Established by Mrs M.B. ('Greta') Burkill as the Junior Graduate Club in 1955, to provide social amenities and focus for graduate students, the organisation was recognised by the University in 1962 and renamed the Graduate Society. Meeting first in the Smaller Examination Hall, in 1962 the Society was allocated rooms at 9 West Road and in 1963 at 32 Trumpington St. From the mid 1960s, plans for the new University Centre on Granta Place were intended to include provision for the Society. It took up partial residence in 1967, being also accommodated at 12 Mill Lane. The Society's President, Mrs Burkill resigned in 1968. The Society continued to exist until about 1980.