Durham University Rankings 2025

• You earn between £11-£15 per hour doing part time job. It is not difficult as there are a lot of part time jobs available within university as well as at bars, restaurants and cafés. For university part time you have to apply through online portals, there are events where stalls with various part time roles advertise their jobs. Additionally, for restaurant you go in person with a printed resume.

• For each lecture we had 2 lectures, and we were divided into smaller seminar groups where we had a separate seminar leader each.
• I found the teaching very appropriate and helpful; we got a lot of support from our tutors and seminar leaders.
• Yes, we have a separate careers department that helps with part-time, internship and graduate job searches.
• My dissertation advisor was my most helpful mentor, as she dedicated a lot of time toward helping me reach my full potential.

• I was determined to come back to India. Masters in corporate law is not a qualifying law degree so chances of finding a job in the UK are very grim, especially after Brexit. 
• So students to be sure that they are not doing masters to get a job and settle overseas. This is a blunder. So please be very clear with the mindset with which you are applying to an overseas university.

• I was staying in a university accommodation. The total rent payable for the year was 8000 pounds. The university accommodation is generally expensive.
• The challenges was cooking and since Durham being an english town you do not have access to basics like vegetables, wheat flour, dal etc.,
• If you have roommates you can pick a bungalow and stay on sharing basis. This would be a cheaper alternative. My accommodation was 10-15 mins walk away. 

• Not sure the exact percentage but most secure a job either through campus placement or off campus employment, and the other majority goes for higher education (Masters, PhD, PgD, PgR)
• Average salary is 30,000 GBP
• Through placement cell, which helps even after graduation. Through sites like Indeed, Bajr, LinkedIn and so on. 
• No known experience from any of my batchmates yet
• Newton, Goldman Sachs, Bank of London, etc

• I got afforded accommodation from the University. All Masters students got accommodation offer.
• Yearly Rent is 12375 so, that would make it monthly 1037 GB. Facilities include: Laundry (paid), Free Vacuum cleaner, brooms, Steam Press,vending machines, gym, cinema room, study room, common room, Lockboxes. 
• There were no photos available for my particular type of room. 
• There are no lifts, so taking luggage or any other things are difficult 
• Its 15-20 mins walk and 10 mins bus ride from all university campuses 

• What I’ve heard or read at the website 95% students secure the job within the 6 months of completing their course.
• Students earn around £45000 per year after their post-graduation.
• Students mainly apply for jobs before completing their course, through different ways like job fairs, networking, keeping an eye on company’s website for open positions and through Linkedin.
• Major companies include KPMG, EY, PWC for consulting roles in my program. Amazon, Sainsbury for supply chain management roles.

• I found my accommodation through university only, my accommodation is university accommodation not a private one so college had sent a full brochure of different colleges and we had to apply give our preference for top 3 colleges and out which they were supposed to allocate us 1 of their choice.
• I pay £740 for my ensuite room which includes a bed with mattress and my own personal washroom and a sharing kitchen among 5 flatmates.
• Only challenge that I faced was choosing college at the right location from my university and I found a right college as one of my university building is nearby but the central durham(marketplace) and another building is a little far with uphill and downhill but the people here are really nice and its a safe area as there are many good residential houses in this area making it secure and nuisance free.
• My recommendation for future students would be to check distance from your college building and marketplace as those would be the places you wish to stay nearby to. Also choosing university accommodation would be a better option rather than a private as you might have to pay a little extra amount but you have some many students to connect with, all events to celebrate.
• So Durham has all university buildings spread all over the city, so the old business school is around 10 mins by walk whereas new business school is around 25 mins of walk and I have lectures at both business schools. At Durham isn’t any specific place where major Indians stay, all the colleges and private residencies are have 10-15 minimum of Indians staying.

• I would say 10% or even less than that, student find it very hard to find a job or get placed in the big companies as such the degree does not do much in helping secure a good job only work experience matters if you have good previous work experience then you can easily get a job, the major companies here who the university says are jp Morgan and Morgan Stanley but reality is very different there very lil chance of any student getting selected

• I found my accommodation on the college website itself, as I booked for a university-owned and controlled accommodation, Ustinov College. All the basic facilities are provided; the rooms are good enough as per the student. It also has a common area with leisure activities and a bar. Yaa, Ustinov is a good accommodation; it’s centrally located from the academic buildings and the city centre; my monthly rent for an en-suite is here 9250. 
  A good no. Of Indians live here, 30-35. 

Companies do not visit, but many job fairs take place.

I chose this university due to high ranking in my course, beautiful town, good FT ranking for MBA, good QS ranking.