Durham University

United Kingdom

About Durham

Lovely Durham is home to one of the country's top universities. The city is picturesque, wooded, hilly, and aching with heritage. The brooding Norman cathedral dominates the skyline – and it tells you something about the prestige of the university that one of its colleges is housed in the castle right next door.

Durham is a collegiate university, meaning that student life has a real sense of focus and community to it. There's also more than a whiff of Oxbridge to proceedings.

The university is currently ranked 5th to 6th in the UK by recent national league tables of the British universities, and in the world's top 100 by QS and The Higher Education Rankings. There are 25 different academic schools and departments, which each operate under one of the following three faculties: Arts and Humanities, Science, and Social Science and Health.

Campuses

Durham City is the main location of the university and contains 14 of the 16 colleges along with most of the academic departments. Every college at the university has its own student facilities - including its own bar. For those wanting to venture further afield, there are a bars and restaurants in the city, but many students choose to take the train to nearby Newcastle, where a plethora of things to do await. Historic Durham is known for its 11th century castle and Norman Cathedral, which together are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and dominate the city's skyline. Here are some amenities near our campus.

Queen's Campus was established in 1992 and is located in the town of Thornaby-on-Tees some 30 miles away from Durham City. The Campus is home to around 2,000 full-time students, two residential colleges (John Snow and Stephenson Colleges) and the Wolfson Research Institute. Currently a number of subjects can be studied at Queen's Campus: Medicine, Pharmacy, Accounting, Business and Finance, Applied Psychology and Primary education. Here are some amenities near our campus.

Information
Year Founded
1832
Student Population
15705
Staff Population
1013
Male to Female Ratio
54 : 46
International Students
26%
Foundation
Colleges
Social
Accreditations
Strengths
Archaeology
The Times, Archaeology and Forensic Science
1st
Criminology
The Times, Criminology
1st
Business Studies
CUG, Marketing
2nd
Chemistry
The Times, Natural Science
2nd
Environmental Science
The Times, Natural Science
2nd
Material Science
The Times, Natural Science
2nd
Mathematics
The Times, Natural Science
2nd
Physics
The Times, Natural Science
2nd
Area Studies
CUG, Asian Studies
3rd
History
QS, Classics and Ancient History
3rd
Languages
The Times, Italian
3rd
Religion
QS, Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies
3rd
Classics
QS, Classics and Ancient History
3rd
Biological Science
Guardian, Biology
4th
Geography
CUG, Geography and Environmental Science
4th
Accounting & Finance
Guardian, Accounting and Finance
5th
Sociology
The Times, Sociology
5th
English & Literature
Times, Arts and Humanities
7th
Music
Times, Arts and Humanities
7th
Law
QS, Law and Legal Studies
8th
Scholarships
British Chevening Scholarships
100% for tuition and living expenses
Limited quantity
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Notable alumni

David Sproxton Founder, Aardman Animations
David Sproxton CBE is one of the co-founders of the Aardman Animations studio, which has been credited with movies including War Story, Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. David graduated from Durham University in 1976 with a degree in Geography.

Dr Paul Hawkins Inventor - Hawk Eye
Dr Paul Hawkins is the inventor of the Hawk Eye computing system used in major sport (tennis, badminton, cricket, football) to visually track the trajectory of the balls. Dr Hawkins erned his PhD in artificial intelligence in 1999 from Durham University.
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Durham Induction Week
Durham University: A day in the life