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Wider student experience Durham University is the third oldest university in England and the only UK university to teach, work, live and graduate within a World Heritage Site. Students and staff can immerse themselves in over 1,000 years of history and culture at the heart of the city and university. Durham is a collegiate university which means your student experience will be distinctive and based in one of our 16 college communities. Your college will be your home from home providing you not only with accommodation and catering but also endless opportunities, events and entertainment. Student support and wellbeing is vitally important to our community. Durham is committed to providing a safe environment in which our students can live and study with a wide network of support and mentoring in academic departments, colleges and central professional services. We have over 200 student societies including music, theatre and the arts, charity work and volunteering. Many students play sport either at college level or up to representing Durham nationally, and we have over 50 internationally capped athletes annually. Durham University is not just a great place to study, it’s a great place to be a student.
“If you enjoy a smallish but beautiful city, with a collegiate system, hundreds of sports and societies and amazing opportunities provided by the Engineering department then it’s a no-brainer. Durham has provided me with many life changing experiences and the skills that engineering has provided me - whether that be communication or confidence - are going to be incredibly useful for any route I take in life.” George Crow, Engineering Undergraduate
