Stafford Global – University of Dundee Partnership
In 1881 University College, Dundee, Scotland was founded as an independent academic institution for ‘promoting the education of persons of both sexes and the study of Science, Literature and the Fine Arts’. Soon after, in 1897 University College became part of the University of St Andrews. In 1966, the 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 on the first of August 1967.
The University of Dundee has seen many changes since it became an independent institution in 1967, but the fundamental aim remains. That is to: “transform lives locally and globally through the creation, sharing and application of knowledge.”
Today, the University reflects this aim in many ways:
- excelling in teaching and research;
- contributing to the social, economic and cultural life of Scotland and the wider world;
- shaping the future by solving important real-world problems.
Rankings
- The University of Dundee placed 26th in the UK in the 2024 Daily Mail University Guide.
- Dundee ranked 33rd in The Times and Sunday Times league tables in their Good University Guide 2024.
- The University of Dundee has been named top university in the UK for developing spinout businesses by Octopus Ventures.
- The University of Dundee has been ranked 4th in Scotland for graduate prospects.
- The University of Dundee has been named Scotland’s top university at The Herald Higher Education Awards.
- The University of Dundee has been recognised as a “global centre of excellence for Life Sciences & Medicine” in the newly released QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
- We ranked number 1 in StudentCrowd’s 5 best Scottish universities 2022
- The University of Dundee has been given a 5 Star rating by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the international higher education specialists.The University of Dundee has been given a 5 Star rating by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the international higher education specialists.
- 84% of our research was assessed as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework 2021
- We are one of the top 200 universities in the world for graduate employment rate
- The University of Dundee is 34th in the world for the highest proportion of highly cited publications in the 2022 CWTS Leiden Rankings.