1OPEN DAY GUIDE
CONTENTS
Welcome to Aberdeen 02
Things to know on the day 04
Our Facilities
Halls of Residence 06
Libraries, Special Collections and Museums 10
Aberdeen Sports Village 12
Timetables
General Interest Talks 16
Degree Programme Talks (A-Z) 18
Tours and Talks by Time 24
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An Introduction to the UniversityWe’d like to formally welcome you with a short introduction to the University so please join us in the Arts Lecture Theatre at either 10.00 or 10.30.
There are tours of the facilities throughout the day and you can also take a walk around the Botanical Gardens, check out the Playing Fields or take a look in the Chapel.
The Exhibition 10:00 until 15:00
Elphinstone Hall
You’ll find all academic departments, Admissions for application queries, the Student Awards Agency for Scotland and all student support stands in Elphinstone Hall.
WELCOME TO ABERDEENUse this guide to plan your day. From talks on academic departments and degree programmes, to presentations on applying, finance and student life, you’ll get a real taste of university life.
Make sure you visit Elphinstone lawn to experience live music and the popular lunchtime BBQ. The main information point and the meeting place for the campus and sports tours are here too.
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NEED HELP?Our team of Student Ambassadors, all current students, will guide you around campus, answer your questions and give you an insight into student life at Aberdeen. Look out for them on campus in their red hoodies and find them at the information points.
HUNGRY?We have a variety of catering options available, from our campus cafes in the Library, Taylor Building, and Suttie Centre, plus a BBQ with meat and vegetarian options on Elphinstone lawn over lunch. We also have a Starbucks on campus and Kilau – a lovely independent cafe on the High Street, which also offers vegan and gluten free options.
TOURSMeet outside Elphinstone Hall for tours every 15mins:
• Campus tours: 08:00-15:00
• Sports tours: 10:45-15:00
Library and Hillhead Student Village tours are self-guided throughout the day.
See full details on page 12.
SAFETY & FIRST AIDPlease obey all safety and warning signs on campus. If there is an emergency, alert your nearest Student Ambassador or member of staff.
First Aid is available in Elphinstone foyer.
LOST PROPERTY?Will be available in the Elphinstone Foyer throughout the day from 09:00 until 16:00.
CAPTURE YOUR DAY?Get a memento of your day with us at Aberdeen by using our Snapchat filters and remember to share your photos of your day using #makeitabdn
THINGS TO KNOW ON THE DAY
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Living in student halls is a great experience and a perfect way to make friends.
I’m still close friends with the people I lived with, and met, in halls.
Emily German and International Relations
Meeting Point Central Building, Hillhead Student Village. Either make your own way to Hillhead using the route shown on your campus map or take the shuttle bus; available from the bus stop on High Street, outside the Chapel from 10:00 to the last bus at 14:30.
Tours Hillhead Student Village
Self-guided tours are available throughout the day, until 15:00.
Living in halls of residence with other new students is a great way to settle into university life and make life-long friends.
We guarantee all new students an offer of a place in our portfolio of accommodation, provided your accommodation application reaches us by the deadline.
HALLS OF RESIDENCE
OUR FACILITIES
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A Central Hub with extensive social facilities
Frequent bus services link to the city centre and campus network
Wireless network throughout
Launderettes, tennis courts and bike storage facilities
Refurbished self-catering accommodation
OUR FACILITIES
The library is a great place to do groupwork; it has bookable rooms and social spaces. The views across
the campus and out to sea are a nice study distraction!
Margaret Psychology and Sociology
Our facilities include...
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Tours The Sir Duncan Rice Library
Self-guided tours are available throughout the day, please make your own way there.
For more information on our facilities and collections please visit: www.abdn.ac.uk/library
Key services and resources include: • Over a million books, more
than 300,000 e-books and over 21,000 e-journals – so you have access to resources on and off campus at a time to suit you
• The Special Collections Centre holds over 200,000 rare printed books and 4,000 archive collections which students are welcome to consult in the Wolfson Reading Room
• The libraries are open daily with hundreds of study spaces in silent, quiet and group study areas, including Co-Labs in The Sir Duncan Rice Library
• Free optional lunchtime workshops to find out how to use the online databases, referencing, and even how to Google better!
• Desktop PCs located in libraries for research, study and email
• Laptop owners can connect to the wireless network whilst working in the libraries
• Binding, printing, scanning and photocopying facilities are also available
LIBRARIES, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS
The University has 3 libraries: The Sir Duncan Rice Library (our award-winning multi-million pound library, home to Special Collections, arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences); Taylor Library (law and official publications); and Medical Library (medicine and medical sciences).
OUR FACILITIES
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Facilities in the Sports Village include:• Olympic standard 50m, 10
lane training and competition swimming pool
• 25m pool with full floating floor and full diving facilities including springboards and platforms up to 10m
• Full size FIFA approved indoor football pitch
• Indoor 135m running straight with throwing and jumping areas
• 9 court sports hall
• 4 squash courts
• Large fitness suite and performance gym
• 400m outdoor athletics track
• Floodlit water-based hockey pitch
• Sports performance and wellbeing centre
ToursGuided tours are available.
Times Every 15mins from 10:45 until 14:30
Meeting PointOutside Elphinstone Hall
For more information on this exciting facility, please visit www.aberdeensportsvillage.com
Our premier £28 million sports development – Aberdeen Sports Village opened in August 2009, and was used as a training ground for the 2012 Olympics and 2014 Commonwealth Games. The Aquatics Centre – the second phase of Aberdeen Sports Village – opened in Spring 2014.
The venue offers a range of activities, available to all students, and at all levels.
We also have an active Sports Union. Whether you’re a beginner or competitive athlete, the opportunities to get involved are vast and varied.
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OUR FACILITIES
The Sports Village is my second home. Being an athlete, it is so good to
train in world-class facilities.
Demi Mechanical Engineering
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10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30
Welcome ALT ALT
Applying - the UCAS process
NK 1
NK 1
Employability, Work Placements and Graduate Careers
SU 2nd floor
Student Finance - England, NI and Wales
Student Finance - Scotland & EU (SAAS)
ALT
Student Life (30mins) NK 6
Study Abroad NK 6
University Sport
11:45 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 13:00 13:15 13:30 13:45 14:00 14:15
NK 1
NK 1
SU 2nd floor
NK 1
NK 1
ALT ALT
NK 6
NK 6
NK 6
KC F8
Key
ALT Arts Lecture Theatre, William Guild Building
SU Student Union Building, second floor
NK New King’s
KCF8 King’s College, first floor, room 8
General Talks(approx. 20mins if not otherwise stated)
We have general Higher Education talks scheduled throughout the day. The schedule is as follows:
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10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00
Accountancy & Finance
Anthropology
Archaeology MT 1
Biological Sciences (45mins)
ZLT
Business Management KC G8
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies
NK 10
Chemistry (60mins) MT 4
MT 4
Computing Science (90mins)
Divinity, Theology & Religious Studies
MR 063
MR 063
Economics KC G7
Education MR 051
12:15 12:30 12:45 13:00 13:15 13:30 13:45 14:00 14:15
KC G8
KC G7
SMF
ZLT
M 311
MR 051
MR 051
Degree Programme Sessions(approx. 20mins if not otherwise stated)
Key
MT Meston Theatre
M Meston Building
FN Fraser Noble
KC King’s College
ZB Zoology Basement
SU Student Union Building
MR MacRobert Building
SM St Mary’s Building
SMF St Mary’s Foyer
NK New King’s
ZLT Zoology Lecture Theatre
ALT Arts Lecture Theatre (William Guild)
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10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00
Engineering (2hrs) FN 1
English (30mins)
Film and Visual Culture
Geography (45mins) SM G3
Geology (45mins) MT 1
History (30mins) KC F8
History of Art KC F7
International Business KC F7
Language and Linguistics
Law
Mathematics (30mins, lecture at 12:00 is 45mins)
FN 156
FN 156
12:15 12:30 12:45 13:00 13:15 13:30 13:45 14:00 14:15
FN 1
NK 10
KC F8
SM G3
KC F8
NK 10
MR 063
MR 063
FN 156
Degree Programme Sessions(approx. 20mins if not otherwise stated)
Key
MT Meston Theatre
M Meston Building
FN Fraser Noble
KC King’s College
ZB Zoology Basement
SU Student Union Building
MR MacRobert Building
SM St Mary’s Building
SMF St Mary’s Foyer
NK New King’s
ZLT Zoology Lecture Theatre
ALT Arts Lecture Theatre (William Guild)
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12:15 12:30 12:45 13:00 13:15 13:30 13:45 14:00 14:15
ZB ZB
NK 10
MR 051
KC G7
KC G7
KC G8
FN 3
KC G8
Degree Programme Sessions(approx. 20mins if not otherwise stated)
10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00
Medical Sciences ZB ZB
Modern Languages
Music MR 051
Philosophy
Politics and International Relations
Psychology KC G8
Physics (50mins)
Real Estate
Sociology KC G7
Key
MT Meston Theatre
M Meston Building
FN Fraser Noble
KC King’s College
ZB Zoology Basement
SU Student Union Building
MR MacRobert Building
SM St Mary’s Building
SMF St Mary’s Foyer
NK New King’s
ZLT Zoology Lecture Theatre
ALT Arts Lecture Theatre (William Guild)
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Time Location Subject
10:00 Arts Lecture Theatre (ALT) Welcome
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn
Campus Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
10:30 MacRobert - room 051 (MR051) Education
New King's - room 1 (NK1) Applying - the UCAS process
Arts Lecture Theatre (ALT) Welcome
Fraser Noble - room 1 (FN1) Engineering (2hrs)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
10:45 King's College - ground floor, room 7 (KCG7) Economics
SU, Student Union Building Employability, Work Placements and Graduate Careers
King's College - first floor, room 8 (KCF8) History (30mins)
New King's - room 6 (NK6) Student Life (30mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
Time Location Subject
11:00 King's College - ground floor, room 8 (KCG8) Psychology
New King's - room 1 (NK1) Applying - the UCAS process
Arts Lecture Theatre (ALT) Student Finance - Scotland & EU (SAAS)
Meston - Lecture Theatre 1 (MT1) Archaeology
St Mary's - room G3 Geography (45mins)
King’s College - first floor, room 7 (KCF7) International Business
Zoology - Basement Medical Sciences
Meston - Lecture Theatre 4 (MT4) Chemistry (60mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
11:15 MacRobert Lecture Theatre (MR063)
Divinity, Theology & Religious Studies
Zoology Lecture Theatre (ZLT) Biological Sciences (45mins)
Fraser Noble - room 156 Mathematics (30mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
Tours, Talks, and Sessions by Time Library tours are self-guided and available throughout the day. (Talks are approx. 20mins if not otherwise stated and tours are approx. 45mins)
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Time Location Subject
11:30 King's College - ground floor, room 7 (KCG7) Sociology
King's College - first floor, room 7 (KCF7) History of Art
MacRobert - room 051 (MR051) Music
New King's - room 10 (NK10) Celtic & Anglo Saxon Studies
New King's - room 6 (NK6) Study Abroad
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
11:45 King's College - ground floor, room 8 (KCG8) Business Management
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
12:00 Meston - Lecture Theatre 1 (MT1) Geology (45mins)
MacRobert Lecture Theatre (MR063)
Divinity, Theology & Religious Studies
Meston - Lecture Theatre 4 (MT4) Chemistry (60mins)
New Kings - room 1 (NK1) Student Finance for England, Northern Ireland and Wales
Zoology - Basement Medical Sciences
Time Location Subject
12:00 Fraser Noble - room 156 Mathematics Mock Lecture (45mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
12:15 King's College - ground floor, room 7 (KCG7) Philosophy
King's College - first floor, room 8 (KCF8) University Sport
New King's - room 10 (NK10) English (30mins)
New King's - room 6 (NK6) Student Life (30mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
12:30 King's College - ground floor, room 8 (KCG8) Psychology
Arts Lecture Theatre (ALT) Student Finance - Scotland & EU (SAAS)
New Kings - room 1 (NK1) Applying - the UCAS process
MacRobert - room 051 (MR051) Education
Meston - room 311 (M311) Computing Science (90mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
Library tours are self-guided and available throughout the day. (Talks are approx. 20mins if not otherwise stated and tours are approx. 45mins)
Tours, Talks, and Sessions by Time
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Time Location Subject
12:45 MacRobert Lecture Theatre (MR063) Law
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
13:00 King's College - ground floor, room 7 (KCG7)
Politics and International Relations
SU, Student Union Building Employability, Work Placements and Graduate Careers
King's College - first floor, room 8 (KCF8) Film and Visual Culture
New King's - room 6 (NK6) Student Life (30mins)
New King's - room 10 (NK10) Language and Linguistics
Zoology - Basement Medical Sciences
Fraser Noble - room 1 (FN1) Engineering (2hrs)
Fraser Noble - room 3 (FN3) Physics (50mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
13:15 King's College - ground floor, room 8 (KCG8) Accountancy and Finance
MacRobert - room 051 (MR051) Music
Time Location Subject
13:15 St Mary's - foyer Archaeology Tour of Alaska Lab
Zoology Lecture Theatre (ZLT) Biological Sciences (45mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
13:30 New King's - room 1 (NK1) Student Finance for England, Northern Ireland and Wales
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
13:45 King's College - ground floor, room 7 (KCG7) Anthropology
King’s College - first floor, room 8 (KCF8) History (30mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
14:00 King's College - ground floor, room 8 (KCG8) Real Estate
New King's - room 10 (NK10) Modern Languages
Arts Lecture Theatre (ALT) Student Finance - Scotland & EU (SAAS)
MacRobert - room 051 (MR051) Education
Library tours are self-guided and available throughout the day. (Talks are approx. 20mins if not otherwise stated and tours are approx. 45mins)
Tours, Talks, and Sessions by Time
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Time Location Subject
14:00 MacRobert - room 051 (MR051) Education
New King's - room 1 (NK1) Applying - the UCAS process
Zoology - Basement Medical Sciences
St Mary's - room G3 (G3) Geography (45mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn
Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
14:15MacRobert Lecture Theatre (MR063)
Law
New King's - room 6 (NK6) Study Abroad
Fraser Noble - room 156 Mathematics (30mins)
Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn
Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
14:30Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn
Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Outside King's Chapel Shuttle bus to Hillhead
14:45Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn
Campus Tour, Sports Tour
15:00Tour meeting point on Elphinstone lawn
Campus Tour, Sports Tour
Tours, Talks, and Sessions by Time
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