Founders College was established in 1965 as the first college on the Keele Campus. Since 1965, the College, its
Masters, Fellows, Students and Founders College Student Council have participated actively in the development of a new university.

The orange and green College banner,
designed by a distinguished Canadian artist, Harold Town, symbolizes the university at the centre of a twelve-college sun burst.

Between the spurs of the banner one can also see stylized figures which are a reflection of the twelve aluminum- figure sculpture placed above the main entrance to the College in the quadrangle.