Durham University and Berry College have signed a new articulation agreement, formalising a partnership that has developed through several years of close collaboration.
Representatives from Berry College visited Durham on Friday to mark the signing of the agreement in the historic surroundings of Cosin’s Library. The agreement will create new opportunities for Berry students to progress to postgraduate study at Durham, and it further strengthens the Faculty of Arts and Humanities’ international partnerships.
The signing was attended by Professor Janet Stewart, Executive Dean of Durham University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, alongside colleagues from Berry College, including Dr Jonathan Deane Parker, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy, and Dr Coleman Fannin, Director of the Honors Programme and Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy.
The agreement builds on an established relationship between Durham and Berry College, following recent visits and ongoing conversations about shared academic interests, student opportunities, and future international engagement.
We are delighted to formalise our partnership with Berry College through this new agreement. This marks an exciting step in our relationship and reflects our shared commitment to creating meaningful international opportunities for students. We look forward to welcoming Berry students to Durham and to developing further academic collaboration between our institutions.
We're very excited that Durham has entered into this partnership with us. With this agreement, Berry students have an incredible, ongoing opportunity to pursue further graduate studies with world-leading scholars at Durham. We are particularly excited about the chance for students to continue experiencing the same close relationships with faculty they received during their time at Berry. Durham is a leading force in Transformative Humanities, and we look forward to celebrating the mutual benefits of this agreement in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Berry College, based in Georgia, USA, is known for its distinctive liberal arts education, combining academic study with practical learning, mentorship, and personal development.
Durham’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities is recognised internationally for its leadership in Transformative Humanities, enriching, shaping and transforming lives through research and education. In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, all eligible Arts and Humanities subject areas were placed in the world top 50, with Theology and Religion ranked 4th and the Faculty joint 31st globally. The University has also been named a World Top 50 international university by Times Higher Education.
The new agreement underlines the Faculty’s commitment to building strong global partnerships and expanding opportunities for students to engage with world-leading teaching and research across the arts and humanities.
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