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A list of current heads of colleges at the University of Cambridge, England.

College Incumbent Title Appointed
Christ's The Lord McDonald of Salford Master 2022[1]
Churchill Sharon Peacock Master 2024[2]
Clare Loretta Minghella Master 2021[3]
Clare Hall C. Alan Short President 2020[4]
Corpus Christi Christopher Kelly Master 2018[5]
Darwin Mike Rands Master 2020[6]
Downing Graham Virgo Master 2023[7]
Emmanuel Lt Gen Douglas Chalmers Master 2021[8]
Fitzwilliam The Baroness Morgan of Huyton Master 2019[9]
Girton Elisabeth Kendall Mistress 2022[10]
Gonville and Caius Richard Gilbertson Master 2025[11]
Homerton The Lord Woolley of Woodford Principal 2021[12]
Hughes Hall Sir Laurie Bristow President 2022[13]
Jesus Sonita Alleyne Master 2019[14]
King's Gillian Tett Provost 2023
Lucy Cavendish Girish Menon President 2025[15]
Magdalene Sir Christopher Greenwood Master 2020[16]
Murray Edwards Rachel Polonsky (acting) President 2025[17]
Newnham Alison Rose Principal 2019[18]
Pembroke Rosalind Polly Blakesley Master 2025[19]
Peterhouse Andy Parker Master 2023[20]
Queens' Dame Menna Rawlings President 2025[21]
Robinson Sir Richard Heaton Warden 2021[22]
St Catharine's John Benger Master 2023[23]
St Edmund's Chris Young Master 2024[24]
St John's Heather Hancock Master 2020[25]
Selwyn Suzanne Raine Master 2025[26]
Sidney Sussex Martin Burton Master 2023[27]
Trinity Dame Sally Davies Master 2019[28]
Trinity Hall Mary Hockaday Master 2022[29]
Wolfson Ijeoma Uchegbu President 2024[30]

References

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  1. ^ "Christ's College elects new Master". Christs College Cambridge. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Professor Sharon Peacock CBE FMedSci". Churchill College Cambridge. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Loretta Minghella OBE (1981) installed as Master of Clare". Clare College, Cambridge. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Professor C. Alan Short Elected as President". Clare Hall, Cambridge. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Professor Christopher Kelly's Admission as Master of Corpus". Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Wolfson alumnus Michael Rands appointed Master of Darwin College". Wolfson College, Cambridge. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Downing College announces Master Elect". Downing College, Cambridge. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Doug Chalmers elected as the next Master of Emmanuel". For Staf. University of Cambridge. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Baroness Morgan of Huyton appointed Master of Fitzwilliam College". Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Professor Susan J Smith". Girton College, Cambridge. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Master and Fellows – Gonville & Caius". Gonville & Caius College. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  12. ^ Mistlin, Alex (31 March 2021). "Lord Woolley to become first black man to head Oxbridge college". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Sir Laurie Bristow elected President of Hughes Hall". Hughes Hall, Cambridge. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  14. ^ Luxon, Sally (27 October 2019). "Sonita Alleyne - the first female and black Master of any Oxbridge College". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Lucy Cavendish College appoints Girish Menon to serve as its 10th President". Lucy Cavendish College. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  16. ^ "BIICL Congratulates new master of Magdalene College". British Institute of International and Comparative Law. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Dr Rachel Polonsky announced as Acting President". Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  18. ^ "Alison Rose becomes Principal of Newnham College". Newnham College, Cambridge. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Mastership of Pembroke College Cambridge". Pembroke College Cambridge. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  20. ^ "News | Peterhouse". www.pet.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Dame Menna Rawlings installed as new President of Queens' College". Queens' College, Cambridge. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  22. ^ "Robinson College welcomes its third Warden, Sir Richard Heaton". Robinson College, Cambridge. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  23. ^ "Catz_Cambridge/status/1708407707483476042". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Prof Chris Young". St Edmund's College Cambridge. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  25. ^ "Heather Hancock appointed as Master of St John's College". St John's College, Cambridge. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  26. ^ "The Master". Selwyn College, Cambridge. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  27. ^ "Master of the College". Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  28. ^ "Chief medical officer to become first female Trinity College master". The Guardian. Press Association. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  29. ^ "Mary Hockaday takes up post as Master". Trinity Hall. 21 September 2022.
  30. ^ "President & Officers". Wolfson College Cambridge. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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