Mastership

**PEMBROKE COLLEGE**
**APPOINTMENT OF**

**MASTER**

**JULY 2023**

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**440**
**UNDERGRADUATES**

**300**
**POSTGRADUATES**

**75**
**FELLOWS**

**180**
**STAFF**

**PHOTO: STEPHEN BOND**

**INTRODUCING PEMBROKE COLLEGE**

Pembroke College, founded in committed to welcoming
1347 by Marie de St Pol, Countess Students of exceptional talent
of Pembroke, is proud of its regardless of their social, cultural
traditions. The third oldest of the or educational background, and
Cambridge colleges, it was the giving them the benefit of contact
first to have its own Chapel. with a large and distinguished
Located in the heart of the Fellowship. Pembroke thrives on
University city, Pembroke conversations, between
presents a tranquil environment generations and disciplines
- with varied architectural styles between undergraduates,
framing beautiful gardens and graduates and senior Members,
open courts. between current Students and our

alumni, and between the academy
The College today is an intimate and the wider world.
yet diverse community,

**OUR MISSION**

We pride ourselves on our strong at Pembroke, in particular, really is
tutorial system, offering support a bargain. The College website
in whatever way we can - aims to provide information, news
academic, practical and financial - and resources for current and
to our Students as they pursue former Members of the College,
their chosen academic path and and potential applicants to study
develop their intellectual potential at Cambridge as well as for
to the full. But it is not all about companies interested in working
work at Pembroke, Students enjoy with the University, and for the
extracurricular pursuits such as public at large keen to glean more
music, drama and sport as well as information about Pembroke. We
actively engaging in outreach and hope it provides an insight into the
charity work. We regard a rich and exciting life of the
university education not just as an College, acting as a contact point
investment in one's own future for anyone interested in the many
but as a means of enriching the aspects of the College's history
world. Even at a time of rising and activities.
costs, studying at Cambridge and

"One of the things that always delights me is when I hear of surveys of students across the
whole of Cambridge; and when they ask the question, “If you weren’t at your present
College where would you like to have been at?” the answer is almost always “Pembroke”.
Chris Smith, Master (Rt Hon Baron Smith of Finsbury PC)

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**THE ROLE**

Pembroke College, Cambridge, is
seeking to elect a new Master to
succeed Lord Smith, who will retire
in July 2025. (In Pembroke the term
‘Master’ is used for any gender.)
ability, distinction and experience,
either in academic life or in some
other field of activity, to provide
leadership of a thriving, self
- governing institution. The ability to
represent and promote the College
both within the University and to
the outside world is crucial.

The appointment will be for a
maximum of 10 years. It is expected
serve for at least five years. The
salary will be commensurate with
academic scales.

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**THE PERSON**

To ensure the whole Pembroke community are involved in the
recruitment of the next Master, Fellows, Staff, Graduates and
Undergraduates were asked to tell us what characteristics they would
value in the next Master.

Below is a word cloud to display the qualities and characteristics our
community are looking for in the next Master:
**FURTHER PARTICULARS**

The present Master, Lord Smith, The College currently has

will retire on 31 July 2025. During approximately 440

the next academic year the Undergraduates, 300 Graduate

Fellows aim to choose his Students, 180 Staff and 75 Fellows.

successor, in order to make a The College is notably

formal election in November 2024. international in make-up.

This note for prospective Our Undergraduates have, for

applicants provides some many years, performed strongly in

information about the College and the University examinations

the Mastership. reflecting Pembroke’s academic
strength. Our graduate students
also perform at the highest levels,
both during and after their
studies. We have for some years
been amongst the most popular
of Cambridge colleges in terms of
Undergraduate and Graduate
study.

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**FURTHER PARTICULARS**

By 2025 the College will have Pembroke also offers a range of
completed its Mill Lane unique and highly successful
Development which provides an International Programmes for
Auditorium, exhibition space, overseas students at
function rooms and 90 new Undergraduate and Graduate
student rooms, to be known as level. These successes have been
Ray and Dagmar Dolby Court. £80 achieved without detriment to the
million has been raised from the College’s long-standing
Dolby family and thousands of reputation for being a friendly and
other donors towards thi