Our departments are rated among the best in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024. We have three subjects in the global top 10, ten in the top 50, and 19 in the top 100.
Every student who finishes studying at university then becomes a member of our alumni community.
We conduct innovative and impactful research to transform lives and make a difference, globally and locally: research to empower and inspire.
Our physicists are part of an international team that has made the largest 3D map of the Universe, measuring its expansion over 11 billion years. Social anthropologist Professor Simone Abram has been announced as the new Durham University Ørsted Chair of Green Energy Systems and Director of Durham Energy Institute (DEI).
We have a range of financial support available for eligible home fee paying students commencing postgraduate study this September. This includes our new scholarships, the Postgraduate Student Support Scholarship and Dean’s Scholarship.