University of Abertay Dundee
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| Established | 1888 |
| Chancellor | David Ogilvy, Earl of Airlie |
| Principal | Prof Bernard King CBE |
| Chairman of Court | Professor Gordon Hewitt CBE |
| Students | c. 4,150 |
| Undergraduates | c. 3,500 |
| Postgraduates | 650 |
| Location | Dundee, Scotland |
| Website | http://www.abertay.ac.uk |
The University of Abertay Dundee, usually known simply as Abertay University, is a university in Dundee, Scotland. Abertay University is a new university (compare Ancient universities of Scotland). It was created in 1994, under government legislation granting the title University to Dundee Institute of Technology, which was itself founded in 1888, becoming a Central Institution and gaining independent degree-giving authority in the 1970s. The courses offered by the university are non-traditional in nature being more vocationally focused than traditional universities. Honours degree courses such as "computer game technology", "ethical hacking and countermeasures", "forensic sciences", "food product design", "sport health and exercise" and "media, culture and society" are all on the course syllabus. Traditional academic subjects such as maths, physics, English, classics, geography, chemistry and history are not taught as named degree programmes at the university.
Entrepreneurialism is a particular feature of Abertay’s teaching, centring on the Embreonix graduate incubator established in 2000 with support from the European Social Fund. More than 40 small business have spun out of Embreonix in the past six years, creating more than 80 high-skill jobs, many of them in digital media and e-business.
Today, Abertay University is a world leader in computer games technology and design and is also home to the Dundee Business School. In the current Times University Ranking tables, the University of Abertay is placed fifty-seventh in a list of 109 UK universities.[1]
In the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2001 (published December 2001), Abertay was identified as one of the most improved research universities in Britain. The University more than doubled its average score for research quality and, among other things, was highlighted as the best university in Scotland for environmental science research and one of the top five in Britain.[2]
In May 2002 The University of Abertay was ranked number one in the United Kingdom for its investment in information technology facilities by the Financial Times.[3] David Jones, the creator of Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings computer game series, attended Abertay and Dare to Be Digital, a world wide recognised computer game production competition is run by the university each year.
[edit] Notable alumni
See also: Category:Alumni of the University of Abertay Dundee
- Stewart Hosie, Scottish National Party MP
- David Jones, creator of Grand Theft Auto
- Andy Nicol, Rugby Union player.
- Allan Milne, creator of ProcessEBNF (Backus-Naur Form).
[edit] References
- ^ O'Leary, John. Good University Guide 2007 (HTML). Times Online. The Times. Retrieved on 6 September 2006.
- ^ RAE 2001 (HTML). HERO website. HERO Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
- ^ University of Abertay Dundee (HTML). Education UK. British Council. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
[edit] External links
- University of Abertay Dundee
- University of Abertay Dundee Students' Association
- Embreonix
- Dare to be Digital
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