The University of Aberdeen is a public research university.
It is an ancient university founded in 1495 making it Scotland’s third-oldest university and the fifth-oldest in the English-speaking world.
There are two campuses; the predominantly utilised King’s College campus dominates the section of the city known as Old Aberdeen, which is approximately two miles north of the city centre.
The university’s Foresterhill campus is next to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and houses the School of Medicine and Dentistry as well as the School of Medical Sciences.
Together these buildings comprise one of Europe’s largest health campuses. London is 6 hrs away from Aberdeen by train.
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Aberdeen also has great reputation for economics with leading graduate prospect in the country. Economics was ranked 11th in the UK by Times Subject Rankings and 12th in the UK by Complete University Guide 2019.
Aberdeen is consistently ranked among the top 200 universities in the world and is ranked within the top 30 universities in the United Kingdom.
Aberdeen was also named the 2019 Scottish University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Its highest internationally ranked subject is Divinity and Religious Studies, which is ranked at 34th in the world and joint 7th in the UK.
It also has an excellent reputation for medical research and many of its subjects are ranked in top 10 in the UK including Accounting & Finance (ranked 10th in the UK, Complete 2020), Civil Engineering (9th in the UK, Complete 2020), Dentistry (9th in the UK, Complete 2020), Education (8th in the UK, Complete 2020), General Engineering (7th in the UK, Complete 2020), Law (9th in the UK, Complete 2020), Linguistics (3rd in the UK, Complete 2020) and Sports Science (2nd in the UK, Complete 2020).
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Stephen Carter, founding CEO of Ofcom and Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting under Gordon Brown.
Sir Thomas Sutherland,-founder of HSBC.
William Thornton, the designer of the United States Capitol.
J.K. Rowling, Princess Anne, Thomas Hardy-honorary Doctorate.