English Name: | University of Stirling |
Region: | Northern Europe |
Country/Region: | UK |
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Address: | Street/Avenue |
Website: | http://www.stir.ac.uk/ |
The University of Stirling was founded in 1967, it was Scotland's first new university in 400 years and has a strong history of innovation and excellence. The campus is regularly described as one of the most beautiful in the world, set in a 300 acre estate, which boasts its own loch and the Robert Adam designed Airthrey Castle. The city of Stirling is two miles away with its castle and historic old town.
Stirling was designated Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence in 2008 and houses outstanding facilities for sport. There is also a vibrant arts centre on campus. The university has 12,300 students and around 23% of them are from overseas, with more than 100 nationalities represented. Stirling was the first university in the UK to introduce the semester system and is proud of the flexibility of its degrees.
The University aims to be at the forefront of research and learning that helps to improve lives. Working with academic, commercial, public, private and voluntary sector partners, Stirling is one of the UK’s leading research universities in the fields of health and wellbeing, the environment and people, culture and society, enterprise and the economy, and sport.
Students are at the heart of what the University does and Stirling provides one of the best all round student experiences in the UK. In learning and teaching, Stirling works with the student community to deliver high quality programmes that produce intellectually able graduates who are highly sought after by employers. Stirling is ambitious for its students, and flexible learning opportunities enable them to explore and discover new subjects and interests.
There is a vibrant and growing postgraduate community and students, researchers and staff from around the world are welcomed. This gives Stirling's research and teaching a global outlook, while remaining relevant to Scottish culture and economy.
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