St Mary's is one of two Durham Colleges that operate a room exchange scheme with the branch campus of Teikyo University (Japan); there are two contemporary halls of study bedrooms adjoining the St Mary's College site. This exchange means that a number of rooms in St Mary’s are allocated to Japanese students and a number of St Mary’s students are allocated rooms in the neighboring Shoichi Hall.
This provides an extra dimension to our diverse student community and has operated successfully for many years.