University College, Durham
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| University | University of Durham |
| Coordinates | 54°46′32″N 1°34′34″W / 54.775532°N 1.57616°WCoordinates: 54°46′32″N 1°34′34″W / 54.775532°N 1.57616°W |
| Motto | Non nobis solum |
| Motto in English | Not for ourselves alone |
| Established | 1832 |
| Master | David Held |
| Undergraduates | 698 |
| Postgraduates | 153 |
| Senior tutor | Richard Lawrie |
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 Location in Durham, England
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University College, informally known as Castle, is a college of the University of Durham in England. Centred on Durham Castle on Palace Green, it was founded in 1832 and is the oldest of Durham's colleges. As a constituent college of Durham University, it is listed as a higher education institution under section 216 of the Education Reform Act 1988. Almost all academic activities, such as research and tutoring, occur at a university level.
University College moved into its current location in 1837. Around 150 students are accommodated within Durham Castle. Other college buildings, including converted 18th century houses and purpose-built accommodation from the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s, are within five minutes' walk of the castle. The college has 700 undergraduates and is currently the most over-subscribed college of the University. In 1987 it admitted women undergraduates for the first time, having previously had an all-male student body.
As of January 2012 the Master of the college is political theorist David Held.
University College was formed upon the creation of University of Durham in 1832. It was the first college of the university, and is therefore known as the "foundation college", but the university was founded explicitly on the Oxbridge model, and the intention was already for the university to develop along collegiate lines in the manner of Oxford and Cambridge, as indeed it has.Durham Castle had been the home of the Prince Bishops of Durham, and William van Mildert, one of the founders of the university, had intended for the castle to be given to the college. Temporary accommodation for students was provided at the Archdeacon's Inn (part of Cosin's Hall) on Palace Green until University College moved into its permanent home. Castle moved to its current location at Durham Castle in 1837 after van Mildert's successor, Edward Maltby, completed renovations of the building.
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