Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Durham University

The Durham University was established in 1832 by a Parliament Act, as the University of Durham in Durham, North England. It received its Royal Charter in 1837 and is one of the contenders of the oft-debated title of the third oldest university in England. It is an affiliating research university and thus, manages 16 affiliate colleges in addition to its own academic departments. The Time Magazine’s Good University Guide of 2010 referred to the University as the leading alternative to Cambridge and Oxford.

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Delft University of Technology

The Delft University of Technology is a public technical university, sometimes referred to as TU Delft, is the oldest and the largest Dutch university of its genre. It was established in 1842 in Delft, Netherlands, by King William II of the Netherlands. At the time, the University was a Royal Academy – created to train civil servants for the Dutch colony, the Dutch East Indies.

The University quickly expanded its academic curriculum and research to win the full university status and rights in 1905. The Times Higher Education places the Delft University of Technology at 69 in its  World University Rankings for 2013-2014.

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