STUDYING @ ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY ABERDEEN, UK

ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY  ABERDEEN

ABERDEEN......The Energy Capital of Europe

Aberdeen, also known as the Silver City, due to the sparkling granite stone used to build it, is a cosmopolitan and vibrant city located on the north-east cost of Scotland.

The Perfect Student City........... University education has been available in the city for over 500 years, with 30,000 students currently calling Aberdeen home. The city is perfectly set up for students life, offering a huge variety of shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, cinemas, comedy and music venues, sporting facilities and theaters..

As one of the UK's most affluent and economically stable cities, Aberdeen has a high quality of life and its the ideal place to live to the full and gain the ultimate student experience.

Explore and get active: Aberdeen is surrounded by miles of beautiful coastline and has many enchanting Scottish castles to explore, including Balmoral Castle - Scottish residence of the Queen. The city is also a short distance from some of the most spectacular mountain ranges in the world, as well as Cairngorm National Park in Britain.

The city boasts it's own Scottish premier league football match team, Aberdeen Football Club, who are former European champions. You can play and watch numerous other sports in the city and surrounding area including athletics, crickets, golf , rugby, swimming, tennis and adrenalin fueled snow sports. When you're not studying, there is so much to do in your spare time!

Accessible and well connected: As a major global city with a vast business community, Aberdeen has an extensive transport network and boasts an international airport just five miles from the city center. The airport offers flight to numerous destinations, including major transit hubs; Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Paris.

The city is also well connected with regular rails and bus links that allows you to easily explore Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Thriving and Inspiring: The energy industry is of huge value to the Aberdeen region. Aberdeen is a global center of research, development and sustainability of the industry - This is why many multinational oil and gas companies such as BP, Shell and Total, choose to have European headquarter based within the city.

As a student in Aberdeen, the presence of this influential global industry can offer you many benefits. The University's link with industry will give you direct exposure to projects and research, where you can work alongside and in close collaboration with the industry leaders. In addition, many of the University's Lecturers are in industry and experts with extensive knowledge in their field.

A Home from Home: Aberdeen status as one of the world's primary oil and gas hubs means the population of the city is both international and ,multicultural. There are numerous places of worship within the city including churches and mosques, and you will also find restaurants and supermarket offering food across the globe, providing a taste of home no matter where you come from.

Aberdeen is the ultimate city for students from all over the world. It has everything you need to make your time at Robert Gordon University not only productive and enjoyable but also unforgettable.

Aberdeen's Energy Industry:   

Aberdeen is the centre of the UK's oil and gas industry.

Over 900 energy and servicing company are based in Aberdeen.

38 billion barrels of oil have been produced since 1970's

Aberdeen boasts the greatest number of Subsea engineering experts in the world.

These companies also have finance, marketing and HR departments, so no matter what you study, you re fit for the city's market.

FACTS ABOUT ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY. 

Situated in Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University is home to 16,500 students from more than 132 countries. The University offers an extensive range of highly ranked and innovative degrees, with a focus on developing practical experience and skills, underpinning these with vital academic experience.

.......Ranked best University for graduate Employment (HESA 2013 and 2014) Robert Gordon University has an outstanding links with a range of industry sectors from oil and gas to health, life sciences, tourism etc and also provides graduates with outstanding development and career opportunities.

-RGU (Robert Gordon University) was ranked 4th in pharmacy (Guardian 2016)

-Best UK University for graduate prospects in Accounting and Finance (The Time 2015)

-Ranked 12th in the UK for Law (Guardian 2016)

-18th in the UK for Architecture (Times 2015)

-Best UK University for graduates prospects in Electrical Electronic Engineering (Guardian 2015)

-17th in the UK for Mechanical Engineering (Guardian 2015)

-11th in the UK for Art (Painting)  (Guardian 2016)

The University offer far more than high rankings and career focused learning- the riverside campus provides a unique environment in which to learn, with first-rate facilities that include the latest equipment and IT, State-of-the-art teaching rooms and industry led technology.