Introduction to Durham University

1. Introduction to Durham University

2. Location • Located in the North East of England – • 3h direct by train from London • Surrounded by beautiful countryside - North Yorkshire Moors, Lake District, Holy Island and Scotland • Excellent road and rail links. Only 3 hours to London, 1 hour to York and 1 ½ hours to Edinburgh by train • 30 min from Newcastle International Airport or Durham Tees Valley Airport. • DURHAM

3. About Durham University • Birthplace of English Scholarship (Burial Place of Venerable Bede) • UNESCO World Heritage Site • Home of the Prince Bishops • Third oldest English University (after Oxford and Cambridge)

5. Leading modern Architecture

6. Leader in Public Art

7. About our University:Purpose • Promote Academic freedom • Cherish debate and ideas • Value knowledge for its own sake • Enable all to reach full potential • Communicate knowledge • Promote diversity • Be a mutually sustaining community of academic and professional staff, students and visitors

8. About our University:Excellence • Top-5 UK University (top 3 full subject University) in UK League tables • World Top-100 University (80th) • World Top-50 for science and for arts and humanities • World Top-50 for international outlook (33% of staff are non-UK in origin) • 14th in the world - Business school MBA (Wall St Journal) • 20th in world for global employability • 30th in world and 3rd in UK for research citations • 1st in Europe and 4th in world for space science and astronomy

9. Profile • 16,050 Total Student Population • 11,460 Undergraduate Students • 4,590 Postgraduate Students • Top 3 for student entry requirements • 98% completion rate - one of the highest completion rates of the UK • The UK’s top team sport Universities

10. About our University:Strategy 2010-2020 • Research-led education • Education of the individual A World University Community and Place Collegiate

11. Three Faculties • Science • Biological Sciences • Chemistry • Earth Sciences • Engineering and • Computing Sciences • Mathematical Sciences • Physics • Psychology Social Sciences Anthropology Applied Social Sciences Archaeology Business and Economics Education Geography Health and Pharmacy Law Humanities Classics and Ancient History English Studies History Modern Languages Philosophy Politics Theology and Religion

12. Research • Russell Group of Research Intensive universities • Over 90% of staff undertaking international quality research All Departments in Top 10 in UK (Good university Guide) Geography, Earth Sciences, History, English, Physics in QS World Top 50. 3rd in UK and 30th in World for Research Citations Many Fellows of royal Society and Fellows of British Academy Global Partners: DONG, Procter and Gamble, KPMG; IBM

13. Research Institutes • 9 Research Institutes • Institute of Advanced Studies • Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies • Durham Energy Institute • Institute of Hazard and Risk Resilience • Biophysical Science Institute • Institute of Particle Physics Phenomenology • Institute of Computational Cosmology • Wolfson Research Institute – Public Health • Institute of Advanced Computing • Inter disciplinary • Addressing global issues

14. The Collegiate System Durham University is made up of 16 distinct colleges over 2 campuses where students live and socialise. Only the three ancient UK universities to feature a Collegiate system (Durham, Oxford, Cambridge,)

15. Student Experience • Distinctive collegiate experience: All first year students and 50% of total student population ‘live in’. • Academic related activities and skills – sport, music, drama, volunteering • Provide focus for student social life • Self-governing communities • High levels of satisfaction in student surveys, welfare support • High quality networks for life • Extremely loyal and successful alumni base

16. Eminent Alumni and Friends

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