Discover the campus
The city-centre campus has everything you’ll need in one place, including the library, lectures and teaching areas, the Students’ Union, accommodation, and the gym.
Dundee is a perfect student city – it’s compact, friendly, and easy to get around yet bursting with all the entertainment and opportunities of big-city life. Dundee is also known for being more affordable than other cities in the UK.
From campus, it’s just a short distance to the city’s cultural attractions, shops, cafes, bars, and restaurants. The train and bus stations are also close by, making it easy to explore the best that the UK has to offer. Bus travel in Scotland is also free for those under 22 years of age.
Dundee has an airport with direct flights to London Heathrow. Glasgow and Edinburgh International Airports are just over an hour away.
The research
Some of the best researchers in the world work for the University of Dundee, developing ideas that make a positive impact and difference to the lives of people, the economy, and the environment.
It has strong relationships and partnerships with industry, non-government organisations, public bodies, and institutions across the world. This helps the university achieve its core purpose, which is to transform lives locally and globally.
The university focuses its collective energy across three interdisciplinary challenge-led themes, which enables research to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals and make a positive contribution to addressing Population Health and Wealth, Climate Action, and Net Zero, and Equity and Inclusion.
In the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (dundee.ac.uk), 84% of research was assessed as 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent'.
The University of Dundee vision
It has been transforming lives since 1881, when it started as University College Dundee with a focus on science, literature, and the fine arts.
It’s not afraid to act purposefully to make a real difference in the world and work together as a community to deliver positive change.
The University of Dundee is globally renowned for its expertise across a wide range of disciplines, including life sciences, medicine, dentistry, engineering, and art and design. It has pioneered innovations as diverse as keyhole surgery and flat screen technology.
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