Pembroke College

Welcome to Pembroke -  a distinctive, successful and supportive academic community at the heart of one of the world’s great universities.  It’s a college of poets and scientists, thinkers and players, who want to make a difference to the world. People from every background flourish here: in its quietly beautiful environment individuals make significant discoveries about their subject and themselves. But individuals also benefit from intellectual and creative partnerships, within and across generations and disciplines, and between the academy and the wider world. This website expresses the essential elements of a place and a community its members love.  Let Pembroke make a difference to you.

Students do really well at Pembroke: they are encouraged to excel in their subject, and have consistently achieved outstanding results across a range of disciplines, supported by world-class researchers and supervisors and a notably caring support system. We welcome applicants of exceptional talent regardless of their social, cultural or educational background, and plan to double the means-tested financial support we offer to students over the next three years. If you have a strong academic record and a passion to scale new heights, why not apply?

Pembroke has unparalleled experience among Cambridge colleges in the design and delivery of programmes for international students. Through the Semester Abroad Scheme and the Pembroke-King’s Programme, the College has created opportunities for first rate international students to come to Cambridge to experience life and learning in one of the world’s great universities. The emphasis on academic rigour is carried through to two new (2013) three-week summer programmes, one of which is focused on Creative Writing and the other on International Security and Intelligence issues. In both cases we will be bringing together practitioners, academics and those who aspire to be one or both.

While your degree may only involve a few intense terms in Cambridge, membership of Pembroke is for life.  We encourage our Members to use their talents to make a difference in the world, inspired by their illustrious predecessors.  Many change lives through teaching, shaping public policy, or by the sheer reach of their ideas or the power of their performances.

Investing in the College’s future helps to create a great environment for the brightest of the next generation and beyond. In defiance of uncertain times, our Members and institutional and corporate partners help us to extend the opportunities and financial support we can offer our students, to fund research and teaching, and maintain and enhance our beautiful College site

Pembroke has an unusually large and diverse Fellowship:  internationally renowned researchers, lecturers and Professors who serve the College as Directors of Studies, supervisors and Tutors, and share their ideas with the students they guide. All our Fellows and student representatives also serve on the College’s Governing Body, and help make Pembroke unusually flexible and dynamic in the initiatives we develop.   Pembroke’s friendly support staff play a key role in our academic successes: they help make sure all our members enjoy living in this beautiful place, and make a real contribution to Pembroke’s distinctive relaxed atmosphere.