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Durham University. Durham University (legally the University of Durham) [6] is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to open in England for more than 600 years, after Oxford and Cambridge, and is thus ...
In July 2012, Durham University Council endorsed a "residential accommodation strategy" for 2012–2020, setting predicted growth in student numbers at Queen's Campus to 2,500 by 2015/16 and 3,400 by 2019/20, and a target of 50–70% of students housed in University accommodation. With 900 beds in Stockton for 2012/13, meeting the accommodation ...
Durham Students' Union, operating as Durham SU, is the students' union of Durham University in Durham, England.It is an organisation, originally set up as the Durham Colleges Students’ Representative Council in 1899 and renamed in 1969, with the intention of representing and providing welfare and services for the students of the University of Durham.
The Department of Physics at Durham University in Durham, England, is a physics and astronomy department involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and scientific research. Durham has the largest group working on particle theory in the United Kingdom. [1] It is rated very highly for its work in Astronomy and Astrophysics ...
The history of Durham University spans over 190 years since it was founded by Act of Parliament. King William IV granted royal assent to the Act on 4 July 1832, and granted the university a royal charter on 1 June 1837, incorporating it and confirming its constitution. [1] The university awarded its first degrees on 8 June 1837.
Van Mildert College (known colloquially as Mildert [3] [4]) is a college of Durham University in England. Founded in 1965, [5] it takes its name from William Van Mildert, Prince-Bishop of Durham from 1826 to 1836 and a leading figure in the University's 1832 foundation. Originally an all-male college, it became co-educational in 1972 with the ...
Durham University Business School (DUBS) is the business faculty of Durham University, located in Durham, England. Established in 1965, it holds triple accreditation from AACSB , AMBA and EQUIS . The faculty contains the departments of accounting, economics, finance, and management and marketing, as well as twelve research centres.
Ustinov College, Durham. / 54.769288; -1.591382. Ustinov College is the largest college of Durham University, located in Durham, North East England. Founded as the Graduate Society in 1965, it became a college in 2003 and was named after then-chancellor, Sir Peter Ustinov. Formerly at the Howlands Farm site at the top of Elvet Hill, in 2017 the ...