University of Aberdeen

Founded in 1495, the University of Aberdeen is the fifth oldest university in the UK. We have a student population of around 16,000 and a large international community of students drawn from 120 different countries. The University has an excellent reputation for teaching quality and research, and, over the years, has had five Nobel Prize winners.

Students at Aberdeen are taught by academics at the forefront of their fields of expertise and actively engaged in research. The latest UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) confirms that Aberdeen is among the UK’s top research universities. Abereen offers over 140 taught Masters programmes and an extensive range of research opportunities.

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