Durham - Stockton Campus

It's a lot different than Durham (i.e. worse) and it's in the middle of nowhere.

So, it's not the same University?

It's the same university, but the Stockton campus is a 45 minute bus ride away from the main campus. You should visit it before making any decisions. You might like it, it certainly has it's plus points, but I didn't like it.

Stockton is close to Middlesbrough, if that doesn't put you off then go for it .

Hahaha. Hmmm. Well I might still visit it but yeah, so far I've heard nothing but bad things.

It's a lot different than Durham (i.e. worse) and it's in the middle of nowhere.

What's the difference between the two campuses? From what I gather the entry requirements for Queens are a lot lower. Why? Is the area terrible or something? I'm quite interested to know.

It's closer to a major centre of population (Teesside) than Durham is....certainly no further. Being one of the major industrial areas in the region it's not going to be isolated.

Stockton (well, techincally the campus is in Thornaby) aren't the largest of places. But I think that, as towns, they can offer more than Durham does as a city.

If by middle of nowhere you mean the North Yorks Moors are on your doorstep, as well as Teesdale, then yes it is. But then I don't think this is too much of a bad thing....



With the exception of medicine, the courses offered at Queens Campus do tend to be less popular (e.g. accounting and finance, business, biological anthropology, applied psychology). They aren't the most popular courses at most universities.

Queens Campus was originally co-run with the University of Teesside but after a couple of years Teesside couldn't fufill their obligations.

Its main purpose is to act as a site to re-establish a medical school (lost when Newcastle became an independent university in the 1960s) and to increase the numbers of students from non-traditional backgrounds and from the state sectors. As well as their full degrees like business and biological anthropology they have a foundation centre there (where students, often without recent education, come and do a foundation year before transferring into Durham). So this, as well as the general popularity of the courses offered, explains why typical offers are relatively modest.

It is somewhere you need to visit first. Some love it, some hate it.

Stockton is a little industrial (although not as bad as much as Middlesbrough) and it's not pretty, leafy, historic Durham. But this doesn't mean it's a complete dump either as some who like to make this unfair comparison seem to conclude.

Thanks for this reply, you're always very informative

I may just go and visit it when I'm reapplying. I was just confused as the Biological Anthropology requirements were only BBB. Do you know if people from the Queens campus get the same 'Durham qualification' (not sure how to word that) or is it regarded differently? It just seems odd that some of their courses are BBB/ BCC requirements yet someone with A*AA would be getting a qualification from the same Uni?

Not that any of this would sell the Uni to me or put me off I'm just quite interested. I was shocked when researching it at how low the requirements were for Durham!

It's also worth pointing out, if you go there you get free travel between Queens campus and the city campus.

I may just go and visit it when I'm reapplying. I was just confused as the Biological Anthropology requirements were only BBB. Do you know if people from the Queens campus get the same 'Durham qualification' (not sure how to word that) or is it regarded differently? It just seems odd that some of their courses are BBB/ BCC requirements yet someone with A*AA would be getting a qualification from the same Uni?!

The degree is awarded by the University of Durham. No one will know it's from Queens Campus, unless they know the courses offered there of course But it's not stated on your degree certificate. You get the same "Durham degree" as anyone who studies any of the Durham based degrees.

Don't be so shocked Even some Durham based degrees have fairly modest typical offers. All multi-faculty universities outside Oxford and Cambridge will still have relatively modest offers for one or two of its courses. At Durham it's Criminology (introduced in 2007/2008) and archaeology...oh, I thought they was BBB but seems it's actually ABB. Still, the difference isn't huge.

Stockton has a supermarket which you can walk to whereas the Durham campus you have to get a bus. It confuses me too why it seems so easy to get in with grade requirements but its still very selective, I'm going to do Psychology (applied) and they only let 70 on the course compared to 300 which is the standard amount at other universities. Also Stockton has better research facilities than Durham which is why medicine and my course is there, the Psychology in the city is arts based whereas I want to do a scientific degree. It pisses me off though all the snobbery I encounter when i say i'm at the Stockton campus. At least i don't have to walk up a hill to get to my college.

It's a lot different than Durham (i.e. worse) and it's in the middle of nowhere.