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Post-offer Visit Days
A very warm welcome to our Post-offer Visit Days at Van Mildert College!
Many congratulations on having received an offer of a place at Durham University. We are excited to welcome you to Van Mildert College; a diverse and welcoming community of students from around the world where there are opportunities for all. Centred around a lake in a spacious grounds, we pride ourselves on being a value driven college with a strong community ethos based around the college motto, sic vos non vobis - this we do not for ourselves. This is the foundation for a college which welcomes everyone regardless of background.
Post-offer Visit Days - Wednesday 14 February, Wednesday 20 March, Saturday 27th April 2024
We're excited to welcome you to Durham University for our Post-offer Visit Days in 2024. Van Mildert College will be open between 9.30 am - 12.30 pm for you to drop-in and find out more about what our college has to offer!
When you visit us, you will have the opportunity to meet current students who lead and participate in many of the great things that happen here. We excel at sport, music and theatre but we also have an array of smaller societies including Debate Society, Fem Soc and Green Comm, all of which are ready to welcome you. We combine a relaxed approach to college life with the joy of coming together at formal dinners and celebrating achievement at major events such as the Michaelmas and Summer Balls. At Mildert, the vision of our JCR Events Committee is realised in the creativity of our events and our wonderful student-led support network complements the support offered by college staff.
The Van Mildert College Dimensions programme offers all students the opportunity to meet with fascinating speakers, debate hot topics and challenge their thinking. The Dimensions Programme is based around three themes: Engage and Inspire, Find your Future, and Wellbeing and Community. We welcome input from students about future speakers. Check out our College Instagram @vanmildertcollege to find out more! We hope that Mildert is the place for you!
How to find us
Van Mildert is located 'on the hill' approximately 15 minutes' walk from the centre of Durham City. We are close to the University's Lower Mountjoy, approximately a 10-minute stroll, and only a few minutes walk to the rest of the University Departments.
The College entrance can be found on Mill Hill Lane, opposite the Durham University Oriental Museum and Teikyo University buildings.
Find your way around Durham University with our University Estate Map.
Find out more about our neighbours, Durham University Oriental Museum and Botanic Gardens.
Principal's Welcome
I’m delighted to welcome you to Durham University, and to Van Mildert College. Its colleges are one of Durham University’s great strengths – they offer a community on a human scale within the wider university, where you can feel at home in this exciting new chapter of your life. At Van Mildert, we are a friendly and fun, welcoming and challenging, inclusive and diverse community of students, staff, alumni and supporters. We’re home to 70 student clubs and societies, focussed on everything from arts and culture to politics, entrepreneurship and sports. We come together regularly as a community for formal dinners, and we host six outreach projects that make a positive difference in our region. Our students are proud of their college, and they never forget the friends they make here. I hope you’ll very much enjoy your visit, and I look forward to meeting some of you while you’re here.
Professor Tom Mole - Principal of Van Mildert College
College information
Our College community has a long history of engagement in outreach and volunteering activities in the local community, we also excellent in sport and have a very active theatre, dance and performing arts scene! To find our more, you really need to speak to our students - Lucy, Henry and Fergus have recorded the video below but do come and see us as part of your visit. Our Reps can't wait to meet you!
More information
Fly over our College estate
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Outreach at Van Mildert College
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Out of those lucky enough to go to university, not many are lucky enough to experience a collegiate system like Durham’s, and especially not the one that Mildert provides. The role of a university is to educate and prepare you for your future, however learning about yourself and those around you too far better prepares you than learning just about your subject. Not for yourselves is the college motto for a reason, and it is genuinely true of everyone I’ve met here. I couldn’t be more grateful!