Founded in 1495, the University of Aberdeen is the fifth oldest university in the English-speaking world. Today, the University has 15,000 students in disciplines across the Arts and Social Sciences, Law, Engineering, Science and Medical Sciences. Our campus is situated in the historic Old Aberdeen, a hidden architectural gem of Scotland, just a 20 minute walk from the centre of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland's third largest city with a population of 220,000. The University of Aberdeen is ranked 196th in the QS World University Rankings, placing it in the top 1% of universities around the world