Girton College, Cambridge Girton was not officially a college yet, nor were its members part of the University. Girton and Newnham were classed as "recognised institutions for the higher education for women", not colleges of the university. On 27 April 1948, women were admitted to full membership of the University of Cambridge, and Girton College received the status of a college of the university. Social and cultural changes in the post-war period led to an increasing number of British universities to become co-educational. In Cambridge, Churchill College, King's College and Clare College were the first men's colleges to admit women in 1972. Girton
Astronomy departments in the University of Cambridge medieval times, the departmental structure has changed frequently, and all three of departments listed above were founded within the last two centuries. The first astronomical observatory at the University of Cambridge was built at the top of Trinity College gatehouse in 1704. Astronomy departments in the University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge has three large astronomy departments as follows: There is frequent collaboration between departments as research interests overlap. The Kavli Institute for Cosmology at Cambridge (KICC) is operated jointly by the first two departments, with close connections to the third. It is located on the same site as