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University of Durham
Motto Fundamenta eius super montibus sanctis
Established 1832
Type Public
Endowment £57.1 million
Chancellor Sir Thomas Allen
Vice-Chancellor Christopher F Higgins
Admin. staff 1,746
Students 15,529
Undergraduates 11,278
Postgraduates 4,251
Location Durham, United Kingdom
Campus Urban
Athletics BUSA
Website www.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".

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  • Durham Castle Eingang

    Durham Castle houses University College, making it the oldest inhabited university building in the world

  • ExamInCosin

    An examination taking place in Cosin's Library, 1842

  • Durham Heritage Centre

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

  • St Mary's College Lawn

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

  • Al-Qasimi Building

    School of Government and International Affairs

  • Dun Cow Lane

    The university's Department of Theology is partly housed in buildings on Dun Cow Lane

  • Old Shire Hall, Durham

    The former home of the university's administration, Old Shire Hall

  • Wolfson Institute

    Wolfson Research Institute

  • Palace Green Library, Durham

    The original university library is now known as the Palace Green Library

  • Durham Kathedrale

    The Old Fulling Mill, original home of the University Museum in 1833

  • Victor Watts Library Grey College

    The Victor Watts Library, Grey College

  • Durham - Collingwood arms

    Collingwood College

  • Durham - Grey arms

    Grey College

  • Durham - Hatfield arms

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  • Durham - John Snow arms

    15px]] [[John Snow College

  • Josephine Butler College Crest

    15px]] [[Josephine Butler College

  • Durham - St Aidan's arms

    15px]] [[St Aidan's College

  • Durham - St Chads arms

    15px]] [[St Chad's College

  • Durham - St Cuthberts arms

    15px]] [[St Cuthbert's Society

  • Durham - St Hild and Bede arms

    15px]] [[College of St Hild and St Bede

  • Durham - St Johns arms

    St John's College

  • Durham - St Marys arms

    St Mary's College

  • Durham - George Stephenson arms

    Stephenson College

  • Durham - Trevelyan arms

    15px]] [[Trevelyan College

  • Durham - University College arms

    University College

  • Durham - Ustinov arms

    15px]] [[Ustinov College

  • The Venerable Charles Thorp

    Archdeacon Charles Thorp, founder and first Warden of Durham

  • Durham Graduation

    The university's graduation ceremonies take place in Durham Cathedral with receptions on Palace Green

  • Cosin's Hall, Durham

    Cosin's Hall, home to the Institute of Advanced Study

  • View from the 4th floor of the Calman centre

    The Dawson Building houses the departments of Archaeology and Anthropology

  • Durham Law School

    Durham Law School

  • Great Hall

    The Great Hall at University College - communal dining is traditional at most Durham colleges

  • Durham Union Palace Green

    The Durham Union Society is the university's largest student society

  • Dunelm3

    Dunelm House, home of the Durham Students' Union

  • Durham regatta Univ College Durham v's Newcastle Uni

    University College Boat Club and Newcastle University racing at Durham Regatta

  • Durham University Racecourse

    The Racecourse is one of the university's main sites for sporting facilities

  • UoD Botanic Garden New Entrance

    Durham University Botanic Garden

  • General Sir Francis Richard Dannatt, KCB, CBE, MC - York 2007-09-22 (RLH)

    General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff

  • Tim Smit (6509919409)

    Tim Smit founder of the Eden Project

  • Sir Harold Evans 6 Shankbone 2009 NYC

    Sir Harold Evans, Editor at Large, Reuters

  • Jonathan Edwards olympics 2000

    Jonathan Edwards, Van Mildert College, Physics


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