Undergraduate Brochure 2020
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PROSPECTUS 2020 YOUR PROFESSIONAL FUTURE Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been awarded a Gold rating in the Contents Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), placing it in the top 20% of the best universities in the UK for the quality of its undergraduate teaching and learning. 2 Principal’s Welcome 52 Course index 4 About RGU 54 Aberdeen Business School Introduced by the UK Government, TEF is one of the methods used to assure 6 Why RGU 70 School of Creative and a world-class higher education sector in the UK. It assesses, recognises and 8 Our Campus Cultural Business rewards the quality of undergraduate teaching across the country by measuring 10 Industry Partnerships 86 The Law School continuation rates, student satisfaction and employment outcomes. 12 Employability at RGU 94 School of Computing Science and 14 Placement and Work Experience Digital Media 16 Study Abroad 106 School of Engineering 17 Career Support 120 Gray’s School of Art 18 Alumni 134 Scott Sutherland School of 20 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Architecture and Built Environment Startup Opportunities for Students 146 School of Applied Social Studies 22 Study in Aberdeen 152 School of Health Sciences 24 Explore the City 168 School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences 26 Accommodation 184 School of Nursing and Midwifery 28 Living in Halls 29 Cost of Living 200 Connect With Us 30 Finance 201 Disclaimer 33 Scholarships 34 Life at RGU 36 International Students “I’ve found that 38 RGU:Union 40 Advice, Support and Welfare there is such a 97.6% 41 Go Green great community The top university in 42 RGU SPORT Scotland for graduate 44 Access RGU spirit within RGU. 45 From College to University employability with 97.6% 46 How to Find Us Everyone here is of graduates entering 47 Visit Us 48 How to Apply so supportive of employment or further 50 When to Apply one another.” study within six months of graduation. Rosie Hislop, BA(Hons) Management (HESA stats published 2018) with Marketing, graduated 2017 1 | | 2 “Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Principal’s Welcome is an innovative, accessible and professionally-focused university” A very warm welcome to this prospectus of Robert Gordon University. Robert Gordon University is an innovative, accessible and professionally-focused university offering a wide range of undergraduate courses which prepare graduates for the workplace. We are recognised regionally and internationally for our close links with employers, our teaching excellence, our state-of-the-art facilities and our top graduate employability record. Our courses are developed through close collaboration with industry and the professions which ensures they are up-to-date, innovative and demand driven, and are tailored to the needs of the current and future employment markets. All of our courses provide practical learning experiences and the opportunity to put newly acquired skills and knowledge to the test in a professional environment through our wide range of placements and innovative teaching facilities. Our graduates have particular advantages in the job market and have gone on to play leading roles in areas such as healthcare, energy, architecture, management, law and art. RGU has consistently been named as one of the top UK universities for graduate employability throughout our course offerings. We all know that the world of work is continually developing, evolving in an age of digitalisation and advances in technology and knowledge. Graduating from this university prepares you for this and gives you the qualification to seize opportunities. Higher education is an adventure that opens up opportunities and broadens the mind. It is where everyone can discover their potential, enhance their employability and make lifelong friends in the process. We look forward to welcoming you to RGU, where together we can help you fulfil your ambitions for the future. Professor John Harper Principal 3 | | 4 About RGU Robert Gordon University (RGU), staff and partners in a variety of in Aberdeen, is recognised as a professional fields. We are proud top university in Scotland for our that in recent years we have high quality teaching and record of consistently had more than 96% graduate employability. Our history of our undergraduates going into of preparing students for work dates employment, within six months back to the 17th century when Robert of graduating. Gordon had a vision to provide all young people with an education Most recently RGU has been as a way to better surrounding recognised in the Teaching Excellence communities. It is this vision to Framework as a Gold Standard constantly create a better and institution, placing us in the top 20% brighter future for our students and of the best universities in the UK for the world around us, which we still the quality of our teaching, learning, embrace here today support and graduate employability. at RGU. Our commitment to continually Our applied learning, industry-centric increasing innovative teaching approach, as well as our state-of- practices and research also ensures the-art facilities and contemporary that we are constantly seeking to course content means that we make improve on, and grow, our positive education work for our students, contribution to the world around us. 5 | | 6 63% UNDERGRADUATE 35% POSTGRADUATE We have a 2% RESEARCH We deliver STUDENT Why RGU? POPULATION ABERDEEN IS A TOP TEN UK CITY 300+ of TO LIVE AND WORK COURSES 16000 PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2018 in a range of subjects from over 132 COUNTRIES across 12 SCHOOLS £ 5 th We’ve invested School of School of IN THE UK Aberdeen Creative The Law Computing £120m+ Business and Cultural School Science and for in our School Digital Media Business SALARY PROSPECTS RIVERSIDE CAMPUS The Economist, 2017 in recent years Scott School of School of Sutherland School of Health Pharmacy and School of Applied Social Sciences Life Sciences th Architecture Studies 28 27 BUSINESS STARTUPS IN THE WORLD supported by for our RGU ACCELERATOR GRADUATE School of School of PROGRAMME Gray’s School Nursing and Research EMPLOYABILITY RATE Engineering of Art Midwifery IN 2018 QS World University Rankings, 2018 We have an INTERNATIONAL 290 YEARS COMMUNITY OF HERITAGE 1500 of approximately 90,000 ALUMNI going back to ENERGY COMPANIES MALE 44% across the globe based in the FEMALE 56% 1729 LOCAL AREA 7 | | 8 RIVER DEE GRAY’S ISHBEL ABERDEEN CENTRAL SCHOOL SCOTT GORDON BUSINESS SERVICES THE SIR ROUND BUILDING OF ART BUILDING TOWER SUTHERLAND IAN WOOD SCHOOL SQUARE ICRGU KAIM TOWER KAIM SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL HOUSE BUILDING COTTAGE OF ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE AND BUILT LIBRARY GARTHDEE HOUSE Our Campus ENVIRONMENT TREEHOUSE STUDENT EARLY CARE CENTRA GARTHDEE RGU AND EDUCATION OIL & GAS ANNEXE DART SPORT CENTRE INSTITUTE L RGU UNION ABS GARTHDEE WEST LODGE MEDICAL PRACTICE THE GATEHOUSE entrance 3 GRAPHICS entrance Aberdeen city centre 2.5 miles AND 2 PRINTING In recent years we have invested outside of lectures in the tranquil You can also go to entrance 1 Garthdee retail park 0.7 mile around £120 million into our parkland around the campus. rgu.ac.uk/virtualtours for an stunning riverside campus on online view of our campus. the banks of the River Dee which There are plenty of opportunities has been specially designed to come and visit us throughout with state-of-the-art facilities to the year at our open days, visit enhance our students’ learning afternoons, applicant days experience and, ultimately, and one on one tours. Go to ICRGU GARTHDEE their employability at the point rgu.ac.uk/visit-us for more INTERNATIONAL HOUSE of graduation. You will learn in information. our purpose-built and modern COLLEGE facilities during classes, and relax ABERDEEN RGU: STUDENT BUSINESS GRAY'S UNION CENTRAL ISHBEL SCHOOL SCHOOL LIBRARY GORDON AB10 7QE OF ART THE SIR BUILDING RGU AB10 7QD AB10 7QG IAN WOOD AB10 7QG SPORT BUILDINGAB10 7GJ AB10 7GJ SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL GRAY’S SCHOOL OF ART SCHOOL OF COMPUTING SCIENCE SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY SCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND AND DIGITAL MEDIA SCHOOL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES CULTURAL BUSINESS Printmaking Suite SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES THE LAW SCHOOL Sculpture Studio SCOTT SUTHERLAND SCHOOL OF Clinical Skills Centre Gym Mac Suite ARCHITECTURE AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT Human Performance Lab Climbing Wall TV and Radio Suite Photography Studio X-ray Suite Swimming Pool Fashion Place Exhibition Spaces 3D Printing Clean Room Suite Catering Facilities Sports Hall Moot Court Catering Facilities Modelling Workshop Mock Crime Scene Area Student Help Point Catering Facilities Digital Moffat Space Textile Studio Mac Suite Forensic Imaging Suite Employability Hub Georgina Scott Fine Art Studios DART Simulator Microscopy Suite Sutherland Group Study Support Learning Centre Wave Tank Food Handling and Wider Access and Outreach Catering Facilities ROV Pit Preparation Labs Counselling Support and Wellbeing Simulation Centre Innovation Station The Inclusion Centre Advice and Support (Mock Pharmacy) Catering Facilities International Student Advice, Visa and Immigration Centre RANKED TOP TEN IN THE UK AND ResLife FIRST IN SCOTLAND for HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES 9 | Times Higher Education Survey 2018 | 10 We collaborate with our partners whether through offering work experience or in our course design to ensure our students learn the necessary skills that are in strong demand both now and in Industry Partnerships the future. It is these links to industry, along with our practical and hands-on teaching facilities, such our clinical skills labs, media studios, moot court and more, and record of teaching excellence that contribute to our Studying at RGU gives you so much more than a degree. We have track record of outstanding graduate employability and our prestigious graduate employability at the heart of our approach to education, Teaching Excellence Framework Gold award. and work closely with industry to ensure your knowledge and experience allows you to succeed when you graduate and thrive in your life-long career.