In 1988 Churchill College contacted the A.P. Møller & Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation, a Danish institution set up in 1953 by shipping magnate A.P. Møller, looking for funding for additional postgraduate student accommodation.
In 1992, the Møller Centre was formally opened by Her Majesty Queen Ingrid of Denmark, located on the grounds of Churchill College in Cambridge.