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1897 – Constituent college of the
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1881 – University College , type =
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, endowment = £35.0 million , budget = £275.7 million , rector = Keith Harris , chancellor =
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, principal = Iain Gillespie , faculty = 1,410 , administrative_staff = 1,805 , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , city =
Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
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, website = , logo = University_of_Dundee_shield.png , logo_size = 50px The University of Dundee; . Abbreviated as ''Dund.'' for post-nominals. is a
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based in
Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
, Scotland. It was founded as a
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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 (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...
alongside United College and St Mary's College located in the town of
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itself. Following significant expansion, the University of Dundee gained independent university status by
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in 1967 while retaining elements of its ancient heritage and governance structure. 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 Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011 ...
,
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, containing part of its school of nursing and health sciences. The annual income of the institution for 2020–21 was £275.7 million of which £73.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £269.0 million.


History


Foundation

The University of Dundee has its roots in the earlier
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based in Dundee and the
University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...
. 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 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. A donation of £120,000 for the creation of an institution of higher education in Dundee was made by Miss
Mary Ann Baxter Mary Ann Baxter (1801 – 19 December 1884) was a noted philanthropist in the Scottish city of Dundee. Family Mary Ann Baxter was the daughter of William Baxter, founder of the Baxter Brothers And Co. Ltd. textile business. She outlived all of ...
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
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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. 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. 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
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. 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,
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, English and history at both the Dundee and St Andrews sites. 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
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and, later,
Margaret Fairlie Margaret Fairlie FRCOG FRCSE (1891–1963) was a Scottish academic and gynaecologist. Fairlie spent most of her career working at Dundee Royal Infirmary and teaching at the medical school at University College, Dundee (later Queen's College, ...
who in 1940 became Scotland's first female professor. Another early female graduate, Ruth Wilson, later Young, became professor of surgery at Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi and later became its principal.


Incorporation into the University of St Andrews

Following discussions around various forms of incorporation and association, students were able to matriculate through the University of St Andrews from 1885. 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
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pioneer; William Alexander Young the epidemiologist who later died in
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while studying yellow fever; and David Rutherford Dow who would go on to be a senior member of staff at the college. In 1895, unlike the students at St Andrews, there were reportedly very few " bona-fide"
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d students at Dundee who were "aiming to graduate". 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
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, by 1898 the union with St. Andrews was restored on the original basis. 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. Kenneth Baxter has claimed that
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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. 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. 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. 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. Attempts were made to raise income. In 1923
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, 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. Staff of a high calibre continued to be employed by the university including Alexander Peacock and
Margaret Fairlie Margaret Fairlie FRCOG FRCSE (1891–1963) was a Scottish academic and gynaecologist. Fairlie spent most of her career working at Dundee Royal Infirmary and teaching at the medical school at University College, Dundee (later Queen's College, ...
, 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. 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.


Creation of the University of Dundee

The publication of the
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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 (
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and the
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) despite their having fewer than 2,000 students. 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
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seeking the grant of a
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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.


Modern developments

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. 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. 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. In October 2005, the university became home to the first
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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
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. A school of accounting and finance was introduced in 2007. Due to the
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, 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.


Campus


City Campus

The main campus is within the West End of the
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. 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. A£10,000 donation from Miss 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.


Geddes Quadrangle

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. 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. The designer was Victorian architect Robert Rowand Anderson, the architect of buildings such as the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and
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.


Post-war buildings

Amid the expansion of education in
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, 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
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, the university's first professor of engineering, the building currently houses postgraduate research facilities for the engineering and physics disciplines as well as the NERC Satellite Receiving Station. 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 Angus Robertson Fulton (1871–1958) was a Scottish engineer and academic who served as 'Interim' Principal of University College Dundee for seven years. Life and career Angus Fulton was born and raised in Dundee. In 1903 he matriculated a ...
, former principal of University College, Dundee (1939–1946). 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
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, exemplified early Scottish modernist architecture and was designed by Robert Matthew; it stands 140 ft tall with ten storeys home to both academic and administrative departments of the university. 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. 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.


Recent developments

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. 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.


Kirkcaldy Campus

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


Governance and organisation


Governance

The University of Dundee is organised under the provisions of its royal charter, which granted the university its independence in 1967. 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
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.


Chancellor

The chancellor is the head of the university and president of the Graduates' Council, with a role of presiding over academic ceremonies such as
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s. The five chancellors of the university to have held office since its independence are: *
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(1967–1977) * Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie (1977–1992) *
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(1992–2006) *
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel Narendra Babubhai Patel, Baron Patel, (born 11 May 1938) is a Tanzanian-British obstetrician and cross bench peer, and a former Chancellor of the University of Dundee. Early life Patel was born in Lindi, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), on 11 May 19 ...
(2006–2017) *
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(2018–)


Rector

The rector of the university is an official elected by the matriculated students of the university for a three-year term. 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. 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
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may stand as rector. 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
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visiting on the way some of the many pubs in the city as part of the informal welcome to the university. The present holder of the position is sports broadcaster Jim Spence, who was installed on 9 September 2019. He replaced, Mark Beaumont, the record-breaking endurance cyclist. Previous Rectors since the university's independence have included
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, Sir Clement Freud, and Stephen Fry, who each served two terms, and
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,
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,
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and Fred MacAulay, who each served one.


Principal and Vice-Chancellor

The Principal and Vice-Chancellor is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university, presiding over the Senatus Academicus. 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
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, 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. Atherton resigned following a dispute with the university in November 2019. Holders of this position and its predecessors are:


=Principals of University College, Dundee

= * William Peterson (1882–1895) * John Yule Mackay (1895–1930) * Sir James Irvine (1930–1939) – 'Interim' appointment *
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(1939–1946) – 'Interim' appointment * Douglas Wimberley (1946–1954)


=Masters of Queen's College, Dundee

= * David Rutherford Dow (1954–1958) * Arthur Alexander Matheson (1958–1966) *
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(1966–1967)


=Principals of the University of Dundee

= *
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(1967–1978) * Adam Neville (1978–1987) * Michael Hamlin (1987–1994) * Ian James Graham-Bryce (1994–2000) * Sir Alan Langlands (2000–2009) * Sir Pete Downes (2009–2018) * Andrew Atherton (2019) * David Maguire (2020) ''Interim Principal'' * Iain Gillespie (2021-)


Structure

As of 1 August 2019, the University of Dundee is organised into ten schools containing multiple disciplines. 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 Design School of Business * Business School of Dentistry * Dentistry School of Education and Social Work * Education and Social Work School of Humanities * Centre for Archive and Information Studies * English * European Studies * History * Languages * Philosophy School of Life Sciences *
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School of Medicine *
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School of Nursing and Health Sciences * Adult Nursing * Child Nursing * Mental Health Nursing School of Science and Engineering * Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification * Civil Engineering * Engineering (Mechanical, Biomedical, Electrical and Renewable Engineering) * Computing * Mathematics * Physics School of Social Sciences * Architecture * Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy * Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science (
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Academics


University rankings

, Dundee is ranked within the top 300 universities in the world according to the major global rankings (''ARWU'', ''QS'', ''Times'' and ''CWTS Leiden''); placing 42nd in the CWTS Leiden Ranking, joint 272nd in the
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and 201-300th in the
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. The 2016 '' THE's 150 Under 50 Rankings'' (composed of institutions under 50 years of age) placed Dundee 16th globally and 1st in the UK. The university was ''The Times Good University Guide's'' "Scottish University of the Year" consecutively in 2015/16 and 2016/17.


Subject rankings

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 and Law, ranked in the top 125 in the world. 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. In the three major 2020 university rankings in the UK (''CUG'', ''Guardian'' and ''Times''), Dundee's subject offerings in Dentistry, Forensic Science & Archaeology, Law, and Medicine rank within the top ten nationally. Anatomy & Physiology, Art, Biological Sciences, Business Management, Education, Fashion & Textiles, and Medical Technology rank within the top ten nationally in at least one of the rankings.


Student life

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

The Dundee University Students' Association (DUSA), unlike many other
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s in the United kingdom, is not affiliated to the National Union of Students, mainly due to cost concerns and political objections. It is instead affiliated to the
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(CHESS) and the
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. 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 its neighbours in the other ancient-organised universities in Scotland, is co-existent 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. 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 2016 there are over 140 student-led societies on campus.


Sports facilities

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
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) 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
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, 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.


Chaplaincy

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
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. There are also several part-time associate and honorary chaplains representing other faiths and denominations.


Traditions

Dundee students participate in a number of traditional events during the academic calendar. Towards the start of the year, a standard British
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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
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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

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
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, 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
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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

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


Museum Services

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. 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. This body promotes the various departments of the university involved in cultural activity and runs an annual culture day of short public lectures. 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.


Archive Services

The university's Archive Services was established in 1976 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
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area. The records held include a substantial number of business archives relating to the
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and
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industry in
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and West Bengal, records of other businesses including the archives of the
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and the department store G. L. Wilson, the records of the Brechin Diocese of the
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, the
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photographic collection and the NHS Tayside Archive. Archive Services' other collections include the archives of Dundee Repertory Theatre and the papers of the Great War poet Joseph Johnston Lee. In addition to material relating to the local area, the archives have a number of documents relating to other countries, especially India. The Archives also hold the records of the Glasite Church. 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. 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.


Notable alumni and staff

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This list includes certain persons who are graduates of the
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, 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
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. It also includes notable former members of staff of these institutions. Former Chancellor Sir James Black (pharmacologist), 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

* Sir Robert Horton (businessman), 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 (Scotland), Council of Economic Advisers (2007–2011)


Law


Media and the arts

* Johanna Basford, illustrator * Naeto C, Naetochukwu Chikwe (Naeto-C), musician * B. C. Forbes, founder of ''Forbes'' magazine * Holly Hamilton, BBC journalist and presenter * David Jackson (rock musician), David Jackson, musician, best known for his involvement in Van der Graaf Generator * Alan Johnston, BBC correspondent based in Gaza Strip, 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), James McIntosh, food writer * Sheelagh McLaren, sports journalist, Radio Clyde and STV News * Karine Polwart, folk musician * Carla Romano, GMTV reporter * John Suchet, Five (channel), Channel Five news anchor, formerly of ITN


Artists

* Calum Colvin * Luke Fowler, ''2012 Turner Prize Nominee'' * David Mach , ''1988 Turner Prize Nominee'' * Lucy McKenzie * Susan Philipsz , ''2010 Turner Prize'' * Thomson & Craighead * Louise Wilson (of Jane and Louise Wilson) ''1999 Turner Prize Nominees''


Politics

* Malcolm Bruce, former Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, Rector of the University of Dundee, 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 (politician), Chris Clarkson, Conservative Party(UK), 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 (British politician), 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, Scottish Conservatives, Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament *Geoffrey Aori Mabea, first Executive Secretary of the Energy Regulators Association of East Africa * Finlay Macdonald (minister), Finlay Macdonald, retired minister and Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland#Clerks to the Assembly, Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the
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* 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, Lewis Moonie, Baron Moonie – Labour politician, former minister of state * Claude Moraes, former Commission for Racial Equality, Commissioner for Racial Equality, former member of the European Parliament *
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, 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 South Sudan, Republic of South Sudan * Alex Neil (politician), Alex Neil, Scottish National Party MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing * George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, George Robertson , Baron Robertson of Port Ellen – former Secretary-General of NATO, Labour MP and UK Secretary of State for Defence * John Stevenson (British politician), John Stevenson, Conservative MP and solicitor * Brian Wilson (Labour politician), Brian Wilson, former Labour MP and Minister of State * Boaz Kipchumba Kaino, former MP and Assistant Minister of Lands and Settlement. Kenya, Republic of Kenya


Science, medicine and engineering

* Sir James W. Black, pharmacologist and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel laureate * Sue Black (anthropologist), Sue Black, anatomist and forensic anthropologist * William Thomas Calman, zoologist * Richard A. Collins, scientist and author * Sir
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, engineer and physicist *
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, gynaecologist and first female professor in Scotland * Thomas Claxton Fidler, civil engineer * Angus Fulton, 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, Baron Patel, 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 * Edward Waymouth Reid, physiologist * William Gardner Smith (botanist), William G. Smith, botanist and ecologist * Walter Eric Spear, physicist * John Steggall, mathematician * Sir William Stewart (biologist), 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
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* William Alexander Young, doctor, surgeon and epidemiologist * Isham Jaafar, Minister of Health in Brunei Darussalam


Miscellaneous

* Colin Norris, serial killer nurse who is believed to have been inspired by lectures at the university in 2001 to kill his patients * David Shayler, MI5, Security Service officer who revealed state secrets to the public, editor of ''Annasach'' magazine while at the university * Cardinal (Catholic Church), Cardinal Cornelius Sim, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam


See also

* Armorial of UK universities * University of Dundee Botanic Garden – University gardens in the West End of the city. * List of universities in the United Kingdom


Notes


References

;Bibliography *Baxter, K., Rolfe, M. & Swinfen, D. ''A Dundee Celebration'' (Dundee: University of Dundee), 2007. The most recent history of the University of Dundee which was produced to mark the fortieth anniversary of the university's founding. *Shafe, M. ''University Education in Dundee 1881–1981: A Pictorial History'' (Dundee: University of Dundee), 1982. *Southgate, D., ''University Education in Dundee: A Centenary History'' (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press), 1982. *White, R. M. "Dundee Law 1865-1967: The Development of a Law School in a Time of Change" (Dundee: Abertay Historical Society), 2019. *Kenneth Baxter, "University College, Dundee and the Great War". In Kenefick, William; Patrick, Derek. ''Tayside at War''.


External links

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