Aberdeen is a port city in northeast Scotland, where the Dee and Don rivers meet the North Sea. Often known for its whiskey and offshore petroleum industry. It’s also known as the ‘Granite City’ for its many enduring grey-stone buildings.
Today its economy is focused on the oil industry, though it has grown more diversified to include electronics design and renewable energy resources.
Aberdeen originated as two separate burghs: Old Aberdeen, the cathedral and university settlement on the Don, and New Aberdeen, the neighbouring trading and fishing village on the Dee
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Facts
Robert Gordon University was at first a hospital from the mid-18th century, before becoming a technical college in 1910, and finally a modern university in 1992.
This Scottish institution is named for a 17th century businessman and philanthropist who was born in the city of Aberdeen, where the university has a main campus.
The university is structured around 11 schools: 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; and The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment.
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Robert Gordon University, Garthdee House, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, AB10 7QB, Scotland, UK