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John Snow College is a forward-looking College and has some of the most modern and comfortable accommodation and best student facilities in Durham. It is within walking distance of the city centre and the university’s teaching departments.

We are a community of approximately 1,500 students, UK and international, undergraduate and post-graduate studying all degree courses Durham offers. 460 students live in college, of whom approximately 380 are first years. You will make friends with people from all social backgrounds and from across the world.

 

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  • Location

    John Snow College is located at Mount Oswald, Durham City as one of the Hill Colleges.
    John Snow College building view from the front
  • History

    John Snow is a modern college, established in 2001. The College takes its name from the nineteenth-century Yorkshire physician Dr John Snow.
    John Snow bugel

Location

John Snow College is located at Mount Oswald, Durham City as one of the Hill Colleges.
John Snow College building view from the front

History

John Snow is a modern college, established in 2001. The College takes its name from the nineteenth-century Yorkshire physician Dr John Snow.
John Snow bugel
Cathedral viewed from Owengate with Durham Tours purple app logo in left corner

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