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Motto | Fundamenta eius super montibus sanctis |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1832 |
Endowment | £57.1 million |
Chancellor | Sir Thomas Allen |
Vice-Chancellor | Christopher F Higgins |
Students | 15,529 |
Undergraduates | 11,278 |
Postgraduates | 4,251 |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www.dur.ac.uk |
The University of Durham is a university in the City of Durham in the north of England. It was founded in 1832. It is one of the oldest universities in the United Kingdom. It is "long established as the leading alternative to Oxford and Cambridge".[1]