Kolej Cempaka merupakan kolej kediaman yang kelapan di UNIMAS. Pembinaannya tamat pada November 2006 dan secara rasminya dibuka pada 1 Julai 2007. Penghuni pertama Kolej Cempaka terdiri daripada pelajar ambilan Julai 2007/2008.
Kawasannya yang strategik terletak di hadapan Tasik UNIMAS dan bersempadan dengan Kolej Bunga Raya dan Kolej Tun Ahmad Zaidi. Menambahkan lagi keunikannya ia juga berdekatan dengan Bangunan Canselori, beberapa fakulti dan Lakeview Cafe.
Cempaka College is the eighth residential college in UNIMAS. The construction was completed in November 2006 and it was officially opened on 1 July 2007. The college welcomed its pioneer residents during the first intake of the 2007/2008 session.
Strategically located with a magnificent view of the lake in West Campus, Cempaka is only a walking distance from Bunga Raya College and Tun Ahmad Zaidi College, as well as UNIMAS Chancellery Building, a few faculties, and the Lakeview Café.