We’re proud to be a global university, with staff and students from over 130 countries and an alumni network spanning the world.

Undergraduate students from our Biosciences Department have joined forces with some of our leading academics and also colleagues from Northumbria and Liverpool Universities to identify two defence systems that protect bacteria from viruses.

We’re working on a new infrared light therapy that might have the potential to help people with dementia.

A research team has refined its measurements of a particle that could be “key” to understanding the early universe.

Did you know we have an international Centre for the study of Spanish and Latin American art?

Antony Long introduces himself as Acting Vice-Chancellor and provides an update on Michaelmas term as teaching begins.

We’ve received a £1million donation towards a major scholarships programme helping students from low-income backgrounds in North East England to study at Durham.

Have you ever wondered what elections during the 19th Century were really like?

Durham University Volunteering and Outreach (DUVO) has launched a new online platform, created to make it even easier for staff and students to volunteer with any of the 80+ projects currently in action.

The full programme for Lumiere 2021 has been revealed and with 39 installations this promises to be an ambitious, inspiring and thought-provoking event.

We’ve found new evidence of the first known research paper to be published in a British medical journal by an African American.

News County Durham is a step closer to being crowned UK City of Culture 2025 has been met with joy and resolve by the partnership driving forward the bid.