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University of Abertay Dundee


Quick Stats:

Institution ranking:
95
Location:

Grampian and Tayside

Registered students: 4180

History

  • Founded 1888 as Dundee Technical Institute.
  • Described by the Scottish Office in 1902 as one of the nation's 'industrial universities'.
  • Granted the right to use the formal title of University of Abertay Dundee in 1994.

Location and Transport

  • Based in the heart of Dundee, with all buildings on a compact city centre campus.
  • Bus and mainline train stations within ten minutes' walk, offering services to all major cities in Scotland and beyond.
  • Airport within 10 minutes' drive, offering flights to London, Belfast and Birmingham.

Accommodation

  • Around 600 places in university accommodation, with priority for first-year students.
  • Dundee has one of the highest proportions of students among its population of any UK city, so there is a wide choice of private rented accommodation.

Academic strengths

  • Abertay is divided into four schools: Contemporary Sciences, Computing & Creative Technologies, Dundee Business School, and Social & Health Sciences.
  • Strengths include Environmental Science, Computer Games Technology, Computer Arts, Digital Entertainment and Smart Technologies, Psychology and Forensic Sciences, Food/Health/Nutrition, Sports Science, Business and Management.

Student facilities, including Library and Computing

  • New library completed 1998 with 600 workstations.
  • A further 600+ elsewhere on campus, making a total of 1200 workstations for a student population of 5000 – one of the best ratios in the UK.
  • New Student Centre completed 2005, incorporating two bars, restaurant, theatre/cinema, art gallery/coffee shop, bookshop and nightclub.

Availability of part-time work

  • Good, with centralized information exchange on campus to publicize opportunities.
  • More information about part-time work for students at the University of Abertay Dundee is available on the University's website. 

Academic specialism:

Research score:

Business and Administrative studies - 1.55
Engineering - 1.95
Law - 2.00
Psychology - 1.70
Science of aquatic & terrestrial environments - 2.40
Subjects Allied to Medicine - 1.35
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Faculties and departments:

Dundee Business School / Business Analysis and Systems
Dundee Business School / Business and Management
Dundee Business School / International Business and Communication
Dundee Business School / Law and Management
Dundee Business School / Law Division
Information Services / Information Services
School of Computing and Creative Technologies / Computer Arts
School of Computing and Creative Technologies / Computer Systems
School of Computing and Creative Technologies / Information and Communication Technologies
School of Computing and Creative Technologies / Software Applications
School of Contemporary Sciences / Biotechnology and Forensic Sciences
School of Contemporary Sciences / Built and Natural Environment
School of Contemporary Sciences / Health and Food Sciences
School of Social and Health Sciences / Psychology
School of Social and Health Sciences / Sociology
School of Social and Health Sciences / Sport and Leisure
School of Social and Health Sciences / Tayside Institute of Health Studies
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Statistics:

% overseas: 25%
% male/female: 52% / 48%
% postgraduate: 16%
% full-time/part-time: 85% / 15%
% break from study: : 0%

Contacts:

Address: University of Abertay Dundee
Bell Street
Dundee
DD1 1HG
UK
Telephone: 01382 308000

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