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
Sree Narayana College for Women Sree Narayana College for Women Sree Narayana College for Women is a postgraduate college affiliated with the University of Kerala. The college is named after social reformer, philosopher and saint Sree Narayana Guru. The institution was established as a college for women in 1951. About 2500 students study in the college at present at degree and PG levels. It is an approved research center for eight subjects. It has now 14 teaching departments.Today the college offers 16 undergraduate and 14 postgraduate courses. In 1946 the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam resolved to establish a college at Kollam in the name