The Institute’s Academic Training Programme (ATP) students from the UAE and Qatar leave Dundee today (Wednesday, February 16) for a two-day visit to the University of Aberdeen.
The University, which validates the courses offered at the Institute, was founded in 1495. It is Scotland’s third oldest university and the fifth most ancient in the United Kingdom.
The 50 female students – on the 11th educational programme of its kind, including Summer Schools, organised by the Institute since the first in 2003 – are in the third week of their stay in Scotland.
Professor William Naphy, Director of the Graduate School at the University’s College of Arts and Social Sciences, who is organising the visit, said:
“The University is delighted to welcome to Aberdeen this group of students from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
“We will be showing them around our historic campus, entertaining them with the skills of Scottish dancing, and giving them a taste of attending lectures with our students.
“We hope they enjoy their short time with us and may wish to return one day for a longer visit or perhaps to continue their education at our university.”
Institute Principal, Professor Malory Nye, said: “The University of Aberdeen is an historic institution and I am sure our ATP students will find their visit to the north-east hugely interesting.
“At the Institute, we are very proud to work in academic partnership with the University of Aberdeen, in particular through its validation of our MLitt and PhD degree programmes.
“We are pleased the students will be spending time there and we are grateful to the University for making this part of the ATP possible.”
