One of the UK's leading universities, internationally recognised for expertise across a range of disciplines including design, science, engineering, and art.
Researchers
@mrcppu
have identified 38 separate proteins produced by the virus that causes COVID-19. They will now use this information to generate antibodies against them as part of a collaboration with
@UofGlasgow
👏👏👏
@UoDLifeSciences
Delighted to welcome back Gary Lightbody to Dundee today 👏
He formed the band
@snowpatrol
while he was a student at University and returned today to be awarded an honorary degree 😍🎓
#UoDGrad
We are very proud to announce that the University of Dundee will be competing on
#UniversityChallenge
for the first time since the 80s. Good luck to the team!
The health and wellbeing of our students and staff is paramount. We have decided to suspend the face to face delivery of learning and teaching from Monday 16 March to help reduce the risk of spread of coronavirus within our community.
We are delighted to welcome
@JimSpenceSport
, former Law graduate and broadcaster-aficionado, back to campus as he takes up the role of Rector at the University 👏🎉
A team from
@uodMedicine
has completed Scotland's first ultrasound thalamotomy - a non-invasive operation that will allow people suffering from uncontrolled tremors due to Parkinson's disease to control their movements.
For patients like Ian Keir, this is life-changing.
👇
This good boy is Cobbie the Collie 😍
He's a local 'pawesome' pup, who poses perfectly at Broughty Ferry Castle 🏰
#nationaldogphotographyday
Check out his adventures on Instagram /
@cobbiethecollie
😁👏
We are immensely proud of our medical students who will graduate early this week to aid the NHS in the fight against coronavirus. 🎓🎉👨⚕️👩⚕️
#UniSupport
#COVID19
Our lovely Tower Receptionist, Muriel Duncan, today celebrates 50 years working at the University! Dr Jim McGeorge, University Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, surprised her with a bouquet on behalf of us all.
Congratulations Muriel on reaching this amazing milestone. ⭐️
On this day in 1967, we officially became the University of Dundee 😍
That's 51 years of transforming lives across the world from right here in bonny Dundee 🌍🏴
📸 Thanks to the super-talented
@shahbazmajeed
For the first time in 30 years we have a team appearing on University Challenge! Tune in tomorrow evening at 8:30pm on BBC2 to support our wonderful team. The episode will also be airing in the Liar
@dusa_theunion
, so come along and cheer us on! 🎓🥳
#UniversityChallenge
This is Cassie 🐶❤
She's a eight year-old, fawn coloured, pure breed pug, who loves autumnal walks and destressing students like
@rebeccacarey143
😍
14 good girls and boys brought their owners along to our 🐶 walk and free lunch today 👏🥳
#NationalStressAwarenessDay
Congratulations to Professor Mike Ferguson, Regius Professor of Life Sciences, who has received a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list for his services to science.
#NewYearsHonours
#discoverdundee
Alumna, and now honorary graduate,
@EilishMccolgan
has won the Berlin Half Marathon! She completed the race in 65 mins and 43 secs - 43 secs faster than her previous personal best.
Congratulations from everyone at Dundee, Eilish - we're all in awe of your continued success! 🙌
It was a pleasure to welcome Scotland's First Minister
@HumzaYousaf
to the site of our Life Sciences Innovation Hub this morning.
The £40 million pound facility will anchor a new generation of high-growth companies and high-value jobs in the city.
On this day in 1967, we officially became the University of Dundee 😍
That's 52 years of taking Dundee expertise to the world and welcoming students, staff and families into our community 🌍 🏴
Mary Ann Baxter co-founded the University of Dundee and her insistence on the education of women has opened the doors for many, including the first female professor in Scotland, Margaret Fairlie. Happy International Women’s Day!
#chooseachallenge
#internationalwomensday
Huge, and well deserved, congratulations to our friends
@VADundee
for being named as one of the World's Greatest Places of 2019 by
@TIME
😍🎉👏
We couldn't be more proud partners of this stunning museum 🙌
We have been shocked this morning to hear of the death of Eddie Small, such an inspiration to so many within our University community and beyond. An incredible tutor and friend to many.
We are delighted to be able to provide vital PPE equipment to Dundee City Council for front line public health, social and community care workers across the city.
#WeAreTogether
We are thrilled to announce that our new Chancellor is Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell 😍🎉
Dame Jocelyn is an astrophysicist, best known for her discovery of ‘pulsars’.
Welcome to the
#dundeeunifamily
Dame Jocelyn 👏
One of the Uni's best-known faces, Tower Building receptionist, Muriel Duncan, celebrates her 90th birthday tomorrow!
As an early surprise, the Principal presented her with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of us all.
Here's what Muriel had to say when we caught up with her 👇
The University of Dundee has been placed 30th in the world in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) Golden Age University Rankings. 🎉
#THEunirankings
#GoldenAgeUni
The cafe with arguably the best view in Dundee is open again!
Our Top of the Tower Cafe has had a makeover and is ready to welcome you for a quick cuppa or leisurely lunch alongside some incredible views of our city.
Reach it by taking a lift to the Tower Building's 10th floor.
Congratulations to Prof Tracy Palmer, Chair in Molecular Microbiology
@UoDLifeSciences
who has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) “For any scientist this is a major landmark in a career and I am deeply honoured.”
@royalsociety
We have been ranked 4th among UK universities for overall student satisfaction in the 2019 National Student Survey (NSS).
The University recorded overall satisfaction of 90%, up 2% on the 2018 result and well above the sector average of 84%.
👌🎉❤️
We are incredibly proud of our Nursing students who stepped up to work for our local health service to finish their degrees & will now join the global battle against Covid-19. Well done to you all 🌈
#UniSupport
#WeAreTogether
@UoDNHS
@NHSTayside
@nhsfife
.
@KeirHolly
, a PhD student
@UoDMedicine
who has spent the past year working on potential treatments for COVID-19, has been named as one of the best young scientists in her field
Oh, don't mind us... we're just enjoying the fact that
@Twitter
isn't cropping images any more and we can share pics of our Tower Building in its full lofty glory...
Congratulations to our former Rector Brian Cox on winning Best Actor in a TV Drama Series at the Golden Globes in LA last night, for his role in HBO series Succession. 🎬🎉🌟👏
#GoldenGlobes
#Dundee
We should have been celebrating with our graduating students this week. 🎓👩🎓🎓🧑🎓🎓👨🎓🎓 We're sad we can't give you the send-off you deserve right now, but we couldn't let the week pass unnoticed - congrats Class of 2020! 🎉🥳🎊 Tag us in your celebrations.
#dundeeuni
We are the 1st university in Scotland to be awarded a Gold Engage Watermark from
@NCCPE
!
This award recognises our commitment and excellence in public engagement.
We would not have achieved this award without our staff, students & external partners.
#Engage2020
@dundeeuni
Congratulations to
@ProfNNicDaeid
, winner of the
@RoyalSocEd
Senior Prize for Public Engagement. She was honoured for her work
@lrcfs
communicating forensic science to the public and enhancing confidence in its application in the justice system
An emotional moment for Pete Downes and his wife Elizabeth today as he finished his last graduation as Principal, the 90th he has attended over the last 10 years (never missed one!)
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with her family and all those whose lives she touched throughout a remarkable reign that lasted over 70 years.
A celebration of the talents and stories of people in the north-east of Scotland is the focus of one of hundreds of exhibits in the upcoming University of Dundee’s Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Showcase 2021.
#djcadgraduateshowcase
In case you missed it, we've been named the University of the Year for Student Experience 2020 by
@thetimes
and
@thesundaytimes
😁👏
Here's what our students think about Dundee ❤️
#GoodUniGuide
Congratulations to Professor Emerita
@maryrenfrew
from
@UoDHealthSci
on becoming the first midwife elected to
@acmedsci
👏 🎉
Read how her work has touched the lives of millions of parents and newborns here 👉
Once again, we're in awe of
@EilishMccolgan
- our alumna and, as of Nov 2022, honorary graduate. She's just recorded a British 10,000m record, beating the previous 20-year record held by Paula Radcliffe. 🙌
Congratulations from everyone in Dundee, Eilish! ❤️
📷 Chris Scott
Having artwork feature on TV and in an exhibition is a huge accomplishment for any young artist, but even more so for
@beckyloutyler
, who makes incredible art using eye-gaze technology!
Watch Becky on
#GraysonsArtClub
,
@Channel4
, Friday at 8pm.
We’re kicking off
#internationalwomensday
with our inspirational benefactress Mary Ann Baxter, a key advocate of equal gender access to education.
With more than 60% of our current students being female, her influence is still felt to this day
#IWD2018
Ladies and gentlemen, my grandparents. My Granny and Granda dressed up for my virtual graduation live stream in the outfits they were going to wear to my real graduation. 😭😭😭😭😭
We can't stop smiling at our snow-penguin friend!
It was made by Ken Banbury, a Fine Art Masters student, and the photo was taken by Janice Aitken, Senior Lecturer at
@DJCAD
.
#dundeeuni
#dundee
#beastfromtheast
Professor James Chalmers
@UoDMedicine
is leading a major new clinical trial of a drug, developed by
@Insmed
, that it is hoped may help to prevent the worst ravages of COVID-19
#WeAreTogether