Student Body
The college's modernity tends to attract students who view Cambridge University, an especially the more traditional colleges, as elitist. Former pupils of state schools usually comprise around 70–75% of the College's undergraduate population. However, as many of these are either overseas students or from provincial grammar schools and leading comprehensive schools, membership is a lot more diverse than the figures may suggest. Unlike a number of other colleges, Fitzwilliam has no distinct political leaning and has, in recent years, produced prominent members of all three major national parties.
As of 2010, Fitzwilliam is home to around 475 undergraduates, 275 graduate students and over 60 fellows.
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