university of durham

University of Durham

   <body, education> A busy research and teaching community in
   the historic cathedral city of Durham, UK (population 61000).
   Its work covers key branches of science and technology and
   traditional areas of scholarship.  Durham graduates are in
   great demand among employers and the University helps to
   attract investment into the region.  It provides training,
   short courses, and expertise for industry.  Through its
   cultural events, conferences, tourist business and as a major
   employer, the University contributes in a wide social and
   economic sense to the community.

   Founded in 1832, the University developed in Durham and
   Newcastle until 1963 when the independent University of
   Newcastle upon Tyne came into being.  Durham is a collegiate
   body, with 14 Colleges or Societies which are a social and
   domestic focus for students.  In 1992, the Universities of
   Durham and Teesside launched University College,
   Stockton-on-Tees, which has 190 students in the first year.

   (http://dur.ac.uk/).

   (1995-03-17)