Dundee is what higher education should be about: high-quality

1. “ “ Dundee is what higher education should be about: high-quality teaching delivered by academics at the cutting edge of their subjects in modern attractive surroundings The Sunday Times Good University Guide

2. “ Dundee is riding a wave of academic success that league tables such as our own struggle to capture fully. This is one of the finest institutions in Britain where researchers routinely push back the boundaries of knowledge and teachers inspire their charges….. The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2008 “

3. Official Ratings • October 2008 – shortlisted for the Sunday Times University of the Year • 19th in UK in the Guardian University League Table 2010 • 13th in UK in National Student Survey 2008 / 2nd in Scotland • Top in the UK in the teaching assessment, Times 2005 • One of the world’s top 150 Universities

4. Rankings • UK Top 10 • Graduate job recruitment • Graduate starting salaries • (Source: Sunday Times University Guide 2008) • Plus… • One of the world’s top 150 Universities - Times 2010 • Shortlisted as university of the year 2008 - Times HE awards • #19 in the UK - Guardian University League Table 2010 • Fast-growing campus • Flexible modular system • Access programmes • UK top 20 • Anatomy • Architecture • Art & Design • Biological Sciences • Civil Engineering • Dentistry • Education • Medicine • Social Work • Town & Regional Planning • (Source: Times Good University Guide 2009) 4th best UK university to provide outstanding support for international students 90% of our international students are satisfied or very satisfied with their overall learning experience - #1 for the teaching ability of lecturers/supervisors (International Student Barometer, Summer 2009)

5. Rankings • UK Top 10 • Graduate job recruitment • Graduate starting salaries • (Source: Sunday Times University Guide 2008) • Plus… • One of the world’s top 150 Universities – Times 2010 • Shortlisted as university of the year 2008 - Times HE awards • #19 in the UK - Guardian University League Table 2010 • Flexible modular system • Access programmes • UK top 20 • Art and Design • Civil Engineering • Computer Science and IT • Dentistry • English • Geography • Law • Mechanical Engineering • Medicine • Pharmacy and Pharmacology • Philosophy • (Source: Guardian University League Table 2010) 4th best UK university to provide outstanding support for international students 90% of our international students are satisfied or very satisfied with their overall learning experience - #1 for the teaching ability of lecturers/supervisors (International Student Barometer, Summer 2009)

6. #1 for teaching quality • Degree courses rated excellent • Cellular / Molecular Biology • Computer Studies • Economics • English • Finance & Accounting • Geography • Graphic Design & Textile Design • History • Law • Medicine • Psychology • Source: The Sunday Times University Guide 2008

7. Dundee ranks in the top 7 most intelligent communities (US Intelligent Community Forum)

8. £200m campus investment in research, teaching and accommodation facilities and equipment “ “ The broadband connection [in the student village] was so fast we could barely time it Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC Broadband Britain (May 2008)

9. Personal Achievements • Royal Gold Medals for Professor Roger Fletcher and Sir David Lane • Professor Sue Black awarded Lucy Mair Medal for Applied Anthropology and yesterday a commendation by Assoc of Chief Police Officers • Professor Sir Philip Cohen awarded the Royal Medal and elected to US National Academy of Sciences • Professor Michael Ferguson awarded CBE • Two Saltire Literary Awards to Professor Christopher Whatley and Dr David Robb • John McGhee, PhD student nominated as a Morgan Stanley Great Briton of 2007 in science and innovation

10. Open Campus Ethos – University at the Heart of Cultural Activity Lectures Series Literary Festival Clubs and Societies

11. Distinguished Speakers

12. Further Speakers Jung Chang Seamus Heaney Susan Greenfield Steve Jones Dan Snow Evan Davis

13. Duncan of Jordanstone DJCAD Degree Show 2009 Dalziel and Scullion

14. Creative Vision World Premiere of Olafur Eliasson’s Waterfall at the University of Dundee

15. New Courses Innovative Product Design Interactive Media Design

16. The third highest research income in the UK university sector (pro rata) The Virtuous Circle of Research & Enterprise Spin outs and licensing deals which sponsor research Funding for high quality basic research Programs in Entrepreneurship and new business skills Incubation - facilities and services Funding for early stage development Effective commercialisation strategies

17. Research Cancer Tropical Diseases and Diabetes

18. Research Rewards • Research income generated in 2007/8 - £87m • Dundee ranked No.17 in UK annual research income by Research Fortnight • Pro-rata equates to No. 3 in the UK

19. College Research Income 2005 - 2008 CASE £22m CASS £10m CLS £120m CMDN £70m • Number of Spin-outs generated – 23 • IP income from 2003 - 2008 – £10m

20. International Water Law Research Institute awarded UNESCO status – October 2005 Centre for Energy Petroleum Mineral Law Policy (CEPMLP) Wins Queen’s Enterprise Award – 2004 University of Dundee is home to the largest research consortia of international pharmaceutical companies worth £15m Cancer Research Campaign announce £11.1m award to Dundee scientists – one of the largest ever awards of its kind £8.1m to Professor Michael Ferguson to create unique drug discovery research team for tropical diseases

21. Spin out companies – inward investment

22. “ “ One of the top ten scientific work-places in the world Scientist magazine 2002-2009

23. “an inspirational university with its head in the clouds and its feet firmly on the ground…” Seamus Heaney