Named after a street named after the 7th Viscount FitzWilliam. Founded in 1869 as Fitzwilliam Hall by the Council of Non-College Students. Changed name to Fitzwilliam House in 1924. Full university status in 1966. Sister St Edmund Hall Oxford. Male and female – undergraduates 450 postgraduates 308. Fitzwilliam College, known as 'Fitz', was established in 1869, with the specific aim of widening access to higher education to gifted people outside established independent (fee-paying) schools. It emerged from the Non-College Students' Council and was originally based at Halstead House, later named Fitzwilliam House, opposite the Fitzwilliam Museum in central Cambridge. The house provided an office for the tutor and a study center for students who would have had accommodation in town. Today the college is located on a tranquil eight-acre site in the northwest of Cambridge, radiating a contemporary style created by many notable modern buildings. a series of gardens. It accommodates approximately 300 postgraduate and 450 undergraduate students and is a 20-minute walk from the market square. The college nurtured its founding logic, presenting itself as one of the least traditional and most working-class-friendly foundations of the university. The number of homeschoolers enrolled in public schools in recent years has averaged 57 percent. Although they were first admitted in 1979, women have constituted a substantial minority in recent years. Several fears were expressed when the university decided to become coeducational, but they were quickly considered inappropriate, leading one student to write: "The integration of women into this male-only field has at least been very successful. Not only have very few problems occurred, but the atmosphere at the university has also greatly improved.'F...... middle of paper ......a powerful concrete structure on the South Bank from London, was tasked with carrying out projects. In 1963 he completed the brick courts and central building. New Court was added in 1985 and Wilson Court in 1994, with the final frontage, Gate House Court, completed in 2003. Award-winning designNew Court was designed by Richard MacCormac and has won numerous approvals within the city council, which awarded a prize. The same architect designed the plans for the famous chapel, which received several awards, including one for the quality of its woodwork. The interior is bathed in natural light filtered through the charming east window and clever roof glazing. Fitzwilliam's magnificent gardens are hidden behind the vast university buildings and remain quite secretive, allowing a huge colony of squirrels to go about their daily lives undisturbed - much like students.