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University profile
Durham, United Kingdom
About
Durham University is a collegiate public research university in the cathedral city of Durham in north-east England, founded in 1832 and a member of the Russell Group. Every student belongs to one of its colleges, which provide accommodation, catering and social life alongside the academic departments, and the university is particularly known for humanities, theology, law, physics, geography and archaeology.
At a glance
Rankings
#85
QS World University Rankings 2027
#175
Times Higher Education World Rankings 2026
Where you'll study
All teaching is based in Durham City, spread between the historic Bailey and peninsula near the cathedral and the Mountjoy and Elvet Hill sites to the south.
Somewhere to live
A catered college on the Elvet Hill side of Durham City offering standard rooms with shared bathrooms as well as en-suite and twin rooms; a standard shared-bathroom room is GBP 7,217.24 for the 39-week 2026/27 new-student contract, roughly GBP 185 per week before the separate catering charge of GBP 107.11 per week. · Durham City campus
One of the oldest colleges, located on the Bailey beside Durham Cathedral, with standard shared-bathroom, shared en-suite, en-suite and twin rooms; room charges are set centrally, with a standard shared-bathroom room at roughly GBP 185 per week over the 39-week 2026/27 contract before catering. · Durham City campus
Funding
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A self-catered college offering en-suite rooms, studios and one-bedroom flats; en-suite charges are set centrally by room type but the 2026/27 weekly figure was not published in a form that could be verified. · Durham City campus
The university's dedicated postgraduate college, offering en-suite rooms, shared flats, couples studios and family flats on a 50-week contract; weekly rates could not be verified. · Durham City campus
A college on the Elvet Hill site with en-suite, en-suite plus and standard shared-bathroom rooms; the standard shared-bathroom rate is roughly GBP 185 per week over the 39-week 2026/27 contract before catering. · Durham City campus
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