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Undergraduate Prospectus 2019 ARE YOU 2019 PROSPECTUS UNDERGRADUATE READY? ARE YOU STIRLING? ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU STIRLING? OPEN DAYS 2018 9 SATURDAY 9 JUNE 15 SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 27 SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER For more information on Open Days, see page 128 or visit us online: stir.ac.uk/5f +44 (0)1786 467046 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY This prospectus can be made available in different formats. Please contact Student Recruitment for further information: [email protected] CONTENTS Principal’s welcome 1 BE THE This is Stirling 2 The Stirling experience 16 DIFFERENCE Academic excellence 42 AT THE Course list A-Z 51 Entry requirements 120 UNIVERSITY Getting here 124 OF STIRLING At the University of Stirling, we’re committed to helping you to make a positive difference in the world. Our focus is on ensuring every student We celebrate our global outlook, Our award-winning Students’ Union achieves their full potential, by offering with more than 120 nationalities is the University’s hub, providing an education based on innovation and represented on campus, and one in entertainment and welfare services excellence. Stirling is a place where 10 students spending part of their to make your life at Stirling the best it everyone is treated with respect and degree course studying overseas. can be. With more than 120 clubs and where ability – not background – societies to choose from, settling into The University offers an unrivalled student is valued. university life couldn’t be simpler. experience to help you make the most of We provide an inspiring academic your time with us. Our beautiful 330-acre You’re about to make a very exciting experience and a world-class living and campus offers a wide range of spacious decision about where you choose to learning environment – equipping you with accommodation, and everything you need study, and we’re delighted that you’re the skills to achieve your full potential and is just a few minutes’ walk away – from considering joining us at Stirling. I hope giving you the best possible start in life. diverse catering outlets, to our on- this prospectus offers you a flavour of campus theatre and art-house cinema. life at the University of Stirling, and Our flexible degree courses will help you that you’re able to visit our campus to be the difference in your chosen career, If you’re into sport, you’ll love Stirling. during one of our Open Day events. by providing you with the knowledge, As Scotland’s University for Sporting expertise and lifelong employability skills Excellence, we provide the highest- I wish you the very best of luck with to ensure you stand out from the crowd. quality sports facilities for our students, your studies – and look forward to You will be taught by Stirling’s world- high-performance and Olympic athletes, welcoming you on campus soon. leading academics, whose internationally staff and the wider community. renowned research is tackling some We’re the home of Scotland’s National of the biggest global challenges. Swimming Academy, the Scottish With Stirling’s teaching, employability, National Tennis Centre and Triathlon internationalisation, facilities and Scotland, and our students rated our inclusiveness all rated five-star in the sports facilities – which include a 50m Professor Gerry McCormac QS World University Rankings 2018, swimming pool and a golf course – Principal and Vice-Chancellor you’ll be able to take pride in gaining a first in Scotland, and joint-fourth in qualification from a prestigious university. the UK, in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2017. 5 QS STARS FOR TEACHING EMPLOYABILITY INTERNATIONALISATION FACILITIES QS World University Rankings 2018 XX #AREYOUSTIRLING 1 1 stir.ac.uk#AREYOUSTIRLING stir.ac.uk WALLACE MONUMENT Climb 246 steps to reach UNIVERSITY OF the top of our famous AIRTHREY GOLF COURSE COLIN BELL, IRIS MURDOCH STIRLING INNOVATION landmark, built to commemorate Scots hero, Less than a five-minute PARK AND RG BOMONT BUILDINGS COTTRELL BUILDING Sir William Wallace. walk from student These buildings are where the The Cottrell Building Home to some cutting-edge accommodation, our Faculty of Social Sciences is based, is home to the Faculty research and development nine-hole golf course is and are home to some of our of Natural Sciences companies. right on your doorstep. cutting-edge research centres. and the Stirling Management School. AIRTHREY CASTLE Our very own 18th-century INTO BUILDING STIRLING COURT HOTEL castle is still in use today, ANDREW MILLER Our brand-new centre Offering 100 bedrooms and and overlooks the BUILDING is designed to offer one of only two venues University’s picturesque The heart of the University international students in Scotland awarded the SPITTAL-HILL CHALETS Popular student golf course. made up of the Atrium, unique academic pathways Conference Centre of accommodation in our Library, Students’ Union and that can help them gain Excellence Award. Scandinavian-style timber the Macrobert Arts Centre. a degree. chalets. THE LINK BRIDGE The scenic commute between Halls and University; you’ll make your nine am lecture even AIRTHREY LOCH if you leave at five-to-nine. Our very own loch; home to our water sports teams, along with our resident AIRTHREY PARK swans. MEDICAL CENTRE NATIONAL TENNIS Our on-campus general CENTRE medical practice and Tennis superstars Andy dental centre. Murray and Gordon Reid NATIONAL SWIMMING famously honed their skills ACADEMY on our courts. Home to Scottish Swimming STUDENT and our world-class student ACCOMMODATION athletes, who practise more than 35 hours per week in Home to our students: our Olympic pool. more than 2,500 bedrooms PATHFOOT BUILDING across 20 residences on Where the Faculty of Arts and off campus. and Humanities, the Faculty of Health Sciences and THE PITCHES Sport and the Institute of Get a front row seat to the Aquaculture are based. It action on our grass and also hosts an art collection. artificial 4G pitches. #AREYOUSTIRLING THIS IS STIRLING XX #AREYOUSTIRLING 3 2 3 stir.ac.uk#AREYOUSTIRLING stir.ac.uk “ Stirling was a great choice for me. Not only is it in a spectacular setting - the social IN SCOTLAND, TOP 5 life, volunteering and career I AM opportunities have helped me IN THE UK FOR GOOD develop as a confident person, ready for the graduate market. SPORTS FACILITIES I wish I could re-live it again.” STIRLING 1ST Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2017 MEET SIMRON Simron Kandola (England) BA (Hons) Human Resource Management and Law 85,000 Student of the Year, NUS Scotland ALUMNI IN MORE THAN 160 COUNTRIES OF OUR UNDERGRADUATE LEAVERS ARE IN EMPLOYMENT OR FURTHER STUDY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF GRADUATING 96% Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2015/16 IN THE UK FOR A GOOD ENVIRONMENT ON CAMPUS 1ST International Student Barometer 2016 XX #AREYOUSTIRLING 5 4 5 stir.ac.uk#AREYOUSTIRLING stir.ac.uk The University’s 330-acre campus isn’t just a gorgeous place to call AIRTHREY CASTLE SCOTTISH TENNIS CENTRE home. It’s a place where inspiration How many universities can say they’ve got Are you the next Andy Murray? As the strikes, where cutting-edge technology their very own castle? Overlooking the home of the Scottish National Tennis fuses with breath-taking nature and OUR University’s loch, the 18th-century Airthrey Centre, our campus is the nation’s premier where hidden gems enhance the lives Castle boasts a fascinating history – and is training ground for the game’s biggest of our students, staff and visitors. still in active use today. stars. But you don’t need to be an aspiring Wimbledon champion to take advantage of our world-class facilities – courts are AIRTHREY GOLF COURSE HIDDEN open to everybody. Are you a budding golfer? We’ve got our own nine-hole, par-three course, driving range and putting green right UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION here on campus. The course is suitable Stirling’s public art collection is one GEMS for both amateur and professional of the most diverse on offer. Housed golfers. Affordable equipment hire primarily within the Pathfoot Building, is always available. our unique collection plays home to an array of paintings, sketches, tapestries VENUE and sculptures from some of the biggest names in Scottish contemporary art. Our newest multi-purpose social space stir.ac.uk/artcol offers the perfect place to collaborate, show off your skills or just hang out. Venue hosts regular unplugged music STIRLING COURT HOTEL sessions throughout the day and provides If your family and friends are keen to plenty of room to stretch out and enjoy visit, they’ll be pleased to know that the a Starbucks, a healthy drink from the University has a 100-bedroom hotel and 120+ Juice Bar or a great selection of food. award-winning conference centre right NATIONALITIES here on campus. The hotel also features a ARE REPRESENTED relaxing bar, cafe and excellent restaurant. ON CAMPUS stirlingcourthotel.com YOUR NEW CAMPUS FIVE-STAR FACILITIES THE ATRIUM PLENTY OF CULTURE Our facilities were given the top score The Atrium is the social hub of the Our campus is a vibrant, artistic and in the 2018 QS Stars World University University. Not only does it connect cultural hotspot. Located at its heart is the Rankings – and it’s easy to see why. The students to the library, it also houses our Macrobert Arts Centre, central Scotland’s University’s newly refurbished library has Students’ Union, where you can relax with leading cultural hub and arts centre. It a range of different study spaces to suit a coffee during the day, catch up with regularly hosts live theatre, dance, comedy your needs; our contemporary, spacious friends or socialise into the wee hours.
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