Durham University杜伦大学

花费 Fees

生活费／周Catered costs £156-£211

英国欧盟UK/EU fees £9,000

实习／海外年Fees (placement/overseas year) £1,800/£1,350

国际学生Fees (international) £14,000-£17,900

地址Address

The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE

Performance	项目	Score数值	Ranking排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		6
2014 Times Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		6
World Ranking	世界排名		92
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	85.3%	13
Research quality	研究质量	29.7%	7
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	525	5
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	79.5%	16
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	84.8%	6
Completion rate	完成度	95.8%	7
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	15.6:1	40
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£2,544	5
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£22,837
Sports points/rank	体育	3545.5	2

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	11,835
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	3,155
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	25,925/4,165
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	6.2:1
EU students	欧盟学生	3.5%
Other overseas students	海外学生	11.3%
Mature	成年学生	5.7%
State school educated	公立学校教育	63.4%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	87.5/12.5

Student satisfaction 学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	%
Accounting & Finance	会计金融	86.3
Anthropology	人类学	81.3
Archaeology	考古学	89.6
Biological Science	生物科学	79.9
Business Studies	商务研究	75.3
Chemistry	化学	90.0
Classics & Ancient History	古典和古代史	87.0
Computer Science	计算机科学	84.1
Economics	经济学	78.8
Education	教育	87.6
English	英语	87.6
French	法语	87.0
General Engineering	通用工程	85.7
Geography & Environmental Science	地理和环境科学	85.8
Geology	地质学	81.6
German	德语	87.0
History	历史	93.1
Iberian Languages	伊比利亚语	87.0
Italian	意大利语	87.0
Law	法律	85.0
Mathematics	数学	86.8
Middle Eastern & African Studies	中东和非洲研究	87.1
Music	音乐	76.2
Philosophy	哲学	81.4
Physics and Astronomy	物理和天文学	85.8
Politics	政治	84.6
Psychology	心理学	82.9
Russian and East European Languages	俄语和东欧语言	86.9
Sociology	社会学	83.9
Sport Science	体育科学	89.7
Theology & Religious Studies	神学和宗教研究	88.0

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

Household income below £25K, £2,000 each year for college living expenses or as cash if living out. Students from the Supported Progression Compact Scheme, bursary of £5,500 a year (in year 1, as an accommodation subsidy).

Academic, music, art and sports scholarships based on circumstances or by competition, up to £2,000. Scholarships for students from Co. Durham and Newcastle up to £10,000 a year.

大学概况University Profile

Gaining admission to the elite Russell Group or research-intensive universities in 2012 has served only to make an already popular university even more so. Durham has taken the opportunity provided by the relaxation of government restrictions on recruiting the brightest students (those with ABB or better at A-level) to enrol many more students, but competition for places remains keen.

Entrance requirements are among the highest in Britain – and the prospects for graduates when they leave three or four years later are among the best. It is not hard to see why Durham is an attractive proposition in thousands of sixth forms across the country.

Long established as a leading alternative to Oxford and Cambridge, Durham has a collegiate structure and picturesque setting that attracts a largely middle-class student body. Just one in eight students are from a working class background and for all that the university tries to diversify its intake, the proportion of students admitted from state schools stubbornly refuses to go above around 63%, making Durham a plum choice for the privately educated.

There are schemes aimed at applicants from non-traditional backgrounds, including one that targets able pupils from schools in County Durham and Teesside where progression to higher education is low. But most undergraduates (80%+) are incomers to the northeast which makes a special open day held for all those who receive an offer particularly important. Most of those who attend are seeing the small cathedral city for the first time.

Undergraduates apply to one of 15 colleges, all of which have been mixed since 2004. Colleges range in size from 300 to 1,300 students and are the focal point of social life, although all teaching is done in central academic departments.

There are significant differences in atmosphere and student profile, ranging from the historic University College, housed in the stunning Durham Castle, to modern buildings on the city’s outskirts and on Queen’s Campus, 23 miles away at Stockton-on-Tees.

Investment continues on the Mountjoy site for the sciences, with improved student facilities and an extension of the library (now named after Durham’s former Chancellor, Bill Bryson). The new law school has opened and the £16.6m extension of the Business School is now complete.

But the main recent development has been the Palatine Centre, the culmination of a £50m programme to create a student services hub at the heart of the university. The centre houses the full range of student services, which were previously spread around Durham City.

As the third-oldest university in England, Durham is generally quite traditional. Wherever possible, teaching takes place in small groups and most assessment is by written examination. However, the establishment of Queen’s Campus in Stockton-on-Tees broke the mould. Initially a joint venture with Teesside University, Stockton is now home to a wide range of courses including applied psychology, business and business finance, pharmacy and primary education.

The campus has also seen the fulfilment of Durham’s long-held ambition to restore the medical education it lost when Newcastle University went its own way in 1963. An innovative joint project allows students to do the first two years of their training at Stockton, concentrating on community medicine, before transferring to Newcastle to complete their degree.

Significant investment has been made to improve social facilities for the 2,000 students in Stockton, including the opening of a £5.5m sports centre, relocating some of the university’s elite sports activities from Durham as part of a strategy to increase integration between the two sites.

The university’s aim is for the campus to be equal in academic status to Durham City, focusing on interdisciplinary research and covering the full range of research, taught postgraduate and undergraduate study.

More than 60% of the work submitted for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise was rated world-leading or internationally excellent. Applied maths, archeology and theology achieved among the best results in the UK. Music, English and geography and environmental science also did well. In the 2013 QS subject rankings, geography was placed fourth in the world, while the space science researchers are rated in the top four for global influence by Thomson-Reuters.

The university dominates the city of Durham to an extent which sometimes causes resentment, but adds considerably to the local economy. For those looking for nightlife, or just a change of scene, Newcastle is a short train journey away.

Sports facilities are excellent – with strong investment in facilities at both Durham and Stockton – and Durham is among the premier universities in national competitions.

Now established as second only to Loughborough on the country’s sports fields, it wins our Sports University of the Year award this year

It is no wonder that the projected dropout rate of 2.2% is among the lowest and half the expected level. Students like Durham – and employers seem to be of the same view.

学生观点Student view

Daniel Slavin, students’ union president

First impressions

The colleges’ common rooms and societies work hard to welcome the students.

Worst feature

Some of our teaching spaces vary in standard, but plans are in place to ensure improvement.

Making a difference

Our Children Achieving through Student Support programme has helped more than 300 kids over the past decade.

Deal clincher

The human touch of our colleges means that you will feel at home and get the best support.