Every student at Cambridge University must be a member of a College. All the colleges admit graduate students, but at some of them most of the students are undergraduates. Graduate Colleges specialize in students of 21 and over.
Many graduate students prefer to be in a more mature community.
Graduate colleges offer facilities tailored specifically to graduate students. Graduate colleges offer a community that continues all the year round. Accommodation is available in vacation as well as term. Catering continues for almost all the year. The nature of college life reflects the preferences and interests of mature students.