Castle Court, Clare College's northern satellite accommodation site between Castle Street and Chesterton Lane, caters mainly to upper-year undergraduates, supporting supervisions and self-study for science, engineering, and medicine students. This site, formerly known as The Colony, provides lodging houses ideal for independent scholars near northern facilities, with occasional teaching sessions arranged by Fellows.
Though focused on housing, it integrates academic life through proximity to sciences sites, enabling supervisions in STEM fields and fostering a community for practical and lab-intensive courses.
Clare College's main campus, encompassing Old Court and surrounding historic buildings along the River Cam, serves as the primary academic and social hub for students pursuing undergraduate degrees across a wide array of disciplines. This site hosts key teaching facilities including the Hall, library, and common rooms where small-group supervisions— the hallmark of Cambridge pedagogy—are conducted by college Fellows in close collaboration with university faculties. The campus supports studies in virtually all university Triposes, with a strong emphasis on humanities, sciences, social sciences, engineering, and medicine, fostering an interdisciplinary environment amidst its picturesque gardens and Grade I listed architecture.
Supervisions at this campus cover foundational and advanced topics, preparing students for university examinations while benefiting from the college's vibrant academic community and proximity to central faculties like the University Library.
Memorial Court, a satellite site of Clare College connected by the iconic Clare Bridge, primarily supports undergraduate accommodation and some academic activities, including supervisions for students in humanities and social sciences. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, this tranquil court across the River Cam from Old Court hosts graduate common rooms and facilitates personalized teaching in essay-based subjects, leveraging its proximity to the Sidgwick Site for law, humanities, and social studies faculties.
This campus emphasizes residential learning, with Fellows providing supervisions in nearby rooms, enhancing the intimate tutorial system for arts and social science students while offering gardens and facilities for focused study.
