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University of Durham
Palace Green Durham 03.JPG
Palace Green
Motto
Fundamenta eius super montibus sanctis
TypePublic
Established1832
Endowment£57.1 million
ChancellorSir Thomas Allen
Vice-ChancellorChristopher F Higgins
Administrative staff
1,746
Students15,529
Undergraduates11,278
Postgraduates4,251
Location
Durham
,
United Kingdom
CampusUrban
AthleticsBUSA
Websitewww.dur.ac.uk

The University of Durham is a university in the City of Durham in the north of England. It was founded in 1832. It is one of the oldest universities in the United Kingdom. It is "long established as the leading alternative to Oxford and Cambridge".[1]

University Of Durham Media

  • William van Mildert, Bishop of Durham and one of the founders of the university

  • An examination taking place in Cosin's Library, 1842

  • Durham Castle (gatehouse pictured) houses University College, making it one of the oldest buildings currently being used to house a university in the world

  • Durham University College of Medicine, Newcastle, now the Sutherland Building of Northumbria University

  • St Chad's College, one of the two independent colleges

  • The lawn at St Mary's College, the first of the Hill colleges

  • Ebsworth Building, Queen's Campus, Stockton

  • School of Government and International Affairs

  • The Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics, next to the Department of Physics

References

  • "A year at Durham University 2005-2006" (PDF). University of Durham. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  • "Facts and figures: Staff statistics". University of Durham. Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  • "Facts and figures: Student statistics". University of Durham. Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  • "Financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2008" (PDF). University of Durham. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  • "Governance: Senior management team". University of Durham. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  • "History: The founding of the University". University of Durham. Archived from the original on 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  1. ↑ "Login". login.thetimes.co.uk.

Other websites

  Media related to Durham University at Wikimedia Commons


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