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The '''University of Aberdeen''' is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland. It is an [[Ancient universities of Scotland|ancient university]] founded in 1495 when [[William Elphinstone]], [[Bishop of Aberdeen]] and [[Lord Chancellor of Scotland|Chancellor of Scotland]], petitioned [[Pope Alexander VI]] on behalf of [[King James IV|James IV, King of Scots]] to establish [[King's College, Aberdeen|King's College]],<ref name="foundation">last= Bulloch|first= John Malcolm|title=A History of the University of Aberdeen: 1495-1895 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers00bulluoft |access-date=20 December 2012 |year=1895|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |location= London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers00bulluoft/page/18 18]–19}}</ref> making it Scotland's third-oldest university and the fifth-oldest in the English-speaking world. Aberdeen is consistently ranked among the top 200 universities in the world and is ranked within the top 20 universities in the United Kingdom according to the Guardian.
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The university comprises three colleges - [[King's College, Aberdeen|King's College]], [[Marischal College]], and [[Christ's College, Aberdeen|Christ's College]] - that are now mainly ceremonial. The university as it is currently constituted was formed in 1860 by a merger between [[King's College, Aberdeen|King's College]] and [[Marischal College]], a second university founded in 1593 as a Protestant alternative to the former. The university's iconic buildings act as symbols of wider Aberdeen, particularly Marischal College in the city centre and the [[crown steeple]] of King's College in [[Old Aberdeen]]. There are two campuses; the predominantly utilised King's College campus dominates the section of the city known as [[Old Aberdeen]], which is approximately two miles north of the city centre. Although the original site of the university's foundation, most academic buildings apart from the King's College Chapel and Quadrangle were constructed in the 20th century during a period of significant expansion. The university's [[Foresterhill]] campus is next to [[Aberdeen Royal Infirmary]] and houses the [[University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry|School of Medicine and Dentistry]] as well as the School of Medical Sciences. Together these buildings form one of Europe's largest health campuses.<ref>https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-aberdeen/courses/medicine|title=Medicine - University of Aberdeen|work=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2018-07-12|language=en}}</ref> The annual income of the institution for 2017–18 was £219.5&nbsp;million of which £56.1&nbsp;million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £226.8&nbsp;million.
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Aberdeen has {{HESA student population|INSTID=0170}} students from undergraduate to doctoral level, including many international students. An abundant range of disciplines are taught at the university, with 650 undergraduate degree programmes offered in the 2012–13 academic year. Aberdeen has educated a wide range of notable alumni, and the university played key roles in the [[Scottish Reformation]], [[Scottish Enlightenment]], and the [[Scottish Renaissance]]. [[List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation#University of Aberdeen|Five Nobel laureates]] have since been associated with the university: two in [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], one in [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]], one in [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]], and one in [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]].<ref name=FastFacts>http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/fast-facts.php |title=Fast Facts | publisher=University of Aberdeen |access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref>
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== Academics ==
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=== Anthropology ===
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*[[Tim Ingold]]
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*[[Arthur Keith]]
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*[[James Burnett, Lord Monboddo|Lord Monboddo]]
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* [[Sue Black (anthropologist)|Sue Black]]
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=== Biology ===
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* [[Anne Glover (biologist)|Anne Glover]]
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* [[Hans Kosterlitz]]
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* [[Hugh Pennington]]
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* [[George Dickie (botanist)|George Dickie]]
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=== Chemistry ===
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* [[Frederick Soddy]]
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* [[Anthony R. West]]
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=== Classics ===
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* [[William Mitchell Ramsay]]
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* [[Alexander Souter]]
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* [[Peter Noble (academic)|Peter Noble]]
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* [[Jane Stevenson]]
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* [[William Duguid Geddes|William Geddes]]
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* [[John Stuart Blackie]]
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* [[Barbara Craig]]
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* [[D. E. L. Haynes]]
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=== Divinity ===
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* [[Robin Barbour]]
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* [[Ruth Edwards]]
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* [[Iain Torrance]]
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* [[Brian Brock]]
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* [[Helen Bond]]
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* [[Ian Bradley]]
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* [[Tom Greggs]]
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* [[John Behr]]
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=== Economics ===
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* [[Robert Hamilton (economist)|Robert Hamilton]]
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=== Engineering and Physical Sciences ===
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* [[William MacGillivray]]
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* [[James Nicol]]
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* [[James Cossar Ewart]]
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* [[Henry Alleyne Nicholson]]
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* [[Arthur Thomson (naturalist)|Arthur Thomson]]
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* [[James Ritchie (naturalist)|James Ritchie]]
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* [[Lancelot Hogben|Lancelot Thomas Hogben]]
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* [[Alister Hardy|Alister Clavering Hardy]]
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* [[V. C. Wynne-Edwards]]
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* [[George Dunnet]]
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* [[Paul Racey]]
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=== English, Literature, and Poetry ===
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* [[H. J. C. Grierson]]
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* [[Andrew Rutherford (English scholar)|Andrew Rutherford]]
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* [[George Rousseau]]
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* [[Momus (musician)]], Nick Currie (Musician and writer)
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=== Geology ===
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* [[David J. Batten|David J Batten]]
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* [[Peter Clift]]
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=== History and History of Art ===
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* [[Hector Boece]]
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* [[Thomas Weber (historian)|Thomas Weber]]
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* [[Paul Dukes (historian)|Paul Dukes]]
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* [[Alastair J Macdonald]]
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* [[Robert I. Frost|Robert I Frost]]
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* [[Stefan Brink]]
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* [[Karin Friedrich]]
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* [[David Dumville]]
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*[[Roy Bridges (historian)|Roy Bridges]]
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*[[Theo Barker]]
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*[[J. B. Black|J B Black]]
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*[[Steve Boardman (historian)|Steve Boardman]]
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=== International Relations and Politics ===
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=== Law ===
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* [[William Elphinstone]]
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* [[Thomas Smith (barrister)|Thomas Smith]]
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* [[Peter Stein (legal scholar)|Peter Stein]]
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* [[Neil Kennedy, Lord Kennedy|Neil Kennedy]]
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=== Mathematics and Astronomy ===
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* [[Patrick Copland]]
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* [[Colin Maclaurin]]
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* [[:de:Alan Rendall|Alan Rendall]]
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=== Medicine and Physiology ===
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* [[David White Finlay]]
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* [[Stanley Davidson|Professor Stanley Davidson]]
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* [[Alexander Stuart Douglas]]
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* [[William Stirling (physiologist)|William Stirling]]
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* [[John Alexander MacWilliam]]
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* [[John Macleod (physiologist)|John Macleod]]
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* [[Alexander Ogston]]
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* [[John Marnoch]]
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* [[James Learmonth]]
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* [[George Smith (surgeon)|George Smith]]
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* [[Dugald Baird]]
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* [[Alexander Stuart Douglas]]
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* [[Enitan Carrol]]
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=== Philosophy and Logic ===
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* [[Christopher Fynsk]]
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* [[Hector Boece]]
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* [[James Beattie (poet)|James Beattie]]
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* [[John Lee (university principal)|John Lee]]
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* [[William Ritchie Sorley]]
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* [[James Black Baillie]]
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* [[John Laird (philosopher)|John Laird]]
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* [[Donald M. MacKinnon]]
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* [[L. Gordon Graham]]
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* [[Catherine Wilson (philosopher)|Catherine Wilson]]
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* [[Robert Adamson (philosopher)|Robert Adamson]]
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=== Physics ===
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* [[James Clerk Maxwell]] (1856-1860)
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* [[John Mallard]]
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* [[William A. Edelstein]]
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* [[George Paget Thomson]] (1922-1930), Nobel Laureate, 1937<ref name="homepages.abdn.ac.uk">Professors of Physics at The University of Aberdeen, https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/npmuseum/article/Profs/Timeline.html</ref>
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* [[Reginald Victor Jones]] (1946-1981)<ref name="homepages.abdn.ac.uk"/>
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=== Psychology ===
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* [[John Callender (psychiatrist)|John Callender]]
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=== Zoology ===
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* [[Henry Alleyne Nicholson]]
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* [[Imants Priede]]
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* [[Charles Wyville Thomson]]
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== References ==
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MottoInitium sapientiae timor domini
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HeadquartersAberdeen, Scotland
TypePublic
Scotland's third-oldest university and the fifth-oldest in the English-speaking world

The University of Aberdeen is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is an ancient university founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV, King of Scots to establish King's College,[1] making it Scotland's third-oldest university and the fifth-oldest in the English-speaking world. Aberdeen is consistently ranked among the top 200 universities in the world and is ranked within the top 20 universities in the United Kingdom according to the Guardian.

The university comprises three colleges - King's College, Marischal College, and Christ's College - that are now mainly ceremonial. 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. The university's iconic buildings act as symbols of wider Aberdeen, particularly Marischal College in the city centre and the crown steeple of King's College in Old Aberdeen. There are two campuses; the predominantly utilised King's College campus dominates the section of the city known as Old Aberdeen, which is approximately two miles north of the city centre. Although the original site of the university's foundation, most academic buildings apart from the King's College Chapel and Quadrangle were constructed in the 20th century during a period of significant expansion. The university's Foresterhill campus is next to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and houses the School of Medicine and Dentistry as well as the School of Medical Sciences. Together these buildings form one of Europe's largest health campuses.[2] The annual income of the institution for 2017–18 was £219.5 million of which £56.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £226.8 million.

Aberdeen has Template:HESA student population students from undergraduate to doctoral level, including many international students. An abundant range of disciplines are taught at the university, with 650 undergraduate degree programmes offered in the 2012–13 academic year. Aberdeen has educated a wide range of notable alumni, and the university played key roles in the Scottish Reformation, Scottish Enlightenment, and the Scottish Renaissance. Five Nobel laureates have since been associated with the university: two in Chemistry, one in Physiology or Medicine, one in Physics, and one in Peace.[3]


Academics

Anthropology

Biology

Chemistry

Classics

Divinity

Economics

Engineering and Physical Sciences

English, Literature, and Poetry

Geology

History and History of Art

International Relations and Politics

Law

Mathematics and Astronomy

Medicine and Physiology

Philosophy and Logic

Physics

Psychology

Zoology

References

  1. ↑ last= Bulloch|first= John Malcolm|title=A History of the University of Aberdeen: 1495-1895 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers00bulluoft |access-date=20 December 2012 |year=1895|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |location= London|pages=18–19}}
  2. ↑ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-aberdeen/courses/medicine%7Ctitle=Medicine - University of Aberdeen|work=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2018-07-12|language=en}}
  3. ↑ http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/fast-facts.php |title=Fast Facts | publisher=University of Aberdeen |access-date=27 June 2014}}
  4. ↑ a b Professors of Physics at The University of Aberdeen, https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/npmuseum/article/Profs/Timeline.html


 

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