Durham - The University

Durham University is a world-class, research-intensive, Russell group university. It is also a collegiate university, which further supports your personal development, providing a community, pastoral care, and a transformative wider student experience. A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a collegiate community of extraordinary people, a unique and historic setting, Durham is a university like no other. We believe that inspiring our people to do outstanding things at Durham enables Durham people to do outstanding things in the world. As part of Durham University, you’ll be working with exceptional minds, all with the desire to ask, and answer, the big questions. Access to leading edge facilities and an active contributor to the global research and university community means you’ll be part of an international and diverse network of partners spanning the world’s best research institutions, organisations and businesses. And all this within the evocative and historic surroundings of the city, county and community that is Durham. We find it easy to be proud of the extraordinary people we have at Durham. We offer the inspiration, they achieve the outstanding. We invite you to join them.

Durham - The Location

The University sits in a beautiful historic city where it shares ownership of a UNESCO World Heritage Site with Durham Cathedral. A collegiate University, Durham recruits outstanding students from across the world and offers an unmatched wider student experience. Less than 3 hours north of London, and an hour and a half south of Edinburgh, County Durham is a region steeped in history and natural beauty. The Durham Dales, including the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, are home to breathtaking scenery and attractions.

Durham University Colleges

One of the special features of Durham University are its 17 Colleges. Every PGR student at Durham is a member of a college, and colleges provide students with much more to student life than studying. In all of our colleges you will find a sense of community and belonging that is distinctive to Durham, which stays with you throughout your time as a student and beyond. Whilst fundamental characteristics of colleges are similar, there are many distinctive features with respect to their traditions, ethos, buildings and culture. Every College has representative bodies for students that are usually known as Common Rooms. Each is made up of  elected voluntary student officers who represent students from their college. Postgraduate students may become a member of a Middle Common Room (MCR), Student Representative Council (SRC), Graduate Common Room (GCR) or a Senior Common Room (SCR).

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