The University of Dundee is a public research university in Dundee, Scotland.
Founded in 1881 the institution was for most of its early existence a constituent college.
The University is home to more than 17000 students and more than 3000 staff.
Edinburgh and Glasgow are 1 one and a half hours away from Dundee and London is 7 hours away by train.
Abertay and St Andrews Universities are the other university in the region. The university has 3 campuses.
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University of Dundee received the title of University of the Year for Student Experience, according to The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.
Dundee ranks 29th making it one of UK’s top 30 universities according to The Guardian University Guide 2020.
The university was The Times Good University Guide’s “Scottish University of the Year” consecutively in 2015/16 and 2016/17.
According to the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject, Dundee’s strongest subjects are Life Sciences, ranked joint 55th in the world and Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health, ranked joint 86th.
In the three major 2020 university rankings in the UK (CUG, Guardian and Times), Dundee’s subject offerings in Dentistry, Forensic Science & Archaeology, Law and Medicine rank within the top ten nationally.
University of Dundee was ranked 1st in Scotland, 8th in the U.K. and 22nd in the world by the 2018 Golden Age University Rankings.
Anatomy & Physiology, Art, Biological Sciences, Business Management, Education, Fashion & Textiles and Medical Technology rank within the top ten nationally in at least one of the rankings.
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