or Durham Universities. Heads of colleges Most colleges are led by a Master, even when the Master is female. However, there are some exceptions, listed below. Girton College has always had a Mistress, even though male candidates have been able to run for the office since 1976. Mistress: Girton College President: Clare Hall, Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish College, Murray Edwards College, Queens' College, Wolfson College Principal: Homerton College, Newnham College Provost: King's College Warden: Robinson College Also see List of current heads of University of Cambridge colleges. Former colleges The above list does not include several former colleges that no longer exist. These include: Ayerst Hostel, founded in the 1880s, renamed as St Edmund's House in 1896 and later St Edmund's College in 1996. Buckingham College, founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hall, refounded as Magdalene in 1542. Bull College, an unofficial college for US GIs returning from World War II, existing in Michaelmas 1945 and Lent 1946. Cavendish College, founded in 1873, an attempt to allow poorer students to sit the Tripos examinations, whose buildings were bought by Homerton in 1895. "Clare Hall" was the name of Clare College between 1338 and 1856. Clare College founded a new college named Clare Hall in 1966. Gonville Hall, founded in 1348, and re-founded in 1557 as Gonville and Caius College. God's House, founded in 1437, and re-founded in 1505 as Christ's College. King's Hall, founded in 1317, and combined with Michaelhouse to form Trinity College in 1546. Michaelhouse, founded in 1324, and combined with King's Hall to form Trinity College in 1546. New Hall, founded 1954, and re-founded in 2008 as Murray Edwards College Physwick Hostel, Cambridge - was a predecessor of Gonville and Caius College University College, founded 1965, and re-founded in 1972 as Wolfson College University Hall, founded 1326, refounded as Clare Hall in 1338, renamed as Clare College in 1856. See also Colleges of Durham University Colleges of the University of Oxford Colleges of the University of York List of current heads of University of Cambridge colleges List of fictional Cambridge colleges List of Oxbridge sister colleges Notes References Colleges Colleges University of Cambridge-related lists University of Cambridge