Your pathway to a top ranking university
A world top
100
University
QS World University Rankings 2018
Ranked
5th
in the UK
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018
Over
90%
of subjects ranked in the UK top 10
Complete University Guide 2019
Our pathway programmes prepare you for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at Durham University. Choose from the International Foundation Year, Pre-Masters and English Language Preparation programmes.
Study alongside students from all over the world at Queen's Campus in Stockton-on-Tees. The International Study Centre provides a safe and nurturing place to prepare for your degree at Durham City.
Join an international community at Queen's Campus in Stockton-on-Tees for one year before your degree at Durham University in Durham. Events, sports, restaurants and day trips make student life welcoming and exciting from day one.
I needed a year to actually adjust. I didn’t want to throw myself right into the course in the first instance. I felt, because it was a different country, I would need time to figure myself out before I finally started my degree.
Sumeya from Kenya Studying International Foundation Year in Humanities, Law and Social Science Aiming to progress to LLB (Hons) Law