britain and was long confined to the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, but in recent years several other British universities have been established on or have converted to the collegiate model. The first universities in the United States to establish residential college systems were Harvard and Yale in the 1930s, with Harvard electing to call its arrangement a house system rather than a college system (the terms are synonymous). More recently schools such as the University of Pennsylvania, Rice University, and Murray State University, among others, have established similar residential college systems. Collegiate universities are also common in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In Mexico the University of the Americas in Puebla has recently established a system of residential colleges, and in Germany the new Jacobs University in Bremen is also being organized into a system of collegiate societies. The Collegiate Way news page provides details on these and other recent developments. Residential colleges and collegiate houses are becoming more prominent every year in landscape of international higher education.

If you are a student and you want to get the best education possible, you should include the institutions below in your college search. If you are a parent and want your son or daughter to belong to a strong and supportive academic community, you should encourage your child to browse these pages. If you are a residential college officer or a faculty member exploring the collegiate model, these sites will provide you with enough educational ideas to last a lifetime.

Australia | Australien · Australia · Australie

• Australian National University Colleges — Bruce Hall, Burgmann College, Burton & Garran Hall, Fenner Hall, John XXIII College, Ursula College.

• James Cook University Colleges — John Flynn College, St. Mark’s College, Saints Catholic College.

• Griffith University Colleges — Barakula College, Bellenden Ker College, Carnarvon College, Girraween College, Kinaba College, Mt. Gravatt College.

• La Trobe University Colleges — Chisholm College, Glenn College, Menzies College.

  

• Macquarie University Colleges — Dunmore Lang College, Robert Menzies College.

• University of Adelaide Colleges — Aquinas College, Kathleen Lumley College, Lincoln College, Roseworthy College, St. Ann’s College, St. Mark’s College.

• University of Melbourne Colleges — International House, Janet Clarke Hall, Medley Hall, Newman College, Ormond College, Queen’s College, Ridley College, St. Hilda’s College, St. Mary’s College, Trinity College, University College, Whitley College.

• University of New England Colleges — Austin College, Drummond & Smith College, Duval College, Earle Page College, Mary White College, Robb College, St. Albert’s College.

• University of New South Wales Colleges — Basser College, Baxter College, Creston College, Goldstein College, New College, Shalom College, Warrane College.

• University of Queensland Colleges — Cromwell College, Duchesne College, Emmanuel College, Grace College, International House, King’s College, St. John’s College, St. Leo’s College, Union College, Women’s College.

• University of Sydney Colleges — International House, Mandelbaum House, St. Andrew’s College, St. John’s College, St. Paul’s College, Sancta Sophia College, Wesley College, The Women’s College.

• University of Tasmania Colleges — Christ College, Jane Franklin Hall, St. John Fisher College.

• University of Western Australia Colleges — St. Catherine’s College, St. George’s College, St. Thomas More College, Trinity College, University Hall (Currie Hall).

• University of Wollongong Colleges — Richard Johnson College, Weerona College.

Canada | Kanada · Canadá · Canada

• Acadia University College Plans (Collegiate Way News).

• Trent University Colleges — Catharine Parr Traill College, Champlain College, Julian Blackburn College, Lady Eaton College, Otonabee College, Peter Gzowski College, Peter Robinson College.

  • RJO’s informal views of the Trent University colleges.

• University of British Columbia Colleges — Green College, St. John’s College.

• University of Manitoba Colleges — Le Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, St. Andrew’s College, St. John’s College, St. Paul’s College, University College.

• University of Toronto Colleges — Innis College, Massey College, New College, St. Michael’s College, Trinity College, University College, Victoria College, Woodsworth College.

• University of Waterloo Colleges — Conrad Grebel University College, Renison University College, St. Jerome’s University College, St. Paul’s College.

  • RJO’s informal views of St. Paul’s and the other Waterloo colleges.

• University of Western Ontario Colleges — Brescia University College.

• York University Colleges — Bethune College, Calumet College, Founders College, McLaughlin College, Stong College, Vanier College.

China | China · China · Chine

• Chinese University of Hong Kong Colleges — Chung Chi College, C.W. Chu College (Collegiate Way News), S.H. Ho College (Collegiate Way News), Morningside College (Collegiate Way News), New Asia College, Shaw College, United College, Wu Yee Sun College (Collegiate Way News).

• University of Hong Kong Colleges — St. John’s College.

• University of Macau Colleges.

Germany | Deutschland · Alemania · Allemagne

• Jacobs University Colleges — Alfried Krupp College, College III, College Nordmetall, Mercator College.

Ghana | Ghana · Ghana · Ghana

• University of Ghana Halls — Akuafo Hall, Commonwealth Hall, Jubilee Hall, Legon Hall, Mensah Sarbah Hall, Volta Hall.

Great Britain | Großbritannien · Gran Bretaña · Grande-Bretagne

• What is a Cambridge College? (Courtesy of Derek Ingram, Caius College).

• Cambridge University Colleges (Undergraduate Prospectuses).

• Cambridge University Colleges — Christ’s College, Churchill College, Clare College, Clare Hall, Corpus Christi College, Darwin College, Downing College, Emmanuel College, Fitzwilliam College, Girton College, Gonville and Caius College, Homerton College, Hughes Hall, Jesus College, King’s College, Lucy Cavendish College, Magdalene College, Murray Edwards College (New Hall), Newnham College, Pembroke College, Peterhouse, Queens’ College, Robinson College, St. Catharine’s College, St. Edmund’s College, St. John’s College, Selwyn College, Sidney Sussex College, Trinity College, Trinity Hall, Wolfson College.

• Lancaster University Colleges — Bowland College, Cartmel College, County College, Furness College, Fylde College, Graduate College, Grizedale College, Lonsdale College, Pendle College.

• Oxford University and its Colleges (Brief Introduction).

• Oxford University Colleges — All Souls College, Balliol College, Blackfriars, Brasenose College, Campion Hall, Christ Church, Corpus Christi College, Exeter College, Green College, Greyfriars, Harris Manchester College, Hertford College, Jesus College, Keble College, Kellogg College, Lady Margaret Hall, Linacre College, Lincoln College, Magdalen College, Mansfield College, Merton College, New College, Nuffield College, Oriel College, Pembroke College, The Queen’s College, Regent’s Park College, Somerville College, St. Anne’s College, St. Antony’s College, St. Benet’s Hall, St. Catherine’s College, St. Cross College, St. Edmund Hall, St. Hilda’s College, St. Hugh’s College, St. John’s College, St. Peter’s College, St. Stephen’s House, Templeton College, Trinity College, University College, Wadham College, Wolfson College, Worcester College, Wycliffe Hall.

• University of Bristol Colleges — Goldney Hall, Manor Hall & Sinclair House, Wills Hall (Wills Hall Alumni Association).

• University of Durham Colleges — Collingwood College, George Stephenson College, Grey College, Hatfield College, John Snow College, Josephine Butler College, St. Aidan’s College, St. Chad’s College, St. Cuthbert’s Society, College of St. Hild & St. Bede, St. John’s College, St. Mary’s College, Trevelyan College, University College, Ushaw College, Ustinov College, Van Mildert College.

  • RJO’s informal views of the Durham residential colleges.

• University of Kent at Canterbury Colleges — Darwin College, Eliot College, Keynes College, Rutherford College, Turing College, Woolf College.

• University of Roehampton Colleges — Digby Stuart College, Froebel College, Southlands College, Whitelands College.

• University of York Colleges — Alcuin College, Constantine College, Derwent College, Goodricke College, Halifax College, James College, Langwith College, Vanbrugh College, Wentworth College.

India | Indien · India · Inde

• University of Calcutta Colleges — Ramakrishna Mission Residential College.

• University of Delhi Colleges — Miranda House, St. Stephen’s College, Sri Venkateswara College.

Malaysia | Malaysia · Malasia · Malaisie

• International Islamic University Malaysia Colleges — Mahallah Ali ibn Abi Talib, Mahallah Al-Faruq, Mahallah As-Siddiq, Mahallah Bilal ibn Rabah, Mahallah Uthman Al-Affan, Mahallah Zubair Al-Awwam, Mahallah Halimatus Saadiah, Mahallah Hafsa, Mahallah Sumayyah, Mahallah Asma, Mahallah Asiah, Mahallah Safiyyah, Mahallah Aminah, Mahallah Maryam, Mahallah Nusaibah.

• Universiti Putra Malaysia Colleges — Kolej Mohd Rashid, Kolej Kedua, Kolej Tun Dr. Ismail, Kolej Canselor, Kolej Kelima, Kolej Keenam, Kolej Sultan Alaeddin Suleiman Shah, Kolej Tun Perak, Kolej Pendeta Za’ba, Kolej Kesepuluh, Kolej Kesebelas, Kolej Keduabelas, Kolej Ketigabelas, Kolej Keempatbelas.

• Universiti Teknologi MARA Colleges — Kolej Kediaman Mawar, Kolej Kediaman Melati, Kolej Kediaman Perindu, Kolej Kediaman Teratai, Kolej Kediaman Jati, Kolej Kediaman Seroja, Kolej Kediaman Cemara/Akasia, Kolej Kediaman Delima, Kolej Kediaman Cempaka/Kenanga, Kolej Kediaman Anggerik, Kolej Kediaman Meranti/Cendana.

• University of Malaya Colleges — Tunku Abdul Rahman College (1st), Tuanku Bahiyah College (2nd), Tunku Kurshiah College (3rd), Bestari College (4th), Dayasari College (5th), Ibnu Sina College (6th), Za’ba College (7th), Kinabalu College (8th), Tun Syed Zahiruddin College (9th), Tun Ahmad Zaidi College (10th), Ungku Aziz College (11th), Raja Dr Nazrin Shah College (12th), Seksyen 17 College.

Mexico | Mexiko · México · Mexique

• Universidad de las Américas Colegios — Colegio Cain Murray, Colegio Coley B. Taylor, Colegio Ignacio Bernal, Colegio José Gaos, Colegio Ray Lindley.

• University of Monterrey Colleges (Collegiate Way News).

The Netherlands | Niederlande · Países Bajos · Pays-Bas

• Universiteit Utrecht Colleges — University College.

New Zealand | Neuseeland · Nueva Zelanda · Nouvelle-Zélande

• University of Otago Colleges — Abbey College, Aquinas College, Arana College, Carrington College, City College, Cumberland College, Hayward College, Knox College, St. Margaret’s College, Salmond College, Selwyn College, Studholme College, Te Rangi Hiroa College, Toroa College, University College.

Pakistan | Pakistan · Pakistán · Pakistan

• Lahore University of Management Sciences (Collegiate Way News).

Portugal | Portugal · Portugal · Portugal

• The Lost Colleges of the University of Coimbra.

Singapore | Singapur · Singapore · Singapour

• National University of Singapore Colleges.

  • New residential college plans for the National University of Singapore.

Spain | Spanien · España · L’Espagne

• Colegios Mayores in Spanish Universities.

United States | Vereinigte Staaten · Estados Unidos · Etats-Unis

• Baylor University Colleges — Brooks College.

• Binghamton University Colleges — College in the Woods, Hinman College, Mountainview College, Newing College.

• Cornell University Houses — Carl Becker House, Hans Bethe House, Alice Cook House, William Keeton House, Flora Rose House.

• Dartmouth College Houses — Proposals in the News.

• Harvard University Houses — Adams House, Cabot House, Currier House, Dudley House, Dunster House, Eliot House, Kirkland House, Leverett House, Lowell House, Mather House, Pforzheimer House, Quincy House, Winthrop House.

• The King’s College Houses — Anthony House, Barton House, Bonhoeffer House, Churchill House, Queen Elizabeth I House, Lewis House, Reagan House, ten Boom House, Thatcher House, Truth House.

• Lehigh University — South Mountain College.

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Colleges — Simmons Hall (Collegiate Way News).

  • RJO’s informal views of the Simmons Hall residential college.

• Messiah College Houses — Alumni Proposals.

• Middlebury College Commons — Atwater Commons, Brainerd Commons, Cook Commons, Ross Commons, Wonnacott Commons.

• Murray State University Colleges — Clark College, Elizabeth College, Hart College, Hester College, Regents College, Richmond College, Springer-Franklin College, White College.

• Northwestern University Colleges.

• Princeton University Colleges — Butler College, Forbes College, Mathey College, Rockefeller College, Whitman College, Wilson College.

• Rice University Colleges — Baker College, Brown College, Duncan College, Hanszen College, Jones College, Lovett College, Martel College, McMurtry College, Will Rice College, Sid Richardson College, Wiess College.

• Truman State University Colleges — Blanton-Nason College, Centennial College, Dobson College, Missouri College, Ryle College.

• Tulane University Colleges — Doris College, Wall College, Zimple House.

• University of California at Berkeley — Bowles Hall (Collegiate Way News).

• University of California at San Diego Colleges — Eleanor Roosevelt College, Muir College, Revelle College, Sixth College, Thurgood Marshall College, Warren College.

  • Notes from RJO’s visit to the UCSD colleges.

• University of California at Santa Cruz Colleges — Cowell College, Crown College, College Eight, Kresge College, Merrill College, College Nine, Oakes College, Porter College, Stevenson College, College Ten.

• University of Georgia Colleges — Franklin College.

• University of Miami Colleges — Eaton College, Hecht College, Mahoney College, Pearson College, Stanford College.

• University of Michigan Colleges — Residential College.

  

• University of Mississippi Colleges — Luckyday Residential College, Residential College South (Collegiate Way News).

• University of Pennsylvania Houses — DuBois House, Fisher Hassenfeld House, Gregory House, Hamilton House, Harnwell House, Harrison House, Hill House, Kings Court–English House, Spruce House, Stouffer House, Ware House.

• University of South Carolina Colleges — Preston College.

• University of Southern California Colleges — Birnkrant College, New College

• University of Virginia Colleges — Brown College, Hereford College.

  • RJO’s informal views of Brown College at UVA.

• University of Wisconsin–Madison Colleges — Chadbourne College.

• Vanderbilt University Residential Colleges — Collegiate Way News Reports.

• Washington University Colleges — Park-Mudd College, Robert S. Brookings College, William Greenleaf Eliot College.

• West Virginia University Colleges — Lincoln Hall (Collegiate Way News).

• Yale University Colleges — Berkeley College, Branford College, Calhoun College, Davenport College, Ezra Stiles College, Jonathan Edwards College, Morse College, Pierson College, Saybrook College, Silliman College, Timothy Dwight College, Trumbull College.