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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 ...
- 257 hectares (640 acres)
- Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1)
- 19,520 (2019/20)
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