university of Abertay Dundee, details of Abertay Dundee university
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Abertay Dundee
University ranking
- 2010 95
- 2009 68
- 2008 89
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.
- More information about accommodation at the University of Abertay Dundee is available here.
Entry standards
- Varies from course to course, usually around BBC at Higher (CC at A level), but up to AABB at Higher (BBC at A level) for some subjects.
- More information about entry standards at the University of Abertay Dundee is available here.
- There are no variable tuition fees in Scotland. Fees for 2010–11 have not yet been confirmed. If you are a Scottish-domiciled first degree student you are eligible for your tuition fees to be covered by the Scottish Government. Scottish students should apply to the SAAS to cover this cost. Students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland should apply for a fee loan to Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, and Student Finance Northern Ireland as appropriate. Students from elsewhere in the EU should contact the SAAS.
- Tuition fees for non-Scottish domiciled students for 2009–10 have yet to be confirmed but are expected to be £1,820 a year (£2,895 for medicine).
- The RUK Bursary has been introduced for students normally resident in England, Wales or Northern Ireland only, studying at a Scottish university, who would otherwise have been eligible for a £319 national minimum bursary (i.e. in receipt of full HEMG) had they studied at a university in the rest of the UK. The RUK Bursary is currently worth around £310.
- Fees for placement year and year abroad are normally 50% of full-time fee.
- For more information on bursaries and scholarships at Abertay Dundee, click here.
Student mix
- Roughly 50% female, 50% male.
- 25% of students non-UK in origin.
- 97% of students from state school.
- Applications to places ratio approximately 4 or 5:1.
Course flexibility
- Fully modularized course structure allows multiple entry/exit points, including advanced entry for appropriate accredited prior learning.
Teaching standards
Research standards
- Doubled score in the 2001 RAE compared with the previous RAE.
- Rated as Scotland's top university for environmental science.
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.
Disability Services
- Information about disability services at the University of Abertay Dundee is available here.
Students' Union
- An active students' association with two sabbaticals and four staff .
- A high voting turnout encouraged by electronic voting.
- Around 20 clubs and societies.
- For more details on the students' union at the University of Abertay Dundee, visit the website.
Sport
- An active sports development office, with elite athletes development programme supporting a number of successful BUSA teams and individuals.
- Several international performers in Scottish/GB teams.
- More information on sport at the University of Abertay Dundee is available here.
Recent/prospective new builds
- New 500-bed student village due to start building 2009.
- Development of new combined teaching/learning/research/enterprise areas across the campus over the next few years.
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 here.
For further information
- www.abertay.ac.uk
- University of Abertay Dundee, DD1 1HG
- +44 (0)1382 308000
- Travel and maps.
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