32 OUR COLLEGES
St Chad’s College
Welcome to an academically focused community with a conscience… One of the smallest and oldest colleges, St Chad’s has a fantastic sense of community and more often than not achieves among the very highest academic results in the University, providing a superb environment to support and enhance your academic studies. Situated in the shadow of Durham Cathedral near the city centre, we encourage our students to get totally involved in the College and beyond. We organise overseas placements during the summer in rural South Africa, and our work with charities and with Fairtrade underlines our commitment to social justice. We strive constantly (and very successfully) to improve our environmental impact.
LIBERAL, SMALL AND RELAXED. 368 STUDENTS.
While we take studies very seriously, you cannot study all the time, and our students have a great time away from their books. We have a proud sports tradition: students make lifelong friends on the pitch and we have the highest sports participation rate in the University. We have two formal meals each week and several ‘mega-feasts’ each year: we love our traditions, but we have fun and do not take them too seriously. We probably have more college balls than anyone else, and they are among the most festive in the University. Unusually, our two bars (and our medieval wine cellar) are entirely student-run, with all the profits going towards student activities. On the arts side, our professionally trained choir is world-class and tours the globe; we have an in-house theatre group; and we are home to the University’s only African drumming and singing group.
Meet James “Chad’s prides itself on fostering a tight-knit community. Our small size means that you really get to know everyone, whatever their year or course, and it was this communitarian atmosphere that attracted me. The best part about Chad’s is that we are a self-governing college, which means that it’s really easy to effect substantial change for the better. With its traditional roots and progressive mindset, Chad’s is an inclusive college that expects the very best from its students, in any field you choose. College provides an excellent environment of motivation and support in whatever you want to achieve. I wouldn’t be anywhere else.”
Though we are small, we have extensive library facilities with eight Wi-Fi equipped College library and study rooms; a large College-based group of research staff; and a unique Collegiate Studies Programme, which supplements departmental studies with student-focused events, mini-courses and a genuine exchange of ideas.
With a mixed postgraduate and undergraduate community, a large complement of academic staff, and a long, confident history, we offer a friendly and inclusive environment, with unparalleled opportunities to mingle daily with scholars of all ages.
CONTACTS:
Acting Principal:
Dr Margaret Masson
CHAD’S AT A GLANCE...
T: +44 (0)191 334 3357 E: chads.admissions@durham.ac.uk W: www.durham.ac.uk/chads
Bursar:
Gary Cox
Chaplain:
Revd Dr Ashley Wilson
Founded 1904 Fully catered UCAS code: 3 Location: Durham City
@StChadsDurham
James de Lusignan, Theology and Religion student