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The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated Aberd. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland.It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV, King of Scots to establish King's College, making it one of Scotland's four ancient ...
Clockwise from upper left: St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh. The ancient universities of Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Oilthighean ann an Alba) [1] are medieval and renaissance universities that continue to exist in the present day. Together, the four universities are the oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking ...
List of universities in Scotland. There are fifteen universities based in Scotland, the Open University, and three other institutions of higher education. [1] [2] The first university in Scotland was St John's College, St Andrews, founded in 1418. [3] St Salvator's College was added to St. Andrews in 1450.
A university town, the city is known for the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495 as the fifth oldest university in the English-speaking world and located in Old Aberdeen. In 2012, HSBC named Aberdeen as a leading business hub and one of eight 'super cities' spearheading the UK's economy, marking it as the only city in Scotland so designated ...
King's College, Aberdeen. Coordinates: 57.1639°N 2.1012°W. King's College. King's College in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, the full title of which is The University and King's College of Aberdeen ( Collegium Regium Aberdonense ), is a formerly independent university founded in 1495 and now an integral part of the University of Aberdeen.
The first of Aberdeen's two universities, King's College, was founded in 1495 by William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland. Marischal College was founded in New Aberdeen by George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal of Scotland in 1593. These foundations were amalgamated to form the present University of Aberdeen in ...
In 2001 it UK census records the Aberdeen City Council areas population at 212,125, but the Aberdeen locality's population at 184,788. The latest official population estimate, published by the General Register for Scotland for 2005, is 202,370. The population density of Aberdeen is 2,819 persons per square mile (1,088 persons/km 2).
Aberdeen University School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition contains the Medical School and Dental School at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. It also provides training and carries out research in medical sciences, nutrition, public health, dentistry, health sciences, physician associate studies at BSc, MSc, and PhD levels.