University of Durham

The University of Durham is the third-oldest university in England, after Oxford and Cambridge. Located in the beautiful cathedral city of Durham, it is one of the United Kingdom's leading research universities - coming eleventh in the 2002 Research Assessment Exercise and never out of the top twenty of either the Times Good University Guide or the Sunday Times University Guide. It is a member of the 1994 Group of Universities, representing medium-sized research universities. The current Chancellor of the University is Sir Peter Ustinov.

History

The strong tradition of theological teaching in Durham gave rise to various attempts to form a university there, notably under King Henry VIII and Oliver Cromwell, who actually issed letters patent for the establishment of a college in 1657. However it was not until 1832, when Parliament passed an Act allowing the Dean and Chapter to Durham to fund a new University, that Durham University was actually started. The Act received Royal Assent and became law on the fourth of July, 1832. The University's Royal Charter was granted on the first of June, 1837 by William IV, with the first students graduating a few days later.

It was founded, as Oxford was also, with one college named University College, which moved into Durham Castle (previously the Bishop's palace) in 1837. This was joined in 1846) by Hatfield College, across the road from the castle.

The University expanded out of Durham and into Newcastle in 1852 when the medical school there (established in 1834 became a college of the University. This was joined in 作者: zqz419 时间: 2004-7-29 05:13

真奇怪,这么长知识的帖子没人顶?!

那我来!呵呵

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作者: ttpig 时间: 2004-8-9 10:28

最近正在看英格兰历史，顺便来看看

原来克伦威尔对U Durham 影响很大啊

作者: zqz419 时间: 2004-8-11 05:09

以下是引用ttpig在2004-8-9 2:28:00的发言：

最近正在看英格兰历史，顺便来看看

原来克伦威尔对U Durham 影响很大啊

哦?最近好象成稀客了……很少见到嘛！