New funded doctoral studentship.

Professor Martin Evans has been appointed as our new Executive Dean (Social Sciences and Health).

Our installed solar panel capacity has reached 1 MW this year – a major milestone in our continued efforts to cut emissions and become a more sustainable institution.

We're proud to be part of how North East England is changing and developing, making Durham an even more attractive place to study, work and live.

We were delighted to host the launch of Dr Michael Crawley's new book 'Out of Thin Air: Running wisdom and magic from above the clouds in Ethiopia', yesterday in the Anthropology Department.

Almost 6,000 Durham University students have celebrated their graduation, in a week of ceremonies marking our Summer Congregation 2024.

Our status as a globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence has been affirmed once again in the QS World University Rankings 2024, being ranked 78th in the world.

We have appointed our first Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health): Professor Charlotte Clarke.

The Department of Music is proud to announce again its number one ranking in the Complete University Guide 2026.

Following on from the successful work of Dr Fred Spence, The Polyphony and Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) welcomes former Associate Editor, Dr Chase Ledin, to the role of Editor-in-Chief for The Polyphony. IMH thanks Fred for all their efforts as Editor-in-Chief and wishes Chase the best of luck in this new endeavour.

We are hiring: Professor in Electrical Engineering!

View the first departmental research newsletter, issued April 2020.