Founded in 1800 by Sir George Downing, whose Grandfather gave his name to the street in London.

The master of the college is Dr Stephen Fleet.

The senior tutor of the college is Dr Martin J Mays

The admissions tutor is Dr Paul C Millet for arts and Dr Bill Clyne for sciences.

The college offers the regular selection of courses available at Cambridge.

Website – http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk

See Cambridge University for a list of all courses offered by the university.