List of residential colleges explained

This is a list of residential colleges at various college campuses. It gives the name of the university and country in which each college is located. It is sorted by country (and sometimes by regional subdivision), and in alphabetical order by university name and then college name within each country.

Australia

South Australia

Residential Colleges in North Adelaide

Independent colleges associated with the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia and Flinders University.[1]

Flinders University

Australian Capital Territory

Australian National University

See main article: Residential colleges of the Australian National University.

Tasmania

University of Tasmania

Hobart

Launceston

Victoria

La Trobe University

The Management rights of the Residential Colleges of LaTrobe University were given to UniLodge Australia in 2020.

University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne's residential colleges are:[3]

Monash University

New South Wales

Macquarie University

University of New England

University of New South Wales

University of Sydney

University of Wollongong

Queensland

Independent

Griffith University

James Cook University

University of Queensland

Western Australia

Curtin University

University of Western Australia

Canada

University of Manitoba

The colleges affiliated to the University of Manitoba are:[4]

University of Toronto

Constituent colleges
Federated colleges
Theological colleges

York University

Germany

Jacobs University Bremen

Hong Kong

Chinese University of Hong Kong

South Korea

POSTECH

Yonsei University

Sinchon and International Campus:

Wonju Campus:

Handong Global University

India

Kerala

University of Calicut

Mahathma Gandhi University

Italy

University of Pavia

The University of Pavia has 16 residential colleges, with the oldest dating back to the 16th century. Eleven are state-owned, four are independent colleges "legally recognised by the Italian Ministry of University and Research" and one is private. Students are not required to be members of a college.[5]

New Zealand

Auckland University

University of Otago

See main article: Colleges of the University of Otago.

The University of Otago has 14 colleges, of which 10 are undergraduate only and 4 take both postgraduates and undergraduates.[6]

Singapore

National University of Singapore

Yale-NUS College

Thailand

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

United Kingdom

See also: Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom.

University of Cambridge

See main article: Colleges of the University of Cambridge.

Source: Web site: College A-Z. 29 February 2016. University of Cambridge.

Durham University

See main article: Colleges of Durham University.

Source: Web site: Explore the colleges. Durham University. 13 July 2019.

University of Kent

The University of Kent has seven colleges in its Canterbury campus (one primarily postgraduate) and one (for both undergraduates and postgraduates) at its Medway campus.[9]

Lancaster University

Source: Web site: Our Colleges. Lancaster University. 29 February 2016.

University of Oxford

See main article: Colleges of the University of Oxford.

Source: Web site: College listing. University of Oxford. 22 September 2018.

University of Roehampton

Source: Web site: The Colleges of Roehampton. University of Roehampton. 29 February 2016.

University of York

See main article: Colleges of the University of York.

Source: Web site: Our Colleges. University of York. 10 July 2022.

United States

Northeast

Binghamton University

Binghamton University has six residential communities:[10]

Cornell University

Cornell has a variety of housing options, including residences halls, program houses (themed residences halls) and co-op houses. Two of the program houses are identified as residential colleges:[11]

The houses of the West Campus House System have also been identified by the university as a "residential college initiative":[12]

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth has six houses in its house system and all students are members of a house:[13] [14]

Fairfield University

Fairfield University has three sophomore residential colleges that offer both residence and academic programmes to sophomore (second year) students:[15]

Fordham University

Fordham University has three integrated learning communities for first year students and six for upperclassmen.

First year integrated learning communities:[16]

Upperclassmen integrated learning communities:[17]

Franklin & Marshall College

Franklin & Marshall has five college houses:[18]

Harvard University

Harvard's house system covers upper-level students (beyond the first year).[19] There are twelve residential houses and one "community" for non-residential students:[20]

Princeton University

Princeton has six undergraduate colleges and one graduate college:[21]

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology has seven special interest houses:[23]

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Yale University

See main article: Residential colleges of Yale University. Yale has 14 residential colleges and all undergraduates belong to a college.[25]

Midwest

Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University has ten themed "living learning communities":[26]

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Michigan State University

Michigan State University has three themed residential colleges.[28]

Northwestern University

Northwestern has ten themed undergraduate residential colleges:[29]

Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis has ten residential colleges for first and second year students:[30]

University of Notre Dame

See main article: University of Notre Dame residence halls.

South

Baylor University

University of Georgia

Louisiana State University

Murray State University

University of Mississippi

University of South Carolina

Southern Arkansas University

Tulane University

UVa has many forms of upper-class housing including traditional dormitories, apartment-style housing, language houses, and 3 residential colleges.

Vanderbilt University has ten first-year houses, located on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, and five upper-division residential colleges.

See main article: Residential colleges of Rice University.

The University of Central Arkansas has six residential colleges: five "living and learning communities" and one "commuter learning community".[32]

West

University of California, San Diego

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Berkeley

Stanford University

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Independent Residential Colleges. University of Adelaide. 19 September 2018.
  2. Web site: University Hall. Flinders University. 19 September 2018.
  3. Web site: Residential colleges. University of Melbourne. 26 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Faculties, Colleges and Schools. University of Manitoba. 26 April 2024.
  5. Web site: University Colleges. University of Pavia. 4 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Residential Colleges. University of Otaga. 31 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Residential Living. Yale-NUS College. 18 September 2018.
  8. Web site: Residential College. KMUTT . 25 October 2018.
  9. Web site: Colleges. University of Kent. 14 September 2020.
  10. Web site: Residential life. Binghamton University. 1 November 2020.
  11. Web site: Upperlevel Undergraduate On-Campus Housing. 1 November 2020. Cornell University.
  12. Web site: West Campus House System. 1 November 2020. Cornell University.
  13. Web site: About the House System. Dartmouth College. 1 November 2020.
  14. Web site: Our Houses. Dartmouth College. 1 November 2020.
  15. Web site: Sophomore residential colleges. Fairfield University. 1 November 2020.
  16. Web site: First Year Programs. Living and Learning: Integrated Learning Communities. Fordham University. 1 November 2020.
  17. Web site: Upperclassmen Programs. Living and Learning: Integrated Learning Communities. Fordham University. 1 November 2020.
  18. Web site: College Houses. Franklin & Marshall College. 1 November 2020.
  19. Web site: Residential life. 1 November 2020. Harvard College.
  20. Web site: The Houses. 1 November 2020. Harvard College.
  21. Web site: About residential colleges. Princeton University. 1 November 2020.
  22. Web site: Graduate College. Princeton University. 1 November 2020.
  23. Web site: Special Interest Houses. Rochester Institute of Technology. 11 October 2021.
  24. Web site: Who We Are. Douglas Residential College. 1 November 2020.
  25. Web site: Residential Colleges. Yale College. 1 November 2020.
  26. Web site: Living Learning Communities. Central Michigan University. 1 November 2020.
  27. Web site: About us. Residential College. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  28. Web site: What is a Residential College. Michigan State University. 1 November 2020.
  29. Web site: Undergraduate Residential Colleges. Northwestern University. 1 November 2020.
  30. Web site: South 40 Residential Colleges for First & Second Year Students. 29 October 2018 . Washington University in St. Louis. 1 November 2020.
  31. Web site: Residential College at West Ambler Johnston Virginia Tech. www.housing.vt.edu. 2016-06-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20160601225421/http://www.housing.vt.edu/llc/communities/waj/. 2016-06-01. dead.
  32. Web site: Residential Colleges. University of Central Arkansas. 4 December 2018.
  33. "Residential college redux: Bowles is back" http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/08/19/residential-college-redux-bowles-is-back/

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