▁hold ▁the ▁role , ▁ 4 0 ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁college ▁began ▁adm itting ▁women ▁as ▁students . ▁ ▁History ▁When ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 6 , ▁the ▁College ▁consisted ▁of ▁buildings ▁taken ▁over ▁from ▁the ▁N unn ery ▁of ▁St ▁Mary ▁and ▁St ▁R ade g und , ▁which ▁was ▁founded ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century ; ▁the ▁Chap el ▁is ▁the ▁oldest ▁university ▁building ▁in ▁Cambridge ▁still ▁in ▁use , ▁and ▁pred ates ▁the ▁foundation ▁of ▁the ▁College ▁by ▁ 3 5 0 ▁years , ▁the ▁University ▁by ▁half ▁a ▁century . ▁ ▁The ▁Bened ict ine ▁Con vent , ▁upon ▁dissol ution , ▁included ▁the ▁chap el ▁and ▁the ▁clo ister ▁attached ▁to ▁it ; ▁the ▁n uns ’ ▁ref ect ory , ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁college ▁hall ; ▁and ▁the ▁former ▁lod ging ▁of ▁the ▁prior ess , ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁Master ’ s ▁L odge . ▁This ▁set ▁of ▁buildings ▁remains ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁the ▁college ▁to ▁this ▁day ▁and ▁this ▁accounts ▁for ▁its ▁distinct ly ▁mon astic ▁architect ural ▁style , ▁which ▁sets ▁it ▁apart ▁from ▁other ▁Cambridge ▁colleg es . ▁A ▁library ▁was ▁soon ▁added , ▁and ▁the ▁chap el ▁was ▁consider ably ▁modified ▁and ▁reduced ▁in ▁scale ▁by ▁Al cock . ▁At ▁its ▁foundation , ▁the ▁college ▁had ▁a ▁master , ▁six ▁fell ows ▁and ▁six ▁sch ol ars . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁profile ▁ ▁Jesus ▁College ▁adm its ▁under grad uate ▁and ▁gradu ates ▁students ▁to ▁all