There are many foundation scholarships and exhibitions in arts, classics, mathematics, and theology, besides a long list of private foundations and fellowships.
The university consists of one college and one hall. The former, University College, occupies the Castle, and the latter, Bishop Hatfield's Hall.
It is well supplied with libraries. The university library founded at the opening, to which Bishop Van Mildert contributed a valuable collection.
The library given in 1855 by the late Dr Martin Routh, president of Magdalen College, Oxford.
The library presented by the late Bishop Maltby in 1856, which he endowed with £1000.
A library was also bequeathed to the university in 1859 by the late T.M. Winterbottom, M.D., of Westoe, South Shields. A large collection of books was bequeathed by the late Bishop Lightfoot.
Two other important libraries may here be mentioned, though they do not belong to the University—viz. the Chapter Library and Bishop Cosin's Library.