Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

University of Durham
     
         A busy research and teaching community in
        the historic cathedral city of Durham, UK (population 61000).
        Its work covers key branches of science and technology and
        traditional areas of scholarship.  Durham graduates are in
        great demand among employers and the University helps to
        attract investment into the region.  It provides training,
        short courses, and expertise for industry.  Through its
        cultural events, conferences, tourist business and as a major
        employer, the University contributes in a wide social and
        economic sense to the community.
     
        Founded in 1832, the University developed in Durham and
        Newcastle until 1963 when the independent University of
        Newcastle upon Tyne came into being.  Durham is a collegiate
        body, with 14 Colleges or Societies which are a social and
        domestic focus for students.  In 1992, the Universities of
        Durham and Teesside launched University College,
        Stockton-on-Tees, which has 190 students in the first year.
     
        {Home (http://www.dur.ac.uk/)}.
     
        (1995-03-17)