Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential college for woman, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the university. In 1976, it was Cambridge's first women's college to become coeducational. As of 2010, the college's net assets were valued at £104.5 million, including £49 million of endowment, and in 2009-10 it admitted 674 full-time undergraduates and postgraduates. The college's formal... governance is assured by a Mistress, currently Susan J. Smith. The main college site, situated in the village of Girton about 2.5 miles northwest of the university town, spreads 33 acres of land. Held in typical Victorian red brick design, most was built by architect Alfred Waterhouse between 1872 and 1887. It provides extensive sports facilities, an indoor swimming pool, an award-winning library and a chapel with two organs. There is an accommodation annexe, known as Wolfson Court, situated in Cambridge's western suburbs, close to the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
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| Location: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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| Total enrollment: | 674 |
| Endowment: | £
49,000,000 |
| Colors: | Green, White, Red |