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Welcome to University College! University College, known lovingly as “Castle,” is the oldest of Durham University’s Colleges. Castle is a special community filled with inspiring learning opportunities, engaging social activities and meaningful personal support.
University College, informally known as Castle, is the oldest constituent college of the University of Durham in England. Centred on Durham Castle on Palace Green , it was founded in 1832 by William van Mildert , Bishop of Durham .
- 1832; 191 years ago
- Not for ourselves alone
- The Castle, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RW
Welcome to University College! University College, known lovingly as “Castle,” is the oldest of Durham University’s Colleges. Castle is a special community filled with inspiring learning opportunities, engaging social activities and meaningful personal support.
About Us. University College or Castle as we are lovingly known is a thriving community within Durham University. We have around 1100 undergraduates and 400 postgraduates and members of University staff are attached to the College through our Senior Common Room.
Durham operates a collegiate structure similar to that of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, in that all the colleges at Durham (that existed in 2013) are "listed bodies" in part two of the Education (Listed Bodies) (England) Order 2013 made under the Education Reform Act 1988, as bodies that appear to the Secretary of State "to be a constituent college, school, hall or ...
- 257 hectares (640 acres)
- Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1)
- 19,520 (2019/20)
Durham University has 17 colleges, of which University College is the oldest, founded in 1832. The newest college is South, founded in 2020. The last single-sex college, St Mary's, became mixed in 2005 with the admittance of male undergraduates. One college, Ustinov, admits only postgraduates .
Durham’s a cappella group, Northern Lights, have won their second successive UK ICCA (International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella) Finals in Wimbledon on Saturday 30 March 2024. As a result, they will compete at their second World University Finals in New York on Saturday 27 April. Student news. More news.
