TEACHING
QUALITY
University of Dundee
45
th
NATIONAL
RANK
RANK
71.7%
FIRSTS
2:1s
2:1s
84.2%
COMPLETION
RATE
RATE
Key Stats
n/a
18th
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
47th
RESEARCH
QUALITY
QUALITY
45th
GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
PROSPECTS
Contact details
ADDRESS
Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN View on map >
Telephone
Email
Website
Open days
September 27. October 27 and 28 (architecture, art and design only)
University Profile
Dundee is going from strength to strength in terms of the student experience it provides: it was the top university in Scotland for the fifth year in succession and in the top five in the UK in Times Higher Education (THE) magazine’s 2014 survey. Its students gave it particularly high marks for good accommodation and students’ union, cheap bars and amenities, and the quality of the social life.
The university’s ratings in the National Student Survey (NSS) do not quite hit these heights, but are consistently good nonetheless, this year’s 90% score for overall satisfaction matching Dundee’s best ever outcome.
Dundee is ranked in the top 250 in the world by both THE and QS, and had been seeing increased demand for places until 2013, when there were falls in both applications and enrolments. To increase the university’s appeal to applicants from the UK outside of Scotland, so-called Rest of UK (RUK) students, a range of scholarships and bursaries have been introduced this year which could generate up to £8,000 in their first year and £6,000 a year thereafter to those eligible.
A-level results of
Dundee is experimenting with a range of three-year degree programmes for qualified candidates, rather than the regular four-year Scottish degree, bringing costs down further.
The university has doubled in size over two decades and there are now more than 17,000 students, including a healthy number from overseas. Dundee has been looking outwards to achieve the “critical mass” which experts regard as essential to break into the higher education elite, with the acquisition of education, nursing and art colleges, which have greatly increased its scope.
Presently, two-thirds of Dundee’s students are from Scotland and nearly one in ten from Northern Ireland. More than one in five come from areas with little tradition of higher education, although less than a quarter are from working-class homes. Applicants have access to MyDundee, an online portal giving further information about the university during the application process and to prepare them for the academic year.
The university has completed a £200m campus redevelopment designed by the leading architect, Sir Terry Farrell. Among the buildings added in recent years are those for clinical research, interdisciplinary research and applied computing.
There have been extensions to the library and the sports centre, while almost £40m was spent on wireless-networked student residences. The IT facilities include a superfast broadband network and are among the best in the UK, allowing the latest technologies to be used to enhance teaching.
The university is best known for its work in the life sciences and medicine, where research into cancer and diabetes is recognised as world-leading. Biochemistry is the flagship department, housed in a complex that includes the £13m Wellcome Trust Building and the Sir James Black Centre, which cost £21m. Its academics were the first in Britain to be invited to take part in Japan’s Human Frontier science programme and are now the most-quoted researchers in their field.
Set in 20 acres of parkland, the medical school is the one of the few components of the university outside the compact city-centre campus – some of the nursing and midwifery students are 35 miles away in Kirkcaldy.
More than half the work submitted for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise was rated world-leading or internationally excellent. Dundee recorded the best results in Scotland for art and design, civil engineering, biological and laboratory-based clinical sciences. The university leads one of four “knowledge exchange hubs for the creative economy”, tasked with bringing academics together with business and charities, and raising public awareness of the creative industries.
The highly rated design courses are taught at the former Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. The university is a key participant in the Dundee-based V&A project to improve design in Scotland.
Vocational degrees predominate, helping to produce consistently strong graduate employment. The university claims to send more graduates into the professions than any other institution in Scotland, and only Oxbridge graduates came out ahead of Dundee’s in a national survey of starting salaries. Most degrees include a career planning module and an internship option, and students are now provided with their own personal development website.
The Enterprise Gym gives students the chance to improve their self-reliance and employability and exercise their business creativity through business enterprise skills development training. Students can take the Scottish Internship Graduate Certificate, an eight-month programme combining a six-month internship with career management learning.There is a global equivalent, lasting seven months and with an internship in India or China.
The city is profiting from recent regeneration programmes and enjoys a cost of living that is among the lowest at any university city in the UK. Private accommodation is plentiful for those not housed by the university.
Spectacular mountain and coastal scenery are close at hand, but social life tends to be concentrated on one of the most active students’ unions in Scotland – and one of the most popular: top in Scotland and fourth in the UK for student satisfaction as measured by the latest NSS published last month.
The university’s ratings in the National Student Survey (NSS) do not quite hit these heights, but are consistently good nonetheless, this year’s 90% score for overall satisfaction matching Dundee’s best ever outcome.
Dundee is ranked in the top 250 in the world by both THE and QS, and had been seeing increased demand for places until 2013, when there were falls in both applications and enrolments. To increase the university’s appeal to applicants from the UK outside of Scotland, so-called Rest of UK (RUK) students, a range of scholarships and bursaries have been introduced this year which could generate up to £8,000 in their first year and £6,000 a year thereafter to those eligible.
A-level results of
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ABB or better (or equivalent) for students entering non-medical, dentistry, nursing or education programmes will earn an annual academic excellence scholarship of £3,000. A similar annually-payable sum is available to all RUK students from homes where residual household income is less than £20,000. All RUK students bar those excluded above qualify for a one-off Discover Dundee bursary of £2,000 in their first year.Dundee is experimenting with a range of three-year degree programmes for qualified candidates, rather than the regular four-year Scottish degree, bringing costs down further.
The university has doubled in size over two decades and there are now more than 17,000 students, including a healthy number from overseas. Dundee has been looking outwards to achieve the “critical mass” which experts regard as essential to break into the higher education elite, with the acquisition of education, nursing and art colleges, which have greatly increased its scope.
The university has completed a £200m campus redevelopment designed by the leading architect, Sir Terry Farrell. Among the buildings added in recent years are those for clinical research, interdisciplinary research and applied computing.
There have been extensions to the library and the sports centre, while almost £40m was spent on wireless-networked student residences. The IT facilities include a superfast broadband network and are among the best in the UK, allowing the latest technologies to be used to enhance teaching.
The university is best known for its work in the life sciences and medicine, where research into cancer and diabetes is recognised as world-leading. Biochemistry is the flagship department, housed in a complex that includes the £13m Wellcome Trust Building and the Sir James Black Centre, which cost £21m. Its academics were the first in Britain to be invited to take part in Japan’s Human Frontier science programme and are now the most-quoted researchers in their field.
Set in 20 acres of parkland, the medical school is the one of the few components of the university outside the compact city-centre campus – some of the nursing and midwifery students are 35 miles away in Kirkcaldy.
More than half the work submitted for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise was rated world-leading or internationally excellent. Dundee recorded the best results in Scotland for art and design, civil engineering, biological and laboratory-based clinical sciences. The university leads one of four “knowledge exchange hubs for the creative economy”, tasked with bringing academics together with business and charities, and raising public awareness of the creative industries.
The highly rated design courses are taught at the former Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. The university is a key participant in the Dundee-based V&A project to improve design in Scotland.
Vocational degrees predominate, helping to produce consistently strong graduate employment. The university claims to send more graduates into the professions than any other institution in Scotland, and only Oxbridge graduates came out ahead of Dundee’s in a national survey of starting salaries. Most degrees include a career planning module and an internship option, and students are now provided with their own personal development website.
The Enterprise Gym gives students the chance to improve their self-reliance and employability and exercise their business creativity through business enterprise skills development training. Students can take the Scottish Internship Graduate Certificate, an eight-month programme combining a six-month internship with career management learning.There is a global equivalent, lasting seven months and with an internship in India or China.
The city is profiting from recent regeneration programmes and enjoys a cost of living that is among the lowest at any university city in the UK. Private accommodation is plentiful for those not housed by the university.
Spectacular mountain and coastal scenery are close at hand, but social life tends to be concentrated on one of the most active students’ unions in Scotland – and one of the most popular: top in Scotland and fourth in the UK for student satisfaction as measured by the latest NSS published last month.
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Detailed Statistics
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY
SCORE
RANK
Ranking
-
45 (49)
Student experience
84.6
18th
Research quality
15.7
47th
Ucas entry points
409
34th
Graduate prospects
70.7
45th
Firsts and 2:1s
71.7
40th
Completion rate
84.2
75th=
Student-staff ratio
14.9:1
27th=
Services/facilities spend (£)
1,422
76th
World ranking
-
230= (219)
VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates
(Full-time)
9,090
Undergraduates
(Part-time)
1,460
Postgraduates
(Full-time)
1,735
Postgraduates
(Part-time)
3,425
Applications/places
18,590/2,255
Applications/places ratio
8.2:1
STUDENT CITIES
Iain MacKinnon, students’ association president
Dundee has the largest proportion of students to locals, so there’s a real buzz when they arrive in September.
If you’re a student who drives be prepared for the roads to change weekly, they’re doing up the waterfront.
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Cost of living
Nightlife
Transport
Culture
ACCOMMODATION
FEES
Scots/EU fees
£0-£1,820
RUK fees
£9,000 (£27,000 max)
Fees (international)
£10,700-£15,500
Fees (international, medical)
£21,000-£31,500
Finance website
Graduate salaries
£21,559
BURSARIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
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For RUK students, bursary of £3,000 a year if household income below £20K, and £1,000 a year if household income £20K–£42K; RUK academic scholarship of £3,000 a year for those with at least ABB at A level or equivalent (excluding medicine and dentistry students); Discover Dundee scholarship of £1,000 in year 1 to all RUK students.
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Widening Access bursaries for Scottish students up to £3,000 in year 1. A range of academic scholarships by subject available.
SPORT
Sports points/rank
710.5, 44th
Sport website
Student satisfaction
95.1%
91.3%
90.5%
90.0%
89.7%
88.1%
88.0%
87.2%
86.4%
85.4%
85.3%
84.8%
84.6%
84.5%
84.3%
84.3%
83.3%
80.7%
80.6%
80.4%
77.8%