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Durham University
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Description
Durham University
Durham University
(legally the
University of Durham
)
[4]
is a
collegiate
public
research university
in
Durham
,
North East England
, founded by an
Act of Parliament
in 1832 and granted a
royal charter
in 1837. It was one of the first universities to commence tuition in England for more than 600 years, after
Oxford
and
Cambridge
, and is one of the institutions (along with
University College London
,
King's College London
, and the
University of London
) to be described as the
third-oldest university in England
.
[5]
[6]
As a collegiate university its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and its 16 colleges. In general, the departments perform research and provide teaching to students, while the colleges are responsible for their domestic arrangements and welfare.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham University
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