New Hall was founded in 1954 in order to provide more places for women in the university at a time when only two undergraduate colleges, Girton and Newnham, admitted women to study. The founding was due to a large number of people, both men and women, who believed in the right of women to have access to the same educational facilities as men. The first 16 students were housed in the College's first, temporary home in Silver Street. By 1965 New Hall had moved up Castle Hill into its permanent home in the distinctive buildings you see today. The new building meant that the college could accept many more students, and we now have well over 300 undergraduates.
Further improvements are always in the pipeline.
At no time in the college's history has there ever been a typical 'New Hall' student image. The JCR 5. Academic Affairs 6. The Students 7. Students' Eye Views 8.