中国大学列表有所更新, 采用上海交通大学排名： Top 200 Chinese Universities Rankings - Overall Ranking (2018)，以及包含了211/985的大学列表。

·         杜伦大学认可的可以申请杜伦大学所有专业课程，杜伦大学商学院的PGT授课硕士课程除外。

·         大学列表中有一列是杜伦大学商学院入学要求的分数 ， 这个分数只适用于杜伦大学商学院的PGT课程。商学院的本科课程入学要求将与大学其他本科课程参考要求一样。

·         大学录取部会严格按照附件要求以及新的大学列表分数要求考虑学生的申请，因此在申请时请注意是否已经达到要求，以免浪费双方的时间，以及学生的申请费。

此次更新的大学列表中，一些中国大学排名前50的学校杜伦大学商学院不予考虑，而对于这一变化，商学院给出的解释请参考如下：

“Durham University Business School have made a strategic decision to amend the list of institutions for 2019 entry. We are looking for the highest calibre applicants for our Postgraduate Taught programmes from across China and have revised the list in order to achieve this aim. We are prepared to consider applications from lower ranked intuitions as they have previously provided us with good quality applicants and have demonstrated good conversion from application to acceptance. In some cases we have received high volumes of applications from higher ranked institutions that have been removed from the list, as they have not consistently demonstrated the quality that we are seeking.”