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University of Dundee

The University of Dundee[a] is a public research university based in Dundee, Scotland. It was founded as a university college in 1881 with a donation from the prominent Baxter family of textile manufacturers. The institution was, for most of its early existence, a constituent college of the University of St Andrews alongside United College and St Mary's College located in the town of St Andrews itself. Following significant expansion, the University of Dundee gained independent university status by royal charter in 1967 while retaining elements of its ancient heritage and governance structure.

University of Dundee
Official Coat of Arms
(as granted by Lyon Court)
Latin: Universitas Dundensis
MottoLatin: Magnificat anima mea dominum[1]
Motto in English
"My soul doth magnify the Lord"
TypePublic university
Established1967 – gained independent university status by royal charter
1897 – Constituent college of the University of St Andrews
1881 – University College
Endowment£33.9 million (2022)[2]
Budget£291.5 million (2021-22)[2]
ChancellorDame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
RectorKeith Harris
PrincipalIain Gillespie [3]
Academic staff
1,445 (2021/22)[4]
Administrative staff
1,750 (2021/22)[4]
Students18,100 (2021/22)[5]
Undergraduates11,775 (2021/22)[5]
Postgraduates6,320 (2021/22)[5]
Location,
Scotland, UK
Colours
AffiliationsACU
DSC
SICSA
Universities UK
Websitewww.dundee.ac.uk

The main campus of the university is located in Dundee's West End, which contains many of the university's teaching and research facilities; the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee Law School and the Dundee Dental Hospital and School. The University has additional facilities at Ninewells Hospital, containing its School of Medicine; Perth Royal Infirmary, which houses a clinical research centre; and in Kirkcaldy, Fife, containing part of its School of Health Sciences. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £291.5 million of which £71.8 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £344.8 million.[2]

History Edit

Foundation Edit

 
Ellenbank: the former Students' Union, now the School of Business is one of the longest-used buildings of the university.

The University of Dundee has its roots in the earlier university college based in Dundee and the University of St Andrews. During the 19th century, the growing population of Dundee significantly increased demand for the establishment of an institution of higher education in the city and several organisations were established to promote this end, including a University Club in the city. There was a significant movement with the intention of moving the entire university to Dundee (which the royal commission[which?] observed was now a "large and increasing town") or the establishment of a college along very similar lines to the present United College. Finally, agreement was reached that what was needed was expansion of the sciences and professions, rather than the arts at St Andrews.[6]

A donation of £120,000 for the creation of an institution of higher education in Dundee was made by Miss Mary Ann Baxter of Balgavies, a notable lady of the city and heir to the fortune of William Baxter of Balgavies. In this endeavour, she was assisted by her relative, John Boyd Baxter, an alumnus of St Andrews and Procurator Fiscal of Forfarshire who also contributed nearly £20,000. In order to craft the institution and its principles, it was to be established first as an independent university college, with a view from its very inception towards incorporation into the University of St Andrews.[6]

In 1881, the ideals of the proposed new college were laid down, suggesting the establishment of an institute for "promoting the education of persons of both sexes and the study of Science, Literature and the Fine Arts". The university currently identifies 1881 as the year of its foundation, as University College's endowment was dated 31 December 1881, but the year 1880, when the announcement of Mary Ann Baxter's funding was made, as well as the years 1882 and 1883 have also been cited as their foundation year by the institution in the past.[7]

No religious oaths were to be required of members. Later that year, "University College, Dundee" was established as an academic institution and the first principal, Sir William Peterson, was elected in late 1882. When opened in 1883, it comprised five faculties: Maths and Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Engineering and Drawing, English Language and Literature and Modern History, and Philosophy. The University College had no power to award degrees and for some years some students were prepared for external examinations of the University of London.[8] By 1894, the faculties offered at the college remained essentially scientific in outlook, with three academics - including the principal, William Peterson - giving instruction in classics, philosophy, English and history at both the Dundee and St Andrews sites.[9]

The policy of no discrimination between the sexes, which was insisted upon by Mary Ann Baxter, meant that the new college recruited several able female students. Their number included the social reformer Mary Lily Walker and, later, Margaret Fairlie who in 1940 became Scotland's first female professor.[10][11] Another early female graduate, Ruth Wilson, later Young, became professor of surgery at Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi and later became its principal.[12]

Incorporation into the University of St Andrews Edit

 
The Harris Building on the Geddes Quadrangle

Following discussions around various forms of incorporation and association, students were able to matriculate through the University of St Andrews from 1885.[13] The full incorporation was completed in 1897 when University College became part of the University of St Andrews. This move was of notable benefit to both, enabling the University of St Andrews (which was in a small town) to support a medical school. Medical students could choose to undertake preclinical studies either in Dundee or St Andrews (at the Bute Medical School) after which all students would undertake their clinical studies at Dundee. Eventually, law, dentistry and other professional subjects were taught at University College. By 1904 University College had a roll of 208, making up 40 per cent of the roll of the university generally. By session 1909-10 234 students were studying at University College, 101 of whom were female. Among the notable students at this time were Robert Watson-Watt, the radar pioneer; William Alexander Young the epidemiologist who later died in Accra while studying yellow fever; and David Rutherford Dow who would go on to be a senior member of staff at the college.[14]

In 1895, unlike the students at St Andrews, there were reportedly very few "bona-fide" matriculated students at Dundee who were "aiming to graduate".[15] During the academic years of 1892–4, those students at Dundee who had matriculated at St Andrews were considered St Andrews University students and were subsequently awarded degrees by St. Andrews. Although the union between the two institutions was then threatened by a lawsuit, by 1898 the union with St. Andrews was restored on the original basis.[16][17]

University College's development in the early twentieth century has been described as "slow and fitful" and the interwar period saw virtually no new building projects, leaving large parts of the college housed in buildings which were not fit for purpose.[18] Kenneth Baxter has claimed that World War I had a major impact on University College and stated that the conflict presented it with "a storm of challenges unlike anything it had faced" up to that point.[19] Baxter contends that the War impacted the college greatly, with key consequences being declining student numbers which in turn led to a loss of income, as well as staff departures and the decaying of fabric.[20] In 2018 it was revealed that research shows that while the college's war memorial records the names of 37 staff and former students who died at least a further 39 alumni of the college were not recorded on it.[20][21] In 1920 the college received a war trophy in the form of a "40 ton, 15 cm field gun", which was thought to have been captured from Bulgarian forces and was sited in front of the students Union.[22]

Attempts were made to raise income. In 1923 Rudyard Kipling, then the rector of the University of St Andrews, visited University College and asked the merchant princes and leading citizens of Dundee to give the college their money and support. Kipling implored those who had lost their sons in the Great War to consider giving a donation so that their names would live on.[23] Staff of a high calibre continued to be employed by the university including Alexander Peacock and Margaret Fairlie, who in 1940 was appointed as professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and thus became the first woman to hold a professorial chair at a university in Scotland.[18][24]

In 1947, the principal of University College, Douglas Wimberley released the "Wimberley Memo" (resulting in the Cooper and Tedder reports of 1952), advocating independence for the college. In 1954, after a royal commission, University College was renamed "Queen's College" and the Dundee-based elements of the university gained a greater degree of independence and flexibility. It was also at this time that Queen's College absorbed the former Dundee School of Economics as well as the jointly administered medical school and dental school.[13]

Creation of the University of Dundee Edit

 
The Old Medical School, an example of expansion into the professions and purpose-built university structures from the turn of the century

The publication of the Robbins Report on Higher Education in 1963, which considered the question of university education expansion throughout the country, provided impetus to the movement to attain independent university status for Dundee. At this time, a number of new institutions were being elevated to this status, such as the University of Stirling, and second universities were created in Edinburgh and Glasgow (Heriot-Watt University and the University of Strathclyde) despite their having fewer than 2,000 students.[6]

Queen's College's size and location, alongside a willingness to expand, led to an eventual decision to separate from the wider University of which it remained an integral part. 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 the Charter was granted which saw Queen's College become the University of Dundee, on 1 August 1967. The university continued a number of the traditions of its originator college and university and continues to be organised under the ancient university governance structure.[25]

Modern developments Edit

 
Extension to the main library of the university, early 2008.

In 1974, the university began to validate some degrees from Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, and by 1988 all degrees from that institution were being validated in this fashion. In 1994 the two institutions merged, with the college becoming a constituent faculty of the university.[26] 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.[27] For several years, Dundee College of Education prepared students for degree examinations at the University of Dundee, and in December 2001 the university merged with the Dundee campus of Northern College to create a Faculty of Education and Social Work.[28]

In October 2005, the university became home to the first UNESCO centre in the United Kingdom. The IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science is involved in research regarding the management of the world's water resources on behalf of the United Nations.[29] A school of accounting and finance was introduced in 2007. These disciplines are now part of the School of Business.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the university suspended most face to face teaching from 16 March 2020. However, a "blended learning" approach was offered to many students with weekly tutorials available in person for small groups using COVID-19 protocols of social distancing and regular cleaning.[30]

Campus Edit

City Campus Edit

 
The Old Medical School and the Carnelley Building on City Campus.

The main campus is within the West End of the City of Dundee.[31] It has expanded greatly since the university gained independence, from just four converted buildings when the University College was founded in 1881 the university has grown to consist of over fifty at present. However, many buildings survive from Dundee's period as a university college and as a constituent college of St Andrews University. The earliest purpose-built facility on campus was the Carnelley Building which opened in 1883 as part of the new University College.[32] A £10,000 donation from Mary Ann Baxter provided for a chemistry laboratory situated in the building which was named for the university's first professor of chemistry, Thomas Carnelley.[33]

Geddes Quadrangle Edit

The buildings at the heart of the university form the Geddes Quadrangle. These include the Carnegie, Harris and Peters Buildings which were constructed in 1909 as part of the new college of the University of St Andrews.[34] The Geddes Quadrangle was named for Patrick Geddes, a pioneering thinker in the fields of sociology and urban planning and former professor of botany at Dundee, as a botanist Geddes had originally proposed a garden in the center of the quadrangle to be used for teaching purposes.[35] The designer was Victorian architect Robert Rowand Anderson, the architect of buildings such as the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Mount Stuart House.[36]

Post-war buildings Edit

Amid the expansion of education in post-war Britain, the University College, Dundee commissioned the construction of several new buildings to cope with the increasing numbers of students and academics arriving. The first of these was the Ewing Building which had started planning in 1950 and was officially opened in 1954. Named after Sir James Alfred Ewing, the university's first professor of engineering.[37][38] The Fulton Building gave the civil and mechanical engineering department a dedicated building, it was opened in 1964 and took its name from Angus Robertson Fulton, former principal of University College, Dundee (1939–1946).[39]

The 1960s saw the further development of the Queen's College campus with some of the earliest multi-story towers in Scotland being built for both teaching and student accommodation. The Tower Building, opened in 1961 by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, exemplified early Scottish modernist architecture and was designed by Robert Matthew; it stands 140 ft tall with ten storeys home to both academic, executive and administrative departments of the university.[40][41][42] The Tower was built on the site of two of the original four Georgian houses which had housed University College, Dundee (originally known as Whiteleys). Its construction was notable as it was the tallest structure built in Dundee since the Old Steeple in the medieval period. The building was extended in the later 1960s was resulted in the demolition of the remaining two original buildings.[42]

Belmont Halls of Residence took inspiration from Danish design and aimed to provide modern, spacious quarters for students while keeping costs cheap; it was completed in 1963 on the site of Belmont Works, a former jute mill.[43]

Recent developments Edit

The 2000s brought extensive renovation to the university's central campus, with a number of new and upgraded buildings introduced around 2007 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the university's independence. Large extensions have been placed on the Main Library and sports centre, and a number of new halls of residence (Heathfield, Belmont, West Park and Seabraes) have been gradually phased into operation.[44][45] The Dalhousie building was erected during this period as dedicated teaching accommodation for the university, in part replacing space previously at the Gardyne Road campus of Northern College, which has now been taken up by Dundee College. Significant improvement works have taken place in old buildings such as the Old Technical Institute, Medical Sciences Institute and Old Medical School buildings.[46]

Kirkcaldy Campus Edit

The School of Nursing and Health Sciences has a campus on Forth Avenue, Kirkcaldy, Fife.[47][48] This offers degrees in nursing, midwifery and other health-related subjects. Placements are available often in conjunction with NHS Fife.

Governance and organisation Edit

Governance Edit

 
Plaque celebrating Dundee's relationship with the University of St Andrews.

The University of Dundee is organised under the provisions of its royal charter, which granted the university its independence in 1967.[25] Dundee, uniquely outside of the four ancient universities of Scotland has a governance framework which shares a number of similarities with the ancient governance structure which was developed in the 19th and 20th centuries through the various Universities (Scotland) Acts.

Chancellor Edit

The chancellor is the head of the university and president of the Graduates' Council, with a role of presiding over academic ceremonies such as graduations.[49] The five chancellors of the university to have held office since its independence are:

Rector Edit

 
Sir Peter Ustinov, first Rector of the university.

The rector of the university is an official elected by the matriculated students of the university for a three-year term.[52] In common with other university rectors in Scotland, the position is largely ceremonial, although it does involve the representation of students on the University Court. The rector at Dundee, unlike that of the ancient universities, does not chair the University Court, that duty instead falling to a lay member.[53] The rector may appoint an assessor who can carry out the rector's functions on their behalf when they are absent. The university gained national attention in 2001 when it seemed that actor David Hasselhoff may stand as rector.[54]

As part of the process of installation, the students traditionally take the new rector on the 'rectorial drag' which involves them being 'dragged' from Dundee City Chambers to the university in the university's own carriage visiting on the way some of the many pubs in the city as part of the informal welcome to the university.[55]

The present holder of the position is artist manager Keith Harris, who was installed in 2022.[56] He replaced sports broadcaster Jim Spence, who was installed in 2019 but did not serve a full term partly due to changes in personal circumstances as a result of COVID-19.[57] Prior to Spence, the rector was Mark Beaumont, the record-breaking endurance cyclist.[58]

Previous Rectors since the university's independence have included Sir Peter Ustinov, Sir Clement Freud, and Stephen Fry, who each served two terms, and Craig Murray, Tony Slattery, Lorraine Kelly and Fred MacAulay, who each served one.[59][60]

 
Stephen Fry was elected rector of the university in 1992. He spent six years as rector and the students’ representative on the governing body.[61]

Principal and Vice-Chancellor Edit

The Principal and Vice-Chancellor is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university, presiding over the Senatus Academicus.[62] As a result of their title as Vice-Chancellor, the Principal can fulfill the duties of the Chancellor in their absence. Prior to the university's independence, when it was part of the University of St Andrews, a similar function was carried out by the Master of Queen's College. This position replaced the earlier post of Principal of University College, Dundee, which was first filled in 1882.

Following the announced resignation of Principal and Vice-Chancellor Sir Pete Downes in February 2018, the university appointed Professor Andrew Atherton to the post, to begin in January 2019.[63] Atherton resigned following a dispute with the university in November 2019.[64]

Holders of this position and its predecessors are:

Principals of University College, Dundee Edit
 
William Peterson served as the inaugural Principal of University College, Dundee
Masters of Queen's College, Dundee Edit
  • David Rutherford Dow (1954–1958)
  • Arthur Alexander Matheson (1958–1966)
  • James Drever (1966–1967)
Principals of the University of Dundee Edit

Structure Edit

As of 1 August 2022, the University of Dundee is organised into eight schools containing multiple disciplines.[72] Each individual school is formally headed by a dean. The following is a full list of the academic divisions of the university:

Academics Edit

Rankings
National rankings
Complete (2024)[73]58=
Guardian (2024)[74]66
Times / Sunday Times (2024)[75]33
Global rankings
ARWU (2023)[76]401–500
QS (2024)[77]441=
THE (2024)[78]301–350
 
University of Dundee's national league table performance over the past ten years

University rankings Edit

As of 2023, Dundee is ranked within the top 500 universities in the world according to the major global rankings (ARWU, QS, Times and CWTS Leiden); placing 42nd in the CWTS Leiden Ranking, joint 441st in the QS World University Rankings and 201-300th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The university was The Times Good University Guide's "Scottish University of the Year" consecutively in 2015/16 and 2016/17.[79]

Subject rankings Edit

In both the 2021 and 2014 Research Excellence Framework which assesses research output between 2008-2020, the quality of research for Biological Sciences at Dundee is ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom by GPA, behind only the specialist Institute of Cancer Research.[80] According to the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject, Dundee's strongest subjects are Life Sciences, ranked joint 95th in the world[81] and Law, ranked in the top 125 in the world.[82] The 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the university 44th for Pharmacy & Pharmacology, 93rd for Biological Sciences, and in the top 100 for Art & Design, top 150 for Nursing, and top 200 for Medicine in the world.[83]

In the 2024 Guardian university rankings in the UK, Dundee's subject offerings in Dentistry (3rd in UK, 1st in Scotland), and Computer science and information systems (9th in UK, 3rd in Scotland) rank within the top ten nationally.[84]In 2023/2024 Anatomy & Physiology, Art and Design, Biological Sciences, Social Work and Medicine rank within the top ten nationally in at least one of the rankings.[85]

Student life Edit

UCAS Admission Statistics
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Applications[α][86] 18,640 19,905 20,125 21,985 22,610
Accepted[α][86] 2,735 2,865 2,995 2,815 2,970
Applications/Accepted Ratio[α] 6.8 6.9 6.7 7.8 7.6
Offer Rate (%)[β][87] 56.1 53.9 52.0 48.8 46.3
Average Entry Tariff[88] 180 180 179 177
  1. ^ a b c Main scheme applications, International and UK
  2. ^ UK domiciled applicants
HESA Student Body Composition (2022)
Domicile[89] and Ethnicity[90] Total
British White 66% 66
 
British Ethnic Minorities[b] 11% 11
 
International EU 5% 5
 
International Non-EU 18% 18
 
Undergraduate Widening Participation Indicators[91][92]
Female 66% 66
 
Private School 10% 10
 
Low Participation Areas[c] 16% 16
 

Students at Dundee are represented by the university's students' representative council and the Rector in common with other universities in Scotland sharing the ancient organisational structure.

Students' Association Edit

 
The present Students' Association building (top centre) and the University's Airlie Place

The Dundee University Students' Association (DUSA), unlike many other students' unions in the United Kingdom, is not affiliated to the National Union of Students, mainly due to cost concerns and political objections.

Membership of the Students' Association is automatic for all students of the University, although it is possible under statutes to renounce this membership at any time. The Association, as with the other ancient universities in Scotland, co-exists with the University's students' representative council.

The DUSA building is located in Airlie Place, in the centre of the University's Main Campus and caters as a private members' club offering bar, nightclub and refectory services for students.[93] DUSA also provides a number of other typical students' union services such as advocacy on behalf of its membership and assistance to individual students. In addition the DUSA facilitates the creation of student societies, as of 2023 there are 240 student-led societies on campus.

Sports facilities Edit

As of 2016, there are 43 clubs affiliated with the Sports' Union. There is an annual award ceremony for the sports clubs, and a Blues & Colours Ball (see Blue (university sport)) to provide social interaction between the clubs.

The Institute of Sport and Exercise, unlike the Sports Union, is directly controlled by the university, but works closely with the students' organisations. Its chief building is located on Old Hawkhill in the main campus, which contains the main indoor sporting facilities and the university's gym.

Outdoor facilities are mainly based in the Riverside Sporting Ground, within a reasonable walking distance and bordering the Tay, although there are others – such as tennis courts – spread throughout the main campus. The ISE's 25m swimming pool is located within the Students' Association building on Airlie Place.

Notable sporting achievements of the university include winning the British University Gaelic football Championship in 1994 and being the first team in Scottish rugby history to win the league and SUS Cup double in the 2007/08 season.[citation needed]

Chaplaincy Edit

The University Chaplaincy Centre was constructed in 1974 and extended in 1987 and houses both the University Chapel and a number of other related social facilities. The chapel is often used for concerts, including a free lunchtime concert most Fridays during the academic year.

The university has a full-time chaplain, Fiona Douglas (since 1997), who is a minister of the Church of Scotland. There are also several part-time associate and honorary chaplains representing other faiths and denominations.

Traditions Edit

Dundee students participate in a number of traditional events during the academic calendar. Towards the start of the year, a standard British Freshers' Week is organised, with a secondary one held when the university reconvenes after the Christmas vacation.

Traditions remaining from Dundee's days as a college of the University of St Andrews include the Gaudie Night (taking its name from the first line of the students' anthem, De Brevitate Vitae) – held early in the first semester and organised both as a Students' Union night and an event organised by the individual schools (for example by the Life Sciences, Medical, Law and Dentistry Societies) where students are assigned academic "parents" from the senior years. Some weeks later, a Raisin (alternatively spelled "Raisen") weekend is held to all new students to repay their academic parents' hospitality. Generally the school society run events are more traditional in nature than the Students' Union event.

Since 2004, the university has organised the Discovery Days series of public lectures hosted by University and visiting academics and persons of note, providing introductions into a number of major fields of work taking place at Dundee.

Student residences Edit

 
Example of on-campus student accommodation, opened in 2006

The university has a number of student residences spaced around the city. Over the last decade there has been an attempt to move some of these halls of residence closer to the main campus. With the closure and re-building of West Park Hall in 2005, all of the halls are now self catered en-suite.

At present, there exist the following university residences:

  • Belmont Tower (including Belmont Upper/Lower) – Based on the main campus and consisting of two main sections: Belmont Tower, opened in 1966, located on Mount Pleasant next to Belmont Quadrangle; and Belmont Upper and Lower, a long and low building connected to the tower, raised up on stilts to accommodate for car parking underneath for residences staff.
  • Belmont Flats – Opened in 2006, these halls are of identical style to those of Heathfield and the new Seabraes halls. It is located on Old Hawkhill, across from the ISE and centred around Belmont Quadrangle.
  • Heathfield – Built at the same time as Belmont Flats. It is located on Old Hawkhill, immediately across from Belmont Tower.
  • Seabraes – A number of buildings containing flats, with a new hall identical in style to the new Heathfield and Belmont Halls being built at the foot of the complex. Located near to the south side of the main campus on Roseangle.
  • West Park – Located some distance to the west of the main campus, these halls were traditionally popular with medicine students due to their proximity to Ninewells Hospital. Consists of a relatively new complex known as West Park Villas, which are essentially student flats. The old hall (separate from the Villas) was largely torn-down in 2005 (leaving behind only the listed parts of the building) and the new complex (generally known as 'West Park Flats' by the university) will be available from the start of the 2007/08 term.

Some older halls, despite remaining open in the interim until building works were finished, are now out of use – the last students moved out in early 2007. These are:

  • Airlie Place & Springfield – A number of flats located in old terrace housing on the main campus, consisting of two streets mainly owned by the university. Both are architecturally noteworthy and have mostly been converted to offices.
  • Peterson Hall – An almost brutalist style building to be found further down Roseangle from Seabraes. This hall was traditionally a non-smoking hall of residence, and is now ear-marked for private development.
  • Wimberley Houses – The furthest university residences from the main campus, Wimberley – also the closest to Ninewells Hospital in the far west of the city. The residences themselves were a complex of buildings, each comprising a "house" which served as an independent flat for a number of students. They were named for Principal Douglas Wimberley.

Historic collections Edit

The university's cultural and historic collections are looked after by Museum Services and Archive Services.

Museum Services Edit

 
Hawkhill House provides offices for the university's museum service; it is the oldest building on campus, constructed as a farmhouse in the late 18th century.

Dundee has significant museum collections acquired over the 140 years of its history. These include fine art, design furniture, textiles, scientific instruments, medical equipment and natural history specimens. The collections are accredited as a public museum and are cared for by Museum Services.[94] In 2012 it was announced that Museum Services had been awarded a grant of £100,000 by the Art Fund to develop an art collection inspired by D'Arcy Thompson.[95][96] This body promotes the various departments of the university involved in cultural activity and runs an annual culture day of short public lectures.[97][98] In January 2014 it was announced that Museum Services had been awarded funding of £32,407 to acquire a new object database to aid the management of its various collections of nearly 30,000 items.[99]

Archive Services Edit

The university's Archive Services was established in 1976[100] and maintains the University of Dundee's manuscripts and records collections. The archives hold a wide range of material relating to the university and its predecessor institutions and to individuals associated with the university. Archive Services also holds a number of records relating to individuals, businesses and organizations based in the Tayside area.[101] The records held include a substantial number of business archives relating to the jute and linen industry in Dundee and West Bengal, records of other businesses including the archives of the Alliance Trust and the department store G. L. Wilson, the records of the Brechin Diocese of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Michael Peto photographic collection and the NHS Tayside Archive.[102][103] Archive Services' other collections include the archives of Dundee Repertory Theatre[104] and the papers of the Great War poet Joseph Johnston Lee.[105] In addition to material relating to the local area, the archives have a number of documents relating to other countries, especially India.[106] The Archives also hold the records of the Glasite Church.[107][108][109]

The archives also house some special book collections. These include rare books relating to local history and the Joan Auld Memorial Collection, an important collection of labour history books donated to the university in 1996 in memory of Joan Auld, the first university archivist, who had died in a climbing accident the previous year.[110][111][112]

Archive Services also runs an ongoing oral history project to record the memories of individuals who have lived and worked in Dundee and hold public events to promote the project.[113]

Notable alumni and staff Edit

This list includes certain persons who are graduates of the University of St Andrews, having studied at the University College or Queen's College in Dundee, as well as graduates of the University of Dundee. This is a result of the incorporation of this institution in the other from 1897 to 1967. Indeed, in a great many respects, the medical school at the University of Dundee is the direct inheritor of the medical traditions of the University of St Andrews. It also includes notable former members of staff of these institutions.[114][115]

Former chancellor Sir James Black, who had studied medicine at the then University College Dundee, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on the discovery of propranolol – a beta-blocker for the treatment of hypertension. Ronald Coase served as a founding lecturer from 1932 to 1934 of the Dundee School of Economics and Commerce. Coase received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1991 for his work on the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy.

Business Edit

Law Edit

Media and the arts Edit

Artists Edit

Politics Edit

Science, medicine and engineering Edit

Miscellaneous Edit

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Dhùn Dè; [ˈɔlhɪj ɣun ˈtʲeː]. Abbreviated as Dund. for post-nominals.
  2. ^ Includes those who indicate that they identify as Asian, Black, Mixed Heritage, Arab or any other ethnicity except White.
  3. ^ Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.

References Edit

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The University of Dundee a is a public research university based in Dundee Scotland It was founded as a university college in 1881 with a donation from the prominent Baxter family of textile manufacturers The institution was for most of its early existence a constituent college of the University of St Andrews alongside United College and St Mary s College located in the town of St Andrews itself Following significant expansion the University of Dundee gained independent university status by royal charter in 1967 while retaining elements of its ancient heritage and governance structure University of DundeeOfficial Coat of Arms as granted by Lyon Court Latin Universitas DundensisMottoLatin Magnificat anima mea dominum 1 Motto in English My soul doth magnify the Lord TypePublic universityEstablished1967 gained independent university status by royal charter1897 Constituent college of the University of St Andrews1881 University CollegeEndowment 33 9 million 2022 2 Budget 291 5 million 2021 22 2 ChancellorDame Jocelyn Bell BurnellRectorKeith HarrisPrincipalIain Gillespie 3 Academic staff1 445 2021 22 4 Administrative staff1 750 2021 22 4 Students18 100 2021 22 5 Undergraduates11 775 2021 22 5 Postgraduates6 320 2021 22 5 LocationDundee Scotland UKColours AffiliationsACUDSCSICSAUniversities UKWebsitewww wbr dundee wbr ac wbr ukThe main campus of the university is located in Dundee s West End which contains many of the university s teaching and research facilities the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Dundee Law School and the Dundee Dental Hospital and School The University has additional facilities at Ninewells Hospital containing its School of Medicine Perth Royal Infirmary which houses a clinical research centre and in Kirkcaldy Fife containing part of its School of Health Sciences The annual income of the institution for 2021 22 was 291 5 million of which 71 8 million was from research grants and contracts with an expenditure of 344 8 million 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Foundation 1 2 Incorporation into the University of St Andrews 1 3 Creation of the University of Dundee 1 4 Modern developments 2 Campus 2 1 City Campus 2 1 1 Geddes Quadrangle 2 1 2 Post war buildings 2 1 3 Recent developments 2 2 Kirkcaldy Campus 3 Governance and organisation 3 1 Governance 3 1 1 Chancellor 3 1 2 Rector 3 1 3 Principal and Vice Chancellor 3 1 3 1 Principals of University College Dundee 3 1 3 2 Masters of Queen s College Dundee 3 1 3 3 Principals of the University of Dundee 3 2 Structure 4 Academics 4 1 University rankings 4 2 Subject rankings 5 Student life 5 1 Students Association 5 2 Sports facilities 5 3 Chaplaincy 5 4 Traditions 5 5 Student residences 6 Historic collections 6 1 Museum Services 6 2 Archive Services 7 Notable alumni and staff 7 1 Business 7 2 Law 7 3 Media and the arts 7 3 1 Artists 7 4 Politics 7 5 Science medicine and engineering 7 6 Miscellaneous 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditFoundation Edit nbsp Ellenbank the former Students Union now the School of Business is one of the longest used buildings of the university The University of Dundee has its roots in the earlier university college based in Dundee and the University of St Andrews During the 19th century the growing population of Dundee significantly increased demand for the establishment of an institution of higher education in the city and several organisations were established to promote this end including a University Club in the city There was a significant movement with the intention of moving the entire university to Dundee which the royal commission which observed was now a large and increasing town or the establishment of a college along very similar lines to the present United College Finally agreement was reached that what was needed was expansion of the sciences and professions rather than the arts at St Andrews 6 A donation of 120 000 for the creation of an institution of higher education in Dundee was made by Miss Mary Ann Baxter of Balgavies a notable lady of the city and heir to the fortune of William Baxter of Balgavies In this endeavour she was assisted by her relative John Boyd Baxter an alumnus of St Andrews and Procurator Fiscal of Forfarshire who also contributed nearly 20 000 In order to craft the institution and its principles it was to be established first as an independent university college with a view from its very inception towards incorporation into the University of St Andrews 6 In 1881 the ideals of the proposed new college were laid down suggesting the establishment of an institute for promoting the education of persons of both sexes and the study of Science Literature and the Fine Arts The university currently identifies 1881 as the year of its foundation as University College s endowment was dated 31 December 1881 but the year 1880 when the announcement of Mary Ann Baxter s funding was made as well as the years 1882 and 1883 have also been cited as their foundation year by the institution in the past 7 No religious oaths were to be required of members Later that year University College Dundee was established as an academic institution and the first principal Sir William Peterson was elected in late 1882 When opened in 1883 it comprised five faculties Maths and Natural Philosophy Chemistry Engineering and Drawing English Language and Literature and Modern History and Philosophy The University College had no power to award degrees and for some years some students were prepared for external examinations of the University of London 8 By 1894 the faculties offered at the college remained essentially scientific in outlook with three academics including the principal William Peterson giving instruction in classics philosophy English and history at both the Dundee and St Andrews sites 9 The policy of no discrimination between the sexes which was insisted upon by Mary Ann Baxter meant that the new college recruited several able female students Their number included the social reformer Mary Lily Walker and later Margaret Fairlie who in 1940 became Scotland s first female professor 10 11 Another early female graduate Ruth Wilson later Young became professor of surgery at Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi and later became its principal 12 Incorporation into the University of St Andrews Edit nbsp The Harris Building on the Geddes QuadrangleFollowing discussions around various forms of incorporation and association students were able to matriculate through the University of St Andrews from 1885 13 The full incorporation was completed in 1897 when University College became part of the University of St Andrews This move was of notable benefit to both enabling the University of St Andrews which was in a small town to support a medical school Medical students could choose to undertake preclinical studies either in Dundee or St Andrews at the Bute Medical School after which all students would undertake their clinical studies at Dundee Eventually law dentistry and other professional subjects were taught at University College By 1904 University College had a roll of 208 making up 40 per cent of the roll of the university generally By session 1909 10 234 students were studying at University College 101 of whom were female Among the notable students at this time were Robert Watson Watt the radar pioneer William Alexander Young the epidemiologist who later died in Accra while studying yellow fever and David Rutherford Dow who would go on to be a senior member of staff at the college 14 In 1895 unlike the students at St Andrews there were reportedly very few bona fide matriculated students at Dundee who were aiming to graduate 15 During the academic years of 1892 4 those students at Dundee who had matriculated at St Andrews were considered St Andrews University students and were subsequently awarded degrees by St Andrews Although the union between the two institutions was then threatened by a lawsuit by 1898 the union with St Andrews was restored on the original basis 16 17 University College s development in the early twentieth century has been described as slow and fitful and the interwar period saw virtually no new building projects leaving large parts of the college housed in buildings which were not fit for purpose 18 Kenneth Baxter has claimed that World War I had a major impact on University College and stated that the conflict presented it with a storm of challenges unlike anything it had faced up to that point 19 Baxter contends that the War impacted the college greatly with key consequences being declining student numbers which in turn led to a loss of income as well as staff departures and the decaying of fabric 20 In 2018 it was revealed that research shows that while the college s war memorial records the names of 37 staff and former students who died at least a further 39 alumni of the college were not recorded on it 20 21 In 1920 the college received a war trophy in the form of a 40 ton 15 cm field gun which was thought to have been captured from Bulgarian forces and was sited in front of the students Union 22 Attempts were made to raise income In 1923 Rudyard Kipling then the rector of the University of St Andrews visited University College and asked the merchant princes and leading citizens of Dundee to give the college their money and support Kipling implored those who had lost their sons in the Great War to consider giving a donation so that their names would live on 23 Staff of a high calibre continued to be employed by the university including Alexander Peacock and Margaret Fairlie who in 1940 was appointed as professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and thus became the first woman to hold a professorial chair at a university in Scotland 18 24 In 1947 the principal of University College Douglas Wimberley released the Wimberley Memo resulting in the Cooper and Tedder reports of 1952 advocating independence for the college In 1954 after a royal commission University College was renamed Queen s College and the Dundee based elements of the university gained a greater degree of independence and flexibility It was also at this time that Queen s College absorbed the former Dundee School of Economics as well as the jointly administered medical school and dental school 13 Creation of the University of Dundee Edit nbsp The Old Medical School an example of expansion into the professions and purpose built university structures from the turn of the centuryThe publication of the Robbins Report on Higher Education in 1963 which considered the question of university education expansion throughout the country provided impetus to the movement to attain independent university status for Dundee At this time a number of new institutions were being elevated to this status such as the University of Stirling and second universities were created in Edinburgh and Glasgow Heriot Watt University and the University of Strathclyde despite their having fewer than 2 000 students 6 Queen s College s size and location alongside a willingness to expand led to an eventual decision to separate from the wider University of which it remained an integral part 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 the Charter was granted which saw Queen s College become the University of Dundee on 1 August 1967 The university continued a number of the traditions of its originator college and university and continues to be organised under the ancient university governance structure 25 Modern developments Edit nbsp Extension to the main library of the university early 2008 In 1974 the university began to validate some degrees from Dundee s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and by 1988 all degrees from that institution were being validated in this fashion In 1994 the two institutions merged with the college becoming a constituent faculty of the university 26 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 27 For several years Dundee College of Education prepared students for degree examinations at the University of Dundee and in December 2001 the university merged with the Dundee campus of Northern College to create a Faculty of Education and Social Work 28 In October 2005 the university became home to the first UNESCO centre in the United Kingdom The IHP HELP Centre for Water Law Policy and Science is involved in research regarding the management of the world s water resources on behalf of the United Nations 29 A school of accounting and finance was introduced in 2007 These disciplines are now part of the School of Business Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the university suspended most face to face teaching from 16 March 2020 However a blended learning approach was offered to many students with weekly tutorials available in person for small groups using COVID 19 protocols of social distancing and regular cleaning 30 Campus EditCity Campus Edit nbsp The Old Medical School and the Carnelley Building on City Campus The main campus is within the West End of the City of Dundee 31 It has expanded greatly since the university gained independence from just four converted buildings when the University College was founded in 1881 the university has grown to consist of over fifty at present However many buildings survive from Dundee s period as a university college and as a constituent college of St Andrews University The earliest purpose built facility on campus was the Carnelley Building which opened in 1883 as part of the new University College 32 A 10 000 donation from Mary Ann Baxter provided for a chemistry laboratory situated in the building which was named for the university s first professor of chemistry Thomas Carnelley 33 Geddes Quadrangle Edit The buildings at the heart of the university form the Geddes Quadrangle These include the Carnegie Harris and Peters Buildings which were constructed in 1909 as part of the new college of the University of St Andrews 34 The Geddes Quadrangle was named for Patrick Geddes a pioneering thinker in the fields of sociology and urban planning and former professor of botany at Dundee as a botanist Geddes had originally proposed a garden in the center of the quadrangle to be used for teaching purposes 35 The designer was Victorian architect Robert Rowand Anderson the architect of buildings such as the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Mount Stuart House 36 Post war buildings Edit Amid the expansion of education in post war Britain the University College Dundee commissioned the construction of several new buildings to cope with the increasing numbers of students and academics arriving The first of these was the Ewing Building which had started planning in 1950 and was officially opened in 1954 Named after Sir James Alfred Ewing the university s first professor of engineering 37 38 The Fulton Building gave the civil and mechanical engineering department a dedicated building it was opened in 1964 and took its name from Angus Robertson Fulton former principal of University College Dundee 1939 1946 39 The 1960s saw the further development of the Queen s College campus with some of the earliest multi story towers in Scotland being built for both teaching and student accommodation The Tower Building opened in 1961 by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother exemplified early Scottish modernist architecture and was designed by Robert Matthew it stands 140 ft tall with ten storeys home to both academic executive and administrative departments of the university 40 41 42 The Tower was built on the site of two of the original four Georgian houses which had housed University College Dundee originally known as Whiteleys Its construction was notable as it was the tallest structure built in Dundee since the Old Steeple in the medieval period The building was extended in the later 1960s was resulted in the demolition of the remaining two original buildings 42 Belmont Halls of Residence took inspiration from Danish design and aimed to provide modern spacious quarters for students while keeping costs cheap it was completed in 1963 on the site of Belmont Works a former jute mill 43 Recent developments Edit The 2000s brought extensive renovation to the university s central campus with a number of new and upgraded buildings introduced around 2007 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the university s independence Large extensions have been placed on the Main Library and sports centre and a number of new halls of residence Heathfield Belmont West Park and Seabraes have been gradually phased into operation 44 45 The Dalhousie building was erected during this period as dedicated teaching accommodation for the university in part replacing space previously at the Gardyne Road campus of Northern College which has now been taken up by Dundee College Significant improvement works have taken place in old buildings such as the Old Technical Institute Medical Sciences Institute and Old Medical School buildings 46 Kirkcaldy Campus Edit The School of Nursing and Health Sciences has a campus on Forth Avenue Kirkcaldy Fife 47 48 This offers degrees in nursing midwifery and other health related subjects Placements are available often in conjunction with NHS Fife Governance and organisation EditGovernance Edit nbsp Plaque celebrating Dundee s relationship with the University of St Andrews The University of Dundee is organised under the provisions of its royal charter which granted the university its independence in 1967 25 Dundee uniquely outside of the four ancient universities of Scotland has a governance framework which shares a number of similarities with the ancient governance structure which was developed in the 19th and 20th centuries through the various Universities Scotland Acts Chancellor Edit The chancellor is the head of the university and president of the Graduates Council with a role of presiding over academic ceremonies such as graduations 49 The five chancellors of the university to have held office since its independence are Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1967 1977 Simon Ramsay 16th Earl of Dalhousie 1977 1992 Sir James W Black 1992 2006 Narendra Patel Baron Patel 2006 2017 Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell 2018 2023 50 Baron George Robertson 2023 51 Rector Edit Main article Rector of the University of Dundee nbsp Sir Peter Ustinov first Rector of the university The rector of the university is an official elected by the matriculated students of the university for a three year term 52 In common with other university rectors in Scotland the position is largely ceremonial although it does involve the representation of students on the University Court The rector at Dundee unlike that of the ancient universities does not chair the University Court that duty instead falling to a lay member 53 The rector may appoint an assessor who can carry out the rector s functions on their behalf when they are absent The university gained national attention in 2001 when it seemed that actor David Hasselhoff may stand as rector 54 As part of the process of installation the students traditionally take the new rector on the rectorial drag which involves them being dragged from Dundee City Chambers to the university in the university s own carriage visiting on the way some of the many pubs in the city as part of the informal welcome to the university 55 The present holder of the position is artist manager Keith Harris who was installed in 2022 56 He replaced sports broadcaster Jim Spence who was installed in 2019 but did not serve a full term partly due to changes in personal circumstances as a result of COVID 19 57 Prior to Spence the rector was Mark Beaumont the record breaking endurance cyclist 58 Previous Rectors since the university s independence have included Sir Peter Ustinov Sir Clement Freud and Stephen Fry who each served two terms and Craig Murray Tony Slattery Lorraine Kelly and Fred MacAulay who each served one 59 60 nbsp Stephen Fry was elected rector of the university in 1992 He spent six years as rector and the students representative on the governing body 61 Principal and Vice Chancellor Edit The Principal and Vice Chancellor is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university presiding over the Senatus Academicus 62 As a result of their title as Vice Chancellor the Principal can fulfill the duties of the Chancellor in their absence Prior to the university s independence when it was part of the University of St Andrews a similar function was carried out by the Master of Queen s College This position replaced the earlier post of Principal of University College Dundee which was first filled in 1882 Following the announced resignation of Principal and Vice Chancellor Sir Pete Downes in February 2018 the university appointed Professor Andrew Atherton to the post to begin in January 2019 63 Atherton resigned following a dispute with the university in November 2019 64 Holders of this position and its predecessors are Principals of University College Dundee Edit nbsp William Peterson served as the inaugural Principal of University College DundeeWilliam Peterson 1882 1895 John Yule Mackay 1895 1930 Sir James Irvine 1930 1939 Interim appointment 65 66 Angus Robertson Fulton 1939 1946 Interim appointment 65 66 Douglas Wimberley 1946 1954 Masters of Queen s College Dundee Edit David Rutherford Dow 1954 1958 Arthur Alexander Matheson 1958 1966 James Drever 1966 1967 Principals of the University of Dundee Edit James Drever 1967 1978 Adam Neville 1978 1987 65 Michael Hamlin 1987 1994 65 Ian James Graham Bryce 1994 2000 Sir Alan Langlands 2000 2009 65 67 Sir Pete Downes 2009 2018 68 69 Andrew Atherton 2019 69 64 David Maguire 2020 Interim Principal 70 Iain Gillespie 2021 71 Structure Edit As of 1 August 2022 the University of Dundee is organised into eight schools containing multiple disciplines 72 Each individual school is formally headed by a dean The following is a full list of the academic divisions of the university School of Art and Design Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and DesignSchool of Business Accounting and Finance Economics Business Management and MarketingSchool of Dentistry DentistrySchool of Humanities Social Sciences and Law Dundee Law School Education and Society Energy Environment and Society Humanities Psychology School of Life Sciences Life SciencesSchool of Medicine MedicineSchool of Health Sciences Adult Nursing Child Nursing Mental Health NursingSchool of Science and Engineering Anatomy and Human Identification Computing Engineering Civil Mechanical Biomedical Electrical and Renewable Engineering Mathematics Physics nbsp The Scrymgeour Building which houses Law Psychology and Politics nbsp The Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art amp Design nbsp The Ewing Building home to research forensics and Estates and Campus Services Academics EditRankingsNational rankingsComplete 2024 73 58 Guardian 2024 74 66Times Sunday Times 2024 75 33Global rankingsARWU 2023 76 401 500QS 2024 77 441 THE 2024 78 301 350 nbsp University of Dundee s national league table performance over the past ten yearsUniversity rankings Edit As of 2023 update Dundee is ranked within the top 500 universities in the world according to the major global rankings ARWU QS Times and CWTS Leiden placing 42nd in the CWTS Leiden Ranking joint 441st in the QS World University Rankings and 201 300th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities The university was The Times Good University Guide s Scottish University of the Year consecutively in 2015 16 and 2016 17 79 Subject rankings Edit In both the 2021 and 2014 Research Excellence Framework which assesses research output between 2008 2020 the quality of research for Biological Sciences at Dundee is ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom by GPA behind only the specialist Institute of Cancer Research 80 According to the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject Dundee s strongest subjects are Life Sciences ranked joint 95th in the world 81 and Law ranked in the top 125 in the world 82 The 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the university 44th for Pharmacy amp Pharmacology 93rd for Biological Sciences and in the top 100 for Art amp Design top 150 for Nursing and top 200 for Medicine in the world 83 In the 2024 Guardian university rankings in the UK Dundee s subject offerings in Dentistry 3rd in UK 1st in Scotland and Computer science and information systems 9th in UK 3rd in Scotland rank within the top ten nationally 84 In 2023 2024 Anatomy amp Physiology Art and Design Biological Sciences Social Work and Medicine rank within the top ten nationally in at least one of the rankings 85 Student life EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message UCAS Admission Statistics 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018Applications a 86 18 640 19 905 20 125 21 985 22 610Accepted a 86 2 735 2 865 2 995 2 815 2 970Applications Accepted Ratio a 6 8 6 9 6 7 7 8 7 6Offer Rate b 87 56 1 53 9 52 0 48 8 46 3Average Entry Tariff 88 180 180 179 177 a b c Main scheme applications International and UK UK domiciled applicantsHESA Student Body Composition 2022 Domicile 89 and Ethnicity 90 TotalBritish White 66 66 British Ethnic Minorities b 11 11 International EU 5 5 International Non EU 18 18 Undergraduate Widening Participation Indicators 91 92 Female 66 66 Private School 10 10 Low Participation Areas c 16 16 Students at Dundee are represented by the university s students representative council and the Rector in common with other universities in Scotland sharing the ancient organisational structure Students Association Edit nbsp The present Students Association building top centre and the University s Airlie PlaceMain article Dundee University Students Association The Dundee University Students Association DUSA unlike many other students unions in the United Kingdom is not affiliated to the National Union of Students mainly due to cost concerns and political objections Membership of the Students Association is automatic for all students of the University although it is possible under statutes to renounce this membership at any time The Association as with the other ancient universities in Scotland co exists with the University s students representative council The DUSA building is located in Airlie Place in the centre of the University s Main Campus and caters as a private members club offering bar nightclub and refectory services for students 93 DUSA also provides a number of other typical students union services such as advocacy on behalf of its membership and assistance to individual students In addition the DUSA facilitates the creation of student societies as of 2023 there are 240 student led societies on campus Sports facilities Edit As of 2016 there are 43 clubs affiliated with the Sports Union There is an annual award ceremony for the sports clubs and a Blues amp Colours Ball see Blue university sport to provide social interaction between the clubs The Institute of Sport and Exercise unlike the Sports Union is directly controlled by the university but works closely with the students organisations Its chief building is located on Old Hawkhill in the main campus which contains the main indoor sporting facilities and the university s gym Outdoor facilities are mainly based in the Riverside Sporting Ground within a reasonable walking distance and bordering the Tay although there are others such as tennis courts spread throughout the main campus The ISE s 25m swimming pool is located within the Students Association building on Airlie Place Notable sporting achievements of the university include winning the British University Gaelic football Championship in 1994 and being the first team in Scottish rugby history to win the league and SUS Cup double in the 2007 08 season citation needed Chaplaincy Edit The University Chaplaincy Centre was constructed in 1974 and extended in 1987 and houses both the University Chapel and a number of other related social facilities The chapel is often used for concerts including a free lunchtime concert most Fridays during the academic year The university has a full time chaplain Fiona Douglas since 1997 who is a minister of the Church of Scotland There are also several part time associate and honorary chaplains representing other faiths and denominations Traditions Edit Dundee students participate in a number of traditional events during the academic calendar Towards the start of the year a standard British Freshers Week is organised with a secondary one held when the university reconvenes after the Christmas vacation Traditions remaining from Dundee s days as a college of the University of St Andrews include the Gaudie Night taking its name from the first line of the students anthem De Brevitate Vitae held early in the first semester and organised both as a Students Union night and an event organised by the individual schools for example by the Life Sciences Medical Law and Dentistry Societies where students are assigned academic parents from the senior years Some weeks later a Raisin alternatively spelled Raisen weekend is held to all new students to repay their academic parents hospitality Generally the school society run events are more traditional in nature than the Students Union event Since 2004 the university has organised the Discovery Days series of public lectures hosted by University and visiting academics and persons of note providing introductions into a number of major fields of work taking place at Dundee Student residences Edit nbsp Example of on campus student accommodation opened in 2006The university has a number of student residences spaced around the city Over the last decade there has been an attempt to move some of these halls of residence closer to the main campus With the closure and re building of West Park Hall in 2005 all of the halls are now self catered en suite At present there exist the following university residences Belmont Tower including Belmont Upper Lower Based on the main campus and consisting of two main sections Belmont Tower opened in 1966 located on Mount Pleasant next to Belmont Quadrangle and Belmont Upper and Lower a long and low building connected to the tower raised up on stilts to accommodate for car parking underneath for residences staff Belmont Flats Opened in 2006 these halls are of identical style to those of Heathfield and the new Seabraes halls It is located on Old Hawkhill across from the ISE and centred around Belmont Quadrangle Heathfield Built at the same time as Belmont Flats It is located on Old Hawkhill immediately across from Belmont Tower Seabraes A number of buildings containing flats with a new hall identical in style to the new Heathfield and Belmont Halls being built at the foot of the complex Located near to the south side of the main campus on Roseangle West Park Located some distance to the west of the main campus these halls were traditionally popular with medicine students due to their proximity to Ninewells Hospital Consists of a relatively new complex known as West Park Villas which are essentially student flats The old hall separate from the Villas was largely torn down in 2005 leaving behind only the listed parts of the building and the new complex generally known as West Park Flats by the university will be available from the start of the 2007 08 term Some older halls despite remaining open in the interim until building works were finished are now out of use the last students moved out in early 2007 These are Airlie Place amp Springfield A number of flats located in old terrace housing on the main campus consisting of two streets mainly owned by the university Both are architecturally noteworthy and have mostly been converted to offices Peterson Hall An almost brutalist style building to be found further down Roseangle from Seabraes This hall was traditionally a non smoking hall of residence and is now ear marked for private development Wimberley Houses The furthest university residences from the main campus Wimberley also the closest to Ninewells Hospital in the far west of the city The residences themselves were a complex of buildings each comprising a house which served as an independent flat for a number of students They were named for Principal Douglas Wimberley Historic collections EditThe university s cultural and historic collections are looked after by Museum Services and Archive Services Museum Services Edit nbsp Hawkhill House provides offices for the university s museum service it is the oldest building on campus constructed as a farmhouse in the late 18th century Dundee has significant museum collections acquired over the 140 years of its history These include fine art design furniture textiles scientific instruments medical equipment and natural history specimens The collections are accredited as a public museum and are cared for by Museum Services 94 In 2012 it was announced that Museum Services had been awarded a grant of 100 000 by the Art Fund to develop an art collection inspired by D Arcy Thompson 95 96 This body promotes the various departments of the university involved in cultural activity and runs an annual culture day of short public lectures 97 98 In January 2014 it was announced that Museum Services had been awarded funding of 32 407 to acquire a new object database to aid the management of its various collections of nearly 30 000 items 99 Archive Services Edit The university s Archive Services was established in 1976 100 and maintains the University of Dundee s manuscripts and records collections The archives hold a wide range of material relating to the university and its predecessor institutions and to individuals associated with the university Archive Services also holds a number of records relating to individuals businesses and organizations based in the Tayside area 101 The records held include a substantial number of business archives relating to the jute and linen industry in Dundee and West Bengal records of other businesses including the archives of the Alliance Trust and the department store G L Wilson the records of the Brechin Diocese of the Scottish Episcopal Church the Michael Peto photographic collection and the NHS Tayside Archive 102 103 Archive Services other collections include the archives of Dundee Repertory Theatre 104 and the papers of the Great War poet Joseph Johnston Lee 105 In addition to material relating to the local area the archives have a number of documents relating to other countries especially India 106 The Archives also hold the records of the Glasite Church 107 108 109 The archives also house some special book collections These include rare books relating to local history and the Joan Auld Memorial Collection an important collection of labour history books donated to the university in 1996 in memory of Joan Auld the first university archivist who had died in a climbing accident the previous year 110 111 112 Archive Services also runs an ongoing oral history project to record the memories of individuals who have lived and worked in Dundee and hold public events to promote the project 113 Notable alumni and staff EditSee also Category Alumni of the University of Dundee nbsp Sir James Black pharmacologist and 1988 Nobel laureate nbsp Ronald Coase economist and 1991 Nobel laureate nbsp Sir James Alfred Ewing physicist noted for his discovery of hysteresis nbsp Margaret Fairlie gynaecologist and Scotland s first female professor nbsp B C Forbes financial journalist and founder of Forbes magazine nbsp Sir Patrick Geddes pioneering town planner and sociologist nbsp Lord Robertson politician who served as tenth Secretary General of NATO nbsp Sir Robert Watson Watt engineer known for his work in radar technologyThis list includes certain persons who are graduates of the University of St Andrews having studied at the University College or Queen s College in Dundee as well as graduates of the University of Dundee This is a result of the incorporation of this institution in the other from 1897 to 1967 Indeed in a great many respects the medical school at the University of Dundee is the direct inheritor of the medical traditions of the University of St Andrews It also includes notable former members of staff of these institutions 114 115 Former chancellor Sir James Black who had studied medicine at the then University College Dundee won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on the discovery of propranolol a beta blocker for the treatment of hypertension Ronald Coase served as a founding lecturer from 1932 to 1934 of the Dundee School of Economics and Commerce Coase received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1991 for his work on the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy Business Edit Sir Robert Horton former Chairman of BP and Railtrack Sir George Mathewson Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group 2001 2006 Convenor of the Scottish Council of Economic Advisers 2007 2011 Law Edit Main article Dundee Law School Notable alumni Media and the arts Edit Johanna Basford illustrator 116 Naetochukwu Chikwe Naeto C musician B C Forbes founder of Forbes magazine Holly Hamilton BBC journalist and presenter 117 David Jackson musician best known for his involvement in Van der Graaf Generator Alan Johnston BBC correspondent based in Gaza famously kidnapped in 2007 Gary Lightbody lead singer of Snow Patrol Fred MacAulay comedian and former rector of the university James McIntosh food writer Graham Phillips Journalist noted for coverage of war in Ukraine Karine Polwart folk musician Carla Romano GMTV reporter John Suchet Channel Five news anchor formerly of ITNArtists Edit Calum Colvin RSA OBE Luke Fowler 2012 Turner Prize Nominee David Mach RA 1988 Turner Prize Nominee Lucy McKenzie Susan Philipsz OBE 2010 Turner Prize Thomson amp Craighead Louise Wilson of Jane and Louise Wilson 1999 Turner Prize NomineesPolitics Edit Malcolm Bruce former Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Rector of the university 1986 89 Christopher Chope Member of Parliament former Minister of State and barrister Lynda Clark Baroness Clark of Calton former Member of Parliament and Advocate General for Scotland now Senator of the College of Justice Chris Clarkson Conservative Member of Parliament William Cullen Baron Cullen of Whitekirk Advocate judge Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session as well as life peer Kurt Deketelaere Secretary General of the League of European Research Universities Frank Doran Former Labour Member of Parliament Kevin Dunion Scottish Information Commissioner between 2003 and 2012 as well as former Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews Maurice Golden Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament Geoffrey Aori Mabea first Executive Secretary of the Energy Regulators Association of East Africa Finlay Macdonald retired minister and Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Jenny Marra Member of Scottish Parliament attended Dundee to read the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice Paul Masterton former Conservative MP and solicitor Bruce Millan Labour MP Secretary of State for Scotland and European Commissioner for Regional Policy Lewis Moonie Baron Moonie Labour politician former minister of state Claude Moraes former Commissioner for Racial Equality former member of the European Parliament Craig Murray former British ambassador to Uzbekistan former president of DUSA former rector of the university Elijah Ngurare Namibian politician serving as the secretary general of the SWAPO Party Youth League Nhial Deng Nhial Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of South Sudan Alex Neil Scottish National Party MSP Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing George Robertson KT Baron Robertson of Port Ellen former Secretary General of NATO Labour MP and UK Secretary of State for Defence John Stevenson Conservative MP and solicitor Brian Wilson former Labour MP and Minister of State Boaz Kipchumba Kaino former MP and Assistant Minister of Lands and Settlement Republic of KenyaScience medicine and engineering Edit Sir James W Black pharmacologist and Nobel laureate Sue Black anatomist and forensic anthropologist William Thomas Calman zoologist Richard A Collins scientist and author Sir James Alfred Ewing engineer and physicist Margaret Fairlie gynaecologist and first female professor in Scotland 24 118 Thomas Claxton Fidler civil engineer Angus A Fulton civil engineer Sir Patrick Geddes biologist botanist and urban planning theorist Johannes Kuenen physicist Peter LeComber physicist Doris Mackinnon zoologist Narendra Patel obstetrician former chancellor of the university Alexander David Peacock zoologist William Peddie mathematician and physicist Harold Plenderleith art conservator and archaeologist George Dawson Preston physicist Dorothy MacBride Radwanski occupational health nurse Edward Waymouth Reid physiologist William G Smith botanist and ecologist Walter Eric Spear physicist John Steggall mathematician Sir William Stewart government chief scientific advisor D Arcy Wentworth Thompson biologist mathematician and classical scholar A D Walsh chemist Sir Robert Alexander Watson Watt pioneer of radar William Alexander Young doctor surgeon and epidemiologist Isham Jaafar Minister of Health in Brunei Darussalam 119 Miscellaneous Edit Colin Norris serial killer nurse who is believed to have been inspired by lectures at the university in 2001 to kill his patients 120 121 David Shayler Security Service officer who revealed state secrets to the public editor of Annasach magazine while at the university Cardinal Cornelius Sim Roman Catholic Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei DarussalamSee also Edit nbsp Scotland portalArmorial of UK universities University of Dundee Botanic Garden University gardens in the West End of the city List of universities in the United KingdomNotes Edit Scottish Gaelic Oilthigh Dhun De ˈɔlhɪj ɣun ˈtʲeː Abbreviated as Dund for post nominals Includes those who indicate that they identify as Asian Black Mixed Heritage Arab or any other ethnicity except White Calculated from the Polar4 measure using Quintile1 in England and Wales Calculated from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation SIMD measure using SIMD20 in Scotland References Edit The motto is taken from the first line of the Magnificat a prayer offered by Mary mother of Jesus the Patron Saint of the City of Dundee a b c Financial Statements 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