We are playing a key role in a new £1.6 million initiative to strengthen the UK’s digital research infrastructure. The ...

The benefits of university go beyond the individual. Children of university graduates are much more likely to attend ...

By studying the chemical makeup of a stalagmite from a cave in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the researchers discovered a ...

Blackpool Grand Theatre’s Creative Learning Producer, Jo Cleasby, added: “Collaborating with the professors from Durham alongside Blackpool young people, with everyone's voice being equally valued, to ...

The researchers discovered that the total sediment flowing through the river increased sixfold after the earthquake, while the coarse bedload surged by a remarkable 20 times. This heavy material ...

French Studies Durham is a leading centre for research and undergraduate and postgraduate study in French. We are ranked 5th in the UK (Complete University Guide 2026). Most of our students study ...

The centre contributes to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The UN Sustainable Development Goals serve as cross-cutting themes in our research projects, policy work and ...

Established in April 2001, the Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD) is a University-approved Research Centre that provides a focus for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research and ...

The Centre for Classical Reception promotes the study of the afterlives of ancient Greece and Rome: from medieval romances to Renaissance architecture, nineteenth-century art to modern cinema. Our ...

Japanese Studies Japanese Studies at Durham dates back to the early 1980s, but interest in Japan goes back much further, with the Oriental Museum collecting Japanese objects from the 1950s onwards.

Similarity in Personal Statements UCAS checks all personal statements with their Similarity Detection software (CopyCatch) to ensure your work doesn’t contain the same or similar text to websites, ...

Please note that this scholarship will no longer be available from 2026/27 intake. Alternatively, please visit the Inspiring Excellence Scholarship webpages for scholarship opportunities. We are ...