University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom

The University of Aberdeen is an ancient university established in 1495 and is a public research university located in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the third oldest university in Scotland and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom. The university has two campuses: King’s College Campus located in Old Aberdeen and Forester Hill Campus next to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

The university comprises of various schools and colleges: College of Arts and Social Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Medicine and College of Physical Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, School of Psychology, School of Engineering, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, School of Geosciences, School of Education, School of Language, Literature, Visual Culture and Music, School of Law, School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen Business School and Graduate School. The institution's most popular courses include Engineering, English, History, Law, Medicine, Politics and International Relations, Psychology and Zoology.

The total student population at the University of Aberdeen is more than 11,000 students and the student to faculty ratio at the university is 15:1. Five Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university.

The students pursuing MA and BSc programmes at the University of Aberdeen to complete their degree without committing to a specific course, school or department. Scottish and EU students don't have to pay tuition fees, but UK students are faced with fees of £9,000 annually. No student has to pay more than £27,000 in total for their undergraduate degree, even if it is four years long (with the exception of enhanced degrees and medicine).

Notable Alumni: Thomas Urquhart (Scottish writer), Alistair Darling (Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom)