University of Dundee, United Kingdom

United Kingdom Ranked 230.00

In 1881, largely because of the foresight and generosity of Dr John Boyd Baxter and Miss Mary Ann Baxter of Balgavies-distantly related members of a wealthy and influential local family-University College, Dundee, was founded as an independent academic institution for 'promoting the education of persons of both sexes and the study of Science, Literature and the Fine Arts'. Notwithstanding its independence, the College had no power to award degrees and for some years students were prepared for the external examinations of the University of London. Amongst the earlier teachers were men of great eminence -including (to give them their later titles):

Sir William Peterson, the College's first Principal, who was afterwards Principal of McGill University, Montreal; Sir Alfred Ewing, later Principal of Edinburgh University; Sir D'Arcy Thompson, the biologist; Sir Patrick Geddes, the botanist and town planner; and Sir William McCormick who was to become the first secretary of the Carnegie Trust, and later the first chairman of the University Grants Committee. In 1897 University College became part of the University of St Andrews. This union served to give expression to local feeling that there should be a vital connection between the old and the new in academic affairs, and that a venerable institution in a small town and a modern establishment in a large city might well complement each other in a manner advantageous to both.

In 1954, consequent upon constitutional changes within the University of St Andrews, University College, with the gracious consent of Her Majesty the Queen, was renamed Queen's College. These changes, which included the incorporation of the Dundee School of Economics in the College, though they improved its status substantially, left it as an integral part of the University of St Andrews. The rapidly increasing pressure upon university places in the years that followed and the evident need to expand the teaching and research facilities in Dundee, reinforced a local sentiment of long standing in favour of the elevation of the College to independent university status.

The Government approved the initiation of the processes necessary to create a university in Dundee, and in 1964 the University Court of the University of St Andrews appointed an Academic Advisory Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr R. B. McCallum, the Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, to advise on the constitution of the proposed University and on the academic developments to be undertaken in it. In 1966, on the basis of recommendations made by the Advisory Committee, the University Court and the Council of Queen's College submitted a joint petition to the Privy Council seeking the grant of a Royal Charter to establish the University of Dundee. This petition was approved and, in terms of the Charter, Queen's College became the University of Dundee on the first of August 1967.

In 1974 the University created a Faculty of Environmental Studies which validated degrees of the Schools of Architecture and Town and Regional Planning of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. By 1988 all degree courses offered at the College were validated by the University. This collaboration between the two institutions led to a formal merger of the College and the University with effect from 1 August 1994 with the College becoming a Faculty of the University.

In 1995 the University was successful in securing, on a competitive basis, the contract from the Scottish Office Health Department for pre-registration nursing and midwifery education in Fife and Tayside. This led to Tayside College of Nursing and Fife College of Health Studies becoming part of the University from 1 September 1996 as a single School of Nursing and Midwifery within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry which was subsequently renamed, the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing. In December 2001 the University merged with the Dundee campus of Northern College (of Education) to create the Faculty of Education and Social Work.

Below are the facilities offered by University of Dundee:-

• Campus Shops
• Chaplaincy
• Conference & Meeting Facilities
• DNA Sequencing Services
• Duncan of Jordanstone College Materials Shop
• IT Suites and IT Facilities
• John Smith & Son University Bookshop
• Library & Learning Centre
• Residential Accommodation
• Sports Facilities
• Video Conferencing Facilities.

The university has four residence on the main campus or nearby (WestPark, the furthest, is approximately 1½km, half way between the main campus and Ninewells campus). All study-bedrooms are furnished with a bed, wardrobe, chair and desk, computer link, all have en-suite shower and toilet. All the Residences are self-catering and each flat has a kitchen with a cooker, kettle, microwave and fridge/freezer.

Dundee's City Campus is a true city centre campus only five minutes walk from the shops and the cultural quarter whereby Ninewells Campus, located at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, is about a 20-minute walk from the City Campus. The city's bus station is only 10 minutes walk from City Campus and provides connections with many major cities in Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Living and working on campus enables you to throw yourself right into student life, experience the very best that the campus and city have to offer and meet people who will probably end up being your closest friends for the rest of your life. 

Our 900 single rooms on campus and over 400 across the road provide the perfect environment for students, just 5 minutes from the city centre and 2 minutes from lecture theatres. We also have 300 rooms between the city campus and Ninewells Hospital which are a 20 minute walk away. We have a Student Support Worker and Assistants on hand to help students as well as night security personnel.

At Dundee we are proud to guarantee accommodation to all new students at the University who apply before the deadline. Our residence contracts cover the whole academic year (39 weeks from September to May) so you can leave your belongings in your room if you decide to go home for the holidays. Longer contracts are also possible for students who need to stay in Dundee during the summer period. In addition, Dundee has a wide range of competitively priced private accommodation close to the University campus. Our Students’ Union offers free legal advice to help with matters such as leases.

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