University of Dundee - FAQ

Some great information here - thanks very much. I was wondering how many students at Dundee are from England? Will it be just as easy to make friends there as an Englishman as it would be if I was Scottish?

I've failed to find a statistic on that, but from my experience there are quite a few (including a flatmate). And I've yet to find a difference between Scottish and English students, they just get along well, mingle, get friends. There really isn't a real life difference (except for the accents) and you should be able to make friends with Scottish people as quickly as with the English

Sounds good, also I was wondering - with the limited amount of universities in Scotland, does it usually end up with quite a few people from a school going to the same university?

According to the telegraph it's 64:36 in favour of the girls. This does vary from course to course though, with Psychology for example going more in the direction of 90:1

Seems like there's a lot more girls than boys! Would you say this is noticeable across the university?

This FAQ aspires to answer the most common questions asked by people interested in studying at the University of Dundee. So far there is no section on applications - that is because it was written by one current student and experiences vary greatly from application to application.

This is not only an FAQ, but also a Q&A - feel free to post any questions that have not been answered yet! They might then be incorporated.



Located on the north bank of the Firth of Tay at Scotland's east coast, around 1h north of Edinburgh, Dundee is Scotland's fourth largest city. Its 156,000 inhabitants are proud to count the adhesive postage stamp and the jam among its native inventions. The university was founded as a college in 1881, was fully incorporated into the University of St. Andrews in 1897 and gained independence in 1967. Today it has around 18,000 students, 13,000 of these undergraduates, 5,000 postgraduates. In 2012/13 the university had an income of roughly £226 mill.

The University

Q) What is the campus like?



Q) What accommodation should I choose?



Q) How is the library?



Q) How are IT facilities? Is there WiFi?



Q) Is the union any good?



Q) How is the nightlife off-campus?



Q) I am hyperactive, I cannot live a day without sport.



Q) Are there enough societies?



Q) What is the male/female ratio of students?



Q) I have heard there is another university in Dundee?





Now it is getting a bit complicated. Degree structures at Scottish ancient universities can be rather confusing. The following Q&As will keep it simple and provide some answers to a number of common questions, but for reliable in-depth information that also covers the countless exceptions, please refer to the university's undergrad prospectus which is available for download here.

Q) Why is my degree 4 years? Can I cut it down to 3 years?



Q) My degree is an MA. Yeay, do not need a postgrad then, do I?



Q) What is a 'Joint Honours'? Do I have to share my credentials with someone else?



Q) What is the degree structure like?



Q) What is MyDundee? And eVision?

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Should I be applying for accommodation now if I want my first choice? I haven't yet decided if I will firm Dundee but most likely will...wanting to wait until I visit next week to decide for sure. I'm worried to see that people are getting room offers already. As long as I'm in Belmont or heathfield I'll be happy. I thought since I have an unconditional I would get first pick so I'm worried to see everyone getting room offers before I've even firmed Dundee!

How much would I be looking at spending per year? I worked it out to be £15,000pa but doubt that figure. Including accommodation.

Thank you for this thread!
So this means, that if I apply to computer science, I can also study a little bit of...biology? or psychology? Or I can only choose from a few modules those are related to computer science?

I'm not sure, to be honest. You can definitely study subjects that are unrelated to your degree in the MA pathway (I did Psychology, Economics and Politics), but I'm not sure about other pathways or Biology. That is because Biology falls under Life Sciences and they have a special, comprehensive basic science curriculum in Level 1 and 2, then specialise in later years (e.g. in Neuroscience, Biomedical Science etc.).

Based on the prospectus you can take a computing module in Level 1 when studying Biological Sciences, but it doesn't seem to be the other way around.

I guess you need to contact admissions and ask them your question specifically.

I'm not sure, to be honest. You can definitely study subjects that are unrelated to your degree in the MA pathway (I did Psychology, Economics and Politics), but I'm not sure about other pathways or Biology. That is because Biology falls under Life Sciences and they have a special, comprehensive basic science curriculum in Level 1 and 2, then specialise in later years (e.g. in Neuroscience, Biomedical Science etc.).

Based on the prospectus you can take a computing module in Level 1 when studying Biological Sciences, but it doesn't seem to be the other way around.

I guess you need to contact admissions and ask them your question specifically.

I am looking to do Psychology MA as I emailed the Uni about it and they let me know that I am able to do this. However, do I have to choose other subjects along side it or can I just do Psychology by itself?

You need to choose other subjects alongside in the first two years. In Level 1 you'll study a total of six modules, two of which are psychology, in Level 2 it's the same number of modules but with three psychology ones, in Level 3 and 4 it's 100% psychology. That is if you are doing Single Honours and sticking to psychology. If you're finding one of your other subjects really interesting in Level 1 you can either change and study that one instead, or make it a Joint Honours, studying two subjects 50% each until graduation.

In any case you can't just study 100% psychology from your first day at uni to your last one

Aaah I see, thank you for the reply. I now have to find something I want to do alongside Psychology.