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History at Aberdeen offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in rich study of all aspects of human adventure in the past, exploring the medieval, early modern and modern periods in Scotland, Europe, America, Asia and Africa. You will study at a university steeped in 500 years of history.
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In 1593, a second, Post-Reformation University, was founded in the heart of the New Town of Aberdeen by George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal. King's College and Marischal College were united to form the modern University of Aberdeen in 1860. At first, arts and divinity were taught at King's and law and medicine at Marischal. A separate science facul...
Throughout the 20th century Aberdeen has consistently increased student recruitment, which now stands at over 15,000. In recent years picturesque and historic Old Aberdeen, home of Bishop Elphinstone's original foundation, has again become the main campus site. The University has also invested heavily in medical research, where time and again Unive...
2012 saw the opening of the £57 million Sir Duncan Rice Library in Old Aberdeen, a great modern building to match the splendour of the University’s 500 year old campus. The fact that the University has become what it is owes much to the determination and vision of a handful of visionaries and pioneers, including a distinguished list of scholars who...
Learn about the origins and development of Scotland's third oldest university, founded in 1495 by Bishop Elphinstone. Discover how King's College and Marischal College merged, how the University expanded its faculties and campuses, and how it became a world-class institution.
The university as it is currently constituted was formed in 1860 by a merger between King's College and Marischal College, a second university founded in 1593 as a Protestant alternative to the former.
History. The Aberdeen History Department was established in 1898, although of course the University’s first Historian was also its first Principal, Hector Boece of King’s College (d.1536). The Department’s first professional chair, the Burnett-Fletcher Chair of History, was founded in 1903.
13 de mai. de 2021 · The University of Aberdeen was founded in 1495, making it the 5th oldest university in the English-speaking world, and one of Scotland’s ancient universities. It consistently ranks as one of the top 20 universities in the UK.
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12 de fev. de 2022 · A new study of the University of Aberdeen is to place a greater emphasis on the international nature of the University and consider the importance of its cultural history, with issues of gender, race and power given a more central role than in previous historical accounts.
The University of Aberdeen, Scotland, is a Top 20 UK university with outstanding levels of student satisfaction.
