Founded in 1965 by Anna McClean Bidder, a zoologist, later Curator of Malacology in the Museum of Zoology; Margaret Mary Braithwaite (née Masterman), a philosopher and later Director of the Cambridge Language Research Unit; and Kathleen Louise Wood-Legh, a medieval historian.

The master of the college is The Rt Hon the Baroness Perry of Southwark.

The senior tutor of the college is Dr A S Abulafia

The admissions tutor is Ms Jane McLarty.

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

Website – http://www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk

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