Frequently Asked Questions
The Student Recruitment and Admissions Office is responsible for managing the admissions process within Durham University for full and part time undergraduate courses. Academic Departments are responsible for considering each application and making offers and passing successful applications to one of the sixteen colleges for consideration, whilst the Student Recruitment and Admissions Office ensures that this process occurs as fairly and as transparently as possible and that decisions are communicated to UCAS within agreed deadlines.
The questions below have all been asked by our applicants or their parents at one time or another, and are intended to provide further information regarding the application process, some of our requirements, our collegiate system, the University and life as a student.
If you find that your query is not addressed or if you have any specific questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Student Recruitment and Admissions Team directly. Our email address is admissions@durham.ac.uk.
If my overseas fee status changes to home status, can the University change my offer?
The University has a limited number of offers it can make to Home/EU students in line with the funding we receive from the UK Government for these students. The same restrictions do not apply to overseas students where the fee charged by the University is designed to cover the total cost of Teaching and Learning at the University.
Should an applicant's circumstances change and he or she is reclassified as a home student, the University may need to review any offer it has made in light of its minimum entry requirements and its overall recruitment position.
