2009年中国国际教育展将于10月17日在北京拉开帷幕，随后巡回武汉、上海、成都和广州5个城市，以下为英国此次参展院校杜伦大学简介：

　　University of Durham

　　杜伦大学

　　Foundedin 1832, Durham University is one of England’s oldest universitiesafter Oxford and Cambridge. Durham is a world-class, research focuseduniversity in two exciting locations: in the World Heritage city ofDurham and at Queen's Campus in Stockton。

　　Durham University is collegiate, with colleges providing residential,social and welfare facilities for their student members and creating asense of community for staff and students. Its academic teaching andresearch programmes are delivered through departments contained withinthree faculties: Arts and Humanities, Science, and Social Sciences andHealth. Durham University offers a full range of programmes fromfoundation to doctoral level。

　　Research at Durham University is among the best in the UK. Our researchexcellence extends across a broad range of subjects, with six of ourDepartments – Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, English, Geography,History and Law - achieving the maximum (5*) grade in the last nationalresearch assessment exercise. The 2005 Times Higher EducationSupplement science citation table ranked Durham as the top UKinstitution and 18th in the world for worldwide impact. The Independentnewspaper currently ranks Durham University as 5th in the UK universityranking tables。