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The history of Durham University spans over 190 years since it was founded by Act of Parliament. King William IV granted royal assent to the Act on 4 July 1832, and granted the university a royal charter on 1 June 1837, incorporating it and confirming its constitution. [1]
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to open in England for more than 600 years, after Oxford and Cambridge , and is thus the third-oldest ...
Bishop Van Mildert and the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral founded the University of Durham in 1832. After Van Mildert's death in 1836, the Castle was given to the University, becoming University College in 1837.
A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a collegiate community of extraordinary people, a unique and historic setting - Durham is a university like no other. View our Annual Reports.
The Beginning: Michaelmas Term 1833. Durham University was officially recognised through an act of parliament which received the royal assent on July 4 th 1832, with the first students being admitted in the autumn of 1833.
The College of the Venerable Bede (for men) was founded in 1839 and St Hild's College (for women) in 1858. The two were amalgamated in 1975 and four years later they were merged with the University in accordance with the Secretary of State's plans for the re-organisation of teacher-training.
The Founding of Durham University. Durham has been at the fore of European scholarship for hundreds of years. Long before the University was founded in 1832, the scholarly monastic community gave Durham an unrivalled reputation for learning.
