Universities in UK | Robert Gordon University

Robert Gordon University is one of the top universities in Scotland for graduate employability with 97.6% of graduates entering employment or further study within 6 months of graduation, says Higher Education Student Statistics 2018. The University is composed of 11 academic schools covering a wide range of disciplines. The academic schools include:

• Aberdeen Business School
• School of Applied Social Studies
• School of Computing Science and Digital Media
• School of Creative and Cultural Business
• School of Engineering
• Gray’s School of Art
• School of Health Sciences
• The Law School
• School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
• The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment

All the schools offer flexible study modes and all their degrees are developed through close collaboration with industry. The University is ranked 3^rd in Scotland for Overall Student Satisfaction, says National Student Survey 2019. According to the Guardian University Guide 2020, the University is ranked number 1 in Scotland in Health Profession and Art and ranked in the UK for Physiotherapy, says the Telegraph 2019.  Also, according to the Complete University Guide 2020, the University is ranked number 1 in Scotland for Librarianship Information Management.

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Aberdeen Business School

The school has been named Business School of the Year, according to The Awards 2020. The school offers a wide range of courses in various subject areas. However, the specialized academic areas include:

• Accounting & Finance
• Oil and Gas Accounting and Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Health, Safety and Risk Management
• Procurement and Supply Chain Management
• Quality Management
• Project Management
• Energy Management

The Aberdeen Business School is accredited by AACSB International. The school is one of the only four institutions in Scotland to hold AACSB accreditation. The courses offered in the school are accredited by various professional bodies including:

• Institute for Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
• Institute for Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Association of International Accountants (AIA)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute
• The Association of MBAs (AMBA)
• Association of Project Management (APM)
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
• The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)
• Energy Institute (EI)
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• The Project Management Institute (PMI)

Most of the courses are designed in partnership with the industry and relevant professional bodies to ensure that the students are equipped with relevant skills. The school is also associated with many organisations that provide scholarship opportunities such as CNR International (CNR provides scholarship opportunities to the university’s School of Engineering and Aberdeen Business School students); OPITO (scholarship opportunity to the university’s Aberdeen Business School students); Institute for Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) (ICAS provide scholarship opportunities for Accounting and Finance students.) The Aberdeen Business School also has strong relationships with educational institutions including BVS Business School, Zurich in Switzerland.

School of Applied Social Studies

The School of Applied Social Studies offers a wide range of courses under three departments namely:

• Psychology
• Sociology
• Social Work.

The school is associated with many leading organisations, institutions and professional bodies including:

• North East Scotland College
• Scottish Social Services Council
• British Psychological Society
• British Sociological Association
• Institute for Research and Innovation in the Social Sciences
• The Care Inspectorate

The school has been ranked number 1 in Scotland for overall satisfaction in Health and Social Care, says the National Student Survey 2020.

School of Computing Science and Digital Media

The school offers a wide range of courses in various subject areas such as:

• Computer Science
• Cyber Security
• Data Science
• Digital Media
• Information Technology.

Most of the courses offered by the school are accredited by the British Computer Society for CITP or CEng. However, the MSc Cyber Security course is certified by the National Cyber Security Centre which is a part of UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Robert Gordon University is one of the only three universities in Scotland to receive this recognition. The school is also an accredited Cisco Academy.

The school has unique facilities that include:

• 350 high specification PCs
• Nine IT labs
• Large scale render farm
• A Mac suite
• Soundproof booth
• Green screen suite
• Chroma Key and Motion Capture suite
• CISCO networking laboratory.

The school has a close working relationship with the global IT and energy industries, as well as local national digital media organizations. Some of the organizations, institutions and professional bodies that the school is associated with are:

• BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT
• Informatics Institute of Technology
• Skills Development Scotland (SDS)
• DNV GL.

School of Creative and Cultural Business

The school of Creative and Cultural Business offers a wide range of courses in different subject areas such as:

• Business Analytics
• Digital Marketing
• Events Management
• Fashion Management
• Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Tourism
• Journalism
• Media
• Data Management

Specialised subject areas of the school include Event Management; Fashion Management; PR, Media and Journalism; International Hospitality and Tourism Management; Digital Marketing; Marketing and Communication; Information Management and Librarianship; Petroleum Data Management.

The facilities of the school include:

• Newsroom
• TV Studio and TV Control Room
• Radio Station
• The Fashion Place with display area and project work space.

Most of the courses are accredited by a range of professional bodies including:

• Chartered Institute of Public Relations
• Chartered Institute of Information and Library Professionals
• Institute of Hospitality
• Tourism Management Institute
• Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing
• Chartered Institute of Marketing

The school has also developed close relationship with many industries over the years which include:

Industry Links:

• Aberdeenshire Council
• Aberdeen International Airport
• AVC Media Enterprises
• Bon Accord and St Nicholas Centres
• Crimestoppers Scotland
• Fifth Business Macphie of Glenbervie
• Oil & Gas UK
• Tricker PR.

The school also has strong links with the Business & Hotel Management School (B.H.M.S) in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The school has been ranked number 1 in Scotland for employment in Journalism, Publishing and Public Relations, according to the Guardian University League Table 2018. According to the Complete University Guide 2018, the school is ranked number 1 in Scotland for graduate prospects in Communication and Media Studies and ranked 2^nd in Librarianship and Information Management.

School of Engineering

The school a wide range of courses in the various subject areas including:

• Biomedical Technology
• Drilling and Well Engineering
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Oil and Gas Engineering

The school has developed solid relations with the industries including:

• Energy Institute
• Institute of Engineering and Technology
• The Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• Repsol Sinopec
• Petrofac
• KCA Deutag
• KCA Deutag and more

The School of Engineering has almost all the facilities that are required by the students during their period of study at the university. The facilities that are available are:

• Engineering Application Lab
• ROV pool
• wind tunnel and the ‘Slice of Ocean Wave Tank
• Dedicated IT Labs for Engineering Students
• DART Stimulator
• Electrical Power Lab
• Electronic Teaching Lab
• High Specification Modelling Lab
• Microcontroller Lab.

Gray’s School of Art

The learning environment in Gray’s Art School reflects the emphasis on practical learning. The students have access to various unique facilities that allow them to practically do what they learn. These facilities include:

• Studio spaces
• Full range of analogue and digital workshop
• Photographic darkroom & studios, ceramics and jewellery workshops, Textile Screen Print workshop & Dye Room
• Woodwork & Metal Work workshop
• Gray’s IT Mac Lab; Gray’s Art Shop
• Digital video editing lab and printmaking and fashion manufacturing facilities
• Access to laser cutters, 3D scanners, fabric printers, 3D and direct to media printers.

Gray’s School of Art has developed a strong relationship with industrial partners, creative agencies and public bodies who extend their support in the delivery of live projects and sponsorships in partnership with the school. Such associated organizations, institutions and professional bodies are:

• Creative & Cultural Skills
• Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE)
• Royal Scottish Academy
• Skills Development Scotland and more

School of Health Sciences

The school offers a variety of courses under different subject areas. The school is bestowed with unique facilities that are required to provide practical experience to the students while studying. The facilities available in the school includes:

• Human performance lab
• Functional capacity lab
• X-ray suite
• Physiotherapy practical rooms
• Ward setting
• Intensive care room
• Gym
• RGU sport
• Occupational health home setting
• Food handling lab.

To ensure the quality of teaching, the school is associated with leading organizations, institutions and professional bodies such as:

• The Health and Care Profession Council (HCPC)
• The Society and College Radiographers
• College of Occupational Therapists
• World Federation of Occupational Therapists
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• Commission of Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
• British Dietetic Association
• Association of Nutrition
• Nutrition Society
• Sport Scotland
• BASES (British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences)

According to the Guardian University Guide 2021, the school is ranked number 1 in the UK for Health professions; ranked number 1 in the UK for course and teaching satisfaction of health professions and ranked number 1 in Scotland for career prospects in health professions. The school is ranked number 1 in Scotland for overall student satisfaction in health and social care, says National Student Survey 2020.

The Law School

The school provides a variety of accredited and professionally recognized degrees ranging from LLB, LLM and PG Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. The school is also specialized in few subject areas such as:

• Construction Law and Arbitration
• Energy
• Oil and Gas Law
• International Law
• International Commercial Law
• Dispute Resolution.

As the Law School is located in the Aberdeen Business School, they have access to the facilities available in the Business School. However, they also have a Dedicated Moot Court which is a set up as a TV studio and fitted with courtroom furniture and recording equipment specifically for law courses.

The school is associated with some of the leading organisations, institutions and professional bodies such as:

• The Law Society of Scotland
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• The Faculty of Advocates
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Energy Institute.

School of Nursing and Midwifery

The school has collaboration with many independent partners who ensures that the delivery of education is contemporary evidence-based and meets the needs of the health and social care services. To provide such quality education the school has some facilities including:

• Two six bedded wards
• A high dependency room with metiman
• A children’s ward with a variety of mannikins
• Two new multi-purpose rooms

The school has strong links with health and social care clinical partners. Some of the leading organisations, institutions and professional bodies that the school is associated with are:

• Nursing and Midwifery Council
• The Health and Care Profession Council (HCPC)
• The Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

The school offers various courses such as:

• Analytical Science
• Biomedical Science
• Bioscience
• Forensic
• Pharmacy and more

All the courses that are offered in the school are accredited and approved by professional bodies including:

• General Pharmaceutical Council
• Institute of Biomedical Science
• Association for Nutrition
• The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
• The Royal Society of Biology
• The Health and Care Professions Council

The school has a series of facilities that are required to provide experimental learning. The facilities that are available in the school include a range of laboratories for chemistry, formulation, molecular biology, cell culture, microbiological, forensic science, food handling and aseptic laboratories in our modern and state-of-the-art facility. Other facilities include:

• Informal and formal learning spaces
• Pharmacy and clinical simulation centres
• A real crime scene house
• Access to Moot Courtroom to present forensic evidence.

The school facilitates student exchange programmes in the area of Pharmacy with East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and University of Tasmania in Hobart. The school is also associated with leading organisations, institutions and professional bodies such as:

• North East Scotland College
• The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• The General Pharmaceutical Council
• The Royal Society of Chemistry
• The Institute of Biomedical Science
• The Royal Society of Biology
• British Dietetic Association
• Association of Nutrition
• Nutrition Society.

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment

The school offers a variety of courses in the areas of:

• Architectural Technology
• Architecture
• Construction Management
• Surveying
• Sustainable Development and more

The school incorporated a number of energy efficiency features and other facilities include:

• Dedicated studio space for each specialisation
• Dedicated surveying and construction management studio
• High spec IT suite
• Model making workshop
• Printing suite

Most of the courses offered by the university are accredited and approved by the professional bodies including:

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• Architects Registration Board (ARB)
• Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
• Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM)

The school is associated with leading organisations, institutions and professional bodies including:

• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)
• Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
• Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
• International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS)

Summary       

The Robert Gordon University has been recognized in the Teaching Excellence Framework as a Gold Standard Institution, placing them in the top 20% of the best universities in the UK for the quality of their teaching, support and graduate employability.