Back كلية سانت جونز (كامبريدج) Arabic كلية سانت جونز كامبريدج ARZ سنت جان، کمبریج کالجی AZB সেন্ট জনস কলেজ, কেমব্রিজ Bengali/Bangla St John's College (Cambridge) Czech Coleg Sant Ioan, Caergrawnt Welsh St John’s College (Cambridge) German St John's College (Kembriĝo) Esperanto Saint John's College (Cambridge) Spanish Saint John's College (Cambridge) Basque
| St John's College | |
|---|---|
| University of Cambridge | |
 View over the rear buildings from the Backs | |
 Arms of St John's College, being the arms of the foundress Lady Margaret Beaufort Arms: Royal arms of England a bordure componée azure and argent | |
| Scarf colours: navy, with two equally-spaced narrow stripes of Cambridge blue edged with red | |
| Location | St John's Street (map) |
| Full name | The College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge |
| Abbreviation | JN[1] |
| Motto | Souvent me Souvient (Old French; motto of the foundress Lady Margaret Beaufort) |
| Motto in English | I often remember / Remember me often[2] |
| Founder | Lady Margaret Beaufort |
| Established | 1511 |
| Named after | The Hospital of St John the Evangelist |
| Sister colleges | |
| Master | Heather Hancock, from October 2020 |
| Undergraduates | 634 (2022–23) |
| Postgraduates | 368 (2022–23) |
| Endowment | £986,153m (2023)[3] |
| Website | www |
| JCR | sjcjcr |
| SBR | sbr |
| Map | |
  Location in Central Cambridge  Location in Cambridge | |
St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge,[4] is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corporation established by a charter dated 9 April 1511. The aims of the college, as specified by its statutes, are the promotion of education, religion, learning and research.[5] It is one of the largest Oxbridge colleges in terms of student numbers. For 2022, St John's was ranked 6th of 29 colleges in the Tompkins Table (the annual league table of Cambridge colleges) with over 35 per cent of its students earning first-class honours. It is the second wealthiest college in Oxford and Cambridge, after its neighbour Trinity College, Cambridge.[6]
Members of the college include the winners of twelve Nobel Prizes, seven prime ministers, twelve archbishops of various countries, at least two princes and three saints.[7][8] The Romantic poet William Wordsworth studied at St John's, as did William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson, two abolitionists who led the movement that brought slavery to an end in the British Empire. Prince William was affiliated with the college while undertaking a university-run course in estate management in 2014.[9]
St John's is well known for its choir, its members' success in a variety of inter-collegiate sporting competitions and its annual May Ball. The Cambridge Apostles and the Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club were founded by members of the college. The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race tradition began with a St John's student and the college boat club, Lady Margaret Boat Club, is the oldest in the university. In 2011, the college celebrated its quincentenary, an event marked by a visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[10]
- ^ University of Cambridge (6 March 2019). "Notice by the Editor". Cambridge University Reporter. 149 (Special No 5): 1. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Introducing 'Souvient' – a new Cambridge podcast series inspired by Lady Margaret Beaufort". St John's College, Cambridge.
- ^ "Annual report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2023" (PDF). St John's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ A History of St John's College, produced by Tim Rawle Associates, Cloister Press, p. 1
- ^ "Research". St John's College, Cambridge. 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ Adams, Richard; Greenwood, Xavier (28 May 2018). "Oxford and Cambridge university colleges hold £21bn in riches". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Biographical History page". St John's College, Cambridge. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Johnian Nobel Laureates". St John's College, Cambridge. 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016. http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/johnian-nobel-laureates/laureates Archived 4 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Prince William opens St John's College Archive Centre". 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "In Pictures: The Queen in Cambridge". BBC News. 27 April 2011.