Selwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom. The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of the Rt Reverend George Selwyn , who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the first Bishop of New Zealand , and subsequently the Bishop of Lichfield . It consists of three main courts built of brick and stone with some ancillary buildings, including houses serving as student hostels on Grange Road, West Road and Sidgwick Avenue, all on a single site. The college currently... has 56 Fellows and around 110 non-academic staff. Selwyn is less wealthy than most of the other traditional Cambridge colleges. In 2006 it had an estimated financial endowment of £22 million, and in 2004 fixed assets were worth £70 million. The college was ranked 16th out of 30 in an assessment of college wealth conducted by the student newspaper Varsity in November 2006. Selwyn has, in recent times, excelled academically.
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| Location: | Cambridge,
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| School type: | University |
| Total enrollment: | 490 |
| Endowment: | £
22,000,000 |
| Colors: | Yellow, Red |