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Abertay offers
world-leading courses in computer arts and computer
games technology and is home to the International Centre
for Computer Games & Virtual Entertainment (IC-CAVE) -
unique in Europe
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Abertay is
ranked as the best university in Scotland for its
environmental research
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Abertay
launched Scotland's first degree in computer arts,
underpinning the creative industries sector that
supports 70,000 jobs and contributes more than £5
billion to the national economy
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It is the top
university in the UK for investment in IT facilities,
and in Scotland for investment in library facilities
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The Dundee
campus has one PC for every four students
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Abertay has
been consistently ranked in the top 10 modern
universities by the Financial Times
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Abertay
launched Scotland's first degrees in bioinformatics and
biotechnology, and is now a leader for teaching and
industrially-relevant research and consultancy in
environmental science
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Abertay has
been educating Scotland's workforce since 1888
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2004 was the
10th anniversary as the University of Abertay Dundee,
but the Government first recognised us as an 'industrial
university' as long ago as 1902.
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Abertay has
over 5084 students, with over 4476 based on campus
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Around 75% of
the students are from Scotland, 5% from Northern
Ireland, 4% from England and Wales, and 15% from
overseas
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It is truly
international: over 75 nationalities are represented in
the student community
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It has
launched ACE - the Abertay Centre for the Environment -
Scotland's first centre of expertise dedicated to
helping small and medium businesses tackle environmental
issues
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The sports
performance laboratories are the most modern in the
country
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It has an 8m
state of the art library fully networked for the digital
age
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Over 1200
personal computers are available for student use - one
of the highest proportions in the UK
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It has an
average of 1 lecturer for every 17 students
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Abertay is one
of the largest providers of UK degrees in Malaysia
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Abertay
created Embreonix, Scotland's first graduate enterprise
centre dedicated to helping students set up their own
business
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Abertay
established SIMBIOS, first research centre in Scotland
to apply mathematical modelling techniques to
environmental and biomedical processes
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The women's
football team has been so successful a 'Centre of
Excellence' has been established in partnership with the
Scottish Football Association
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The Gaelic
Sports Association continues to dominate Scotland in
Gaelic Football, Hurling and Shinty
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The Abertay
Sports Injury Clinic opening in 2004, providing
expertise to sports performers or members of the public
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The Elite
Athlete Development Programme has supported more than 30
international athletes in three years, including two
world champions and five British champions...
