University of Dundee

The University of Dundee is the principal university in the city and Royal Burgh of Dundee, Scotland. The University has its roots in the earlier University-College of Dundee and the University of St Andrews. Dundee grew similar with most cities in the United Kingdom through the 19th century, and this growth in population spurred demand for a University. In 1881 the University-College was established as an academic institution for 'promoting the education of persons of both sexes and the study of Science, Literature and the Fine Arts'. The College had no power to award degrees and for some years students were merely prepared for external examinations of the University of London.

In 1897 Dundee University-College became part of the University of St Andrews and in 1954 it was renamed Queen's College. These changes, which included the incorporation of the Dundee School of Economics into the College, still left it as an integral part of the University of St Andrews. However the growth of tertiary education around this time increased local demand for the University-College to be granted full independent university status.

In 1966, St Andrews University Court and the Council of Queen's College submitted a joint petition to the Privy Council seeking the grant of a Royal Charter to establish the University of Dundee. This petition was approved and Queen's College became the University of Dundee on the August 1 1967.

The university has grown since securing that status, and in 1974 it began to validate some degrees from Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and by 1988 all degrees from that institution were being validated by the university. By 1994 the two institutions merged with one another, with the college becoming a faculty of the university. In 1996 the Tayside College of Nursing and the Fife College of Health studies became part of the university as a school of Nursing and Midwifery. In December, 2001 the university merged with the Dundee campus of Northern College to create a Faculty of Education and Social Work.

At present, the University has plans for extensive renovation of its central campus and expansion across the west end of the city.

Although it only became an independent university in 1967, Dundee University shares an organizational structure akin to Scotland's other four ancient universities, and so for most purposes Dundee is regarded as an ancient.

In 2005 the University recieved the accolade of Higher Education Institution of the Year from The Times newspaper. It was also noted as the Best Scottish University.

See also

• University Court - the governing body of an ancient university in Scotland
• Academic Senate - the supreme academic body of an ancient university in Scotland
• General Council - the corporate body of all graduates and senior academics

External links

• University of Dundee website
• Dundee University Quick Facts - at University of Dundee website
• Dundee University Student Numbers 2002-2003 - at University of Dundee website
• University of Dundee - at The Student Zone
• [1] - Dundee University Students Association Website
• [2] - Information for International Students