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Dundee DD1 9HN

Tel 01382 384 160

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www.dundee.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 38 (39=)

Teaching excellence 68.8%

Student satisfaction 75.7%

Head teacher ranking 93= (60=)

Peer ranking 45 (49)

Research quality 60%

A/AS-level/Higher points 344/360

A-levels/Highers for entry 17%/58%

Unemployment 4.5%

Firsts and 2:1s 59.7%

Student/staff ratio 14.9:1

Dropout rate 19% (15%)

World ranking 238

Undergraduates 9,451 (3,628)

Postgraduates 1,365 (4,168)

Teaching staff 708

Applications/places 13,732/2,050; 6.7:1 (-3.1%)

Clearing entry 5.1%

Bursaries No fees for Scottish students

Scholarships 35: £250-£2,000

EU/overseas 6.9%/2.8%

Mature 21.5%

State school 92%

Lowest social classes 27%

Low-participation areas 21%

Live in 20% (100%) £67-£98

Dundee is what higher education should be about: high-quality teaching delivered by academics at the cutting edge of their subjects in modern attractive surroundings. Forty years on from its establishment as a university, Dundee has forged an international reputation in medicine and the life sciences. Researchers are constantly pushing back the frontiers of knowledge, particularly in the areas of cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular research. Sir Alfred Cuschieri pioneered keyhole surgery here, while more recently Professor Irwin McLean has discovered the gene that causes skin disorders such as eczema.

The university has a fine teaching record, with more than two-thirds of all subjects rated excellent. Many of these are housed in new facilities. Dundee is just coming to the end of a £200m programme that has seen both refurbishments and new buildings. Accommodation is single-study bedrooms with en-suite facilities, after a £40m spend to create the Dundee student village. An extended sports centre was completed last month. All this and a city with more sunshine and more students per head of population than anywhere else in Scotland.

After St Andrews, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Dundee has the fourth largest intake of students from England, with about one in six freshers winning their place with A-levels, rather than Highers. It also works hard to widen participation; an annual 10-week access summer school has helped 1,000 students gain admission over the past 15 years who might otherwise have missed out.

Open days September 26, except architecture, design, fine art, media arts and imaging (October 29, 30 and 31) and nursing and midwifery (October 10, Fife) and (October 17, Tayside).

Student view Milan Bogunovic, president of students’ association:

USP A close-knit student community in a friendly city.

Worst feature Prospective students overlook this gem of a university.

Location One of the UK’s sunniest cities.

Social scene You will always bump into someone you know.

Rated excellent (12) Cellular and molecular biology; computing; economics; English; finance and accounting; geography; graphic design and textile design; history; law; medicine; organismal biology; psychology.

Degree of student satisfaction: 75.7%

History and Archeology 83.6; English-based studies 82.6; Politics 81.8; Computer Science 81.2; Physical Science 80.1; Biology and related Sciences 80.0; Finance and Accounting 79.7; Law 79.2; Medical Science and Pharmacy 77.1; Medicine and Dentistry 77.0; Teacher Training 76.5; Human and Social Geography 75.9; Architecture, Building and Planning 75.5; Psychology 75.4; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 74.9; Economics 71.2; Art and Design 68.6

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