Ridley Hall Competitors

The University of Cambridge is one of the world's foremost research universities. The University is made up of 31 Colleges and over 150 departments, faculties, schools and other institutions. Its mission is 'to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence'.

Situated in the leafy borough of Richmond upon Thames, our campus boasts all the perks of a great City location with the peace and tranquillity of a safe suburb. At St Mary’s, students are known by name, reflecting the close-knit community of the University. Our teaching excellence was listed in the top 15 of UK universities and the facilities at our newly built £8.5m Sports Centre, which were used during the pre-Games training camp for the London 2012 Olympic Games, are regularly used by international athletes such as Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and David Weir. With 95% of graduates employed or in postgraduate education after six months, you will receive all the help you need to move on successfully after your degree.

Wycliffe Hall was founded in 1877 by a small group of Evangelical Leaders (including the soon-to-become Bishop of Liverpool, JC Ryle). Their vision was to play a small but significant part in the wider University of Oxford, which after all, has as its motto “The Lord is my Light”. Half of our student body is Church of England ordinands. The rest of the community is an exciting mixture of postgraduate students and undergraduate apologetic students. We emphasise academic excellence, practical and ministry training, and personal or spiritual formation. Our overall goal is to send our alumni into the world as leaders, preacher, apologists, church planters and evangelists. We love to see people leave here with a new love for Jesus and his Word, and a deeper commitment to his mission.