The University of Dundee is a public research university based in Dundee, Scotland. It was founded as a university college 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 alongside United College and St Mary's College located in the town of St Andrews itself. Following significant expansion, the University of Dundee gained independent university status by royal charter in 1967 while retaining elements of its ancient heritage and governance structure.
Ellenbank: the former Students' Union, now the School of Business is one of the longest-used buildings of the university.
The Harris Building on the Geddes Quadrangle
The Old Medical School, an example of expansion into the professions and purpose-built university structures from the turn of the century
The Old Medical School and the Carnelley Building on City Campus.
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was
148,210, giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or 6,420/sq mi, the second-highest in Scotland. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea. Under the name of Dundee City, it forms one of the 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Angus, the city developed into a burgh in the late 12th century and established itself as an important east coast trading port. Rapid expansion was brought on by the Industrial Revolution, particularly in the 19th century when Dundee was the centre of the global jute industry. This, along with its other major industries, gave Dundee its epithet as the city of "jute, jam and journalism".
Image: Dundee Skyline 2017
Image: V&A Dundee Near Completion Feb 2018 (Alex Liivet)
Image: RRS Discovery, Dundee geograph.org.uk 3746481
Image: Taybridge from law 02SEP05