We nurture thoughtful, critical and engaged citizens for a rapidly changing and complex world.
If you are considering studying one of our undergraduate or postgraduate programmes, then we’d invite you to explore our website to find out more about our Departments and the innovative research-led education that we offer.
Transformative Humanities harnesses the effectiveness and power of humanities research and education to link across fields and sectors enriching, shaping, and transforming lives.
On 12 December, 4 to 6 pm, Anne Longfield, inaugural Children’s Commissioner, will be in conversation with Professor Simon James, discussing how far we have come in realising teaching young people to be creative and to think creatively, and what still remains to be done.
The Talking Humanities podcast introduces projects and reflections from researchers across the Arts and Humanities Faculty at Durham University.
Durham is now ranked 89th in the world top 100 universities. Our top performance came in the Sustainability category, where we ranked 19th in the world. We also have a world-class reputation with employers, being ranked 65th.
Find out more about our students and members of staff from North America studying and working across all our departments.
On Monday, January 13, 2025, from 6 - 8 pm, researchers from psychology, sociology, politics, philosophy, and geography discuss how the US election will influence climate change. Open to Durham University members only.
Dr Katherine McDonald wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for 2024 with her project 'The Linguistics of Roman Slavery'. Photo credit Dr Christopher Haddad
In April we celebrated our long-standing partnership with the University of Notre Dame in North America.
Our students visited our partner university in Sweden for the first ever Durham-Uppsala Summer School, an exchange programme with a focus on sustainability.
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