Durham 2022
If you are hoping to join us this autumn, there are lots of ways you can find out more about what life at Durham is like.
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Study at Durham
Undergraduate Study
Our research-led education ensures our broad range of courses will challenge and inspire you.
Postgraduate Study
Our taught Masters and research programmes will enable you to push the boundaries of current thinking and research.
Congregation 2022
Congratulations to everyone graduating at Summer Congregation! We're excited to celebrate your extraordinary achievements.
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Find your extraordinary
Chat to a student
Our student ambassadors are here to answer your questions about student life at Durham. They represent a range of different course and colleges. You can filter by subject or read their profiles to find out what college they are a member of.
REF 2021: Celebrating Our Research Excellence
Our reputation as a world-leading university has been confirmed in a national exercise looking at the quality of research at UK universities and its impact around the world.
Research at Durham: Making an Impact
Our research is making a positive difference to the lives of people all around the world. Across our faculties of Arts and Humanities, our Business School, Science, and Social Sciences and Health, the work of our experts is having a big impact.
What's new?
New Executive Dean to lead Business School
Professor Catherine (Cathy) Cassell has been appointed to the position of Executive Dean of Durham University Business School. She joins the University on 1 September 2022, taking over from Professor Kieran Fernandes, Interim Executive Dean.

Durham ranked top 10 in the UK again
Chronicling over 180 years of Durham’s changing climate
Durham graduate makes Forbes 30 under 30 list
Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday Honours List
Human echolocators can better locate targets placed off to the side
600,000-year-old finds point to some of Britain’s earliest humans
Chronicling over 180 years of Durham’s changing climate
A new book chronicles the weather and climate in Durham over the past 180 years from ice-skating on the River Wear to the City’s hottest day.

New study indicates worrying ice loss in West Antarctica
University awarded £1.6m to accelerate bright ideas into global opportunities
Emergency shelter start-up wins £100,000-worth of research and business support
Sustainable emergency shelter company Nostos Homes picked up the grand prize of £100,000 worth of research and business support at the ‘just IMAGINE if…’ social enterprise competition hosted at Durham University.

Experiencing a day in the life of a trader
Durham becomes the largest All-Steinway school in the UK
Ukraine invasion: Putin’s conflict is showcasing a new age for war reporting
Professor Tim Luckhurst, Principal of South College, believes that modern 21st-century war correspondents have an advantage over their predecessors as whether for radio, television, web or print, they can file instantly via satellite internet as their words and pictures are not subject to direct censorship.
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Wayne Couzens: Sarah Everard’s killer is appealing his whole-life sentence – what does that mean?
Warmer summers threaten Antarctica’s giant ice shelves because of the lakes they create
Congregation: a celebration for all
Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien looks ahead to our Congregation and other summer activities.

Hillary Clinton visits our region
Piano donation is music to the ears of community groups
Upcoming events
Online Information Session - Masters in: Management, Marketing, Business Analytics
Summer Congregation 2022
Progress to Postgrad
BSI Lunchtime Seminar - 24 June
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Russia and Ukraine Information
A hub of information, advice and support for current and prospective staff and students.
Congregation 2022 Postgraduate Ceremonies
Hear from some of our recent graduates and find your extraordinary at Durham.