Gray's School of ArtGray's School of Art is an art school located in Aberdeen, Scotland. Part of Robert Gordon University, it is one of the oldest established fine art institutions in Scotland and one of Scotland's five art schools today, and ranked among the Top 20 Schools of Art and Design in the United Kingdom. The School is housed in a building at the university's Garthdee campus in Aberdeen. HistoryGray's School of Science and Art was opened on 7 September 1885.
University of AberdeenPublic research university in ScotlandThe University of Aberdeen (abbreviated Aberd. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a publicresearch university in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Robert Gordon's CollegeRobert Gordon's College is a co-educational private school for day pupils in Aberdeen, Scotland. The school caters for pupils from nursery through to S6.
Robert Gordon (philanthropist)Robert Gordon (1668–1731) was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist. He is most well known for his founding of a charitable hospital which later evolved into a school and then a university in Aberdeen. BiographyEarly lifeRobert Gordon was born in Aberdeen. He was the only son of Arthur Gordon (1625-1680) who married Isabella Menzies of Balgownie. He was baptised in 1688.
GarthdeeGarthdee (Scottish Gaelic: Gart Dè) is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. There is a large housing estate in Garthdee. GeographyGarthdee is south west of the city centre, 3 km from . It lies on the north side the River Dee, north-west from the Bridge of Dee. HistoryThe present-day Robert Gordon University campus stands on an area previously known as Kaim Hill which had been part of the rural Pitfodels Estate, also known as the "Lands of Pitfodels".Campus universityA campus university is a university mainly located on a single site, with student accommodation, teaching and research facilities, and leisure activities all together, particularly in British English. It is derived from the Latin term campus, meaning "a flat expanse of land, plain, field".
Research universityA research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are "the key sites of knowledge production", along with "intergenerational knowledge transfer and the certification of new knowledge" through the awarding of doctoral degrees, and continue to be "the very center of scientific productivity". They can be public or private, and often have well-known brand names.
AberdeenAberdeen is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeenshire, but is now separate from the council area of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen City Council is one of Scotland's 32 local authorities (commonly referred to as councils).Public universityA public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is owned by the state or that receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered "public" varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. In contrast a private university is usually owned and operated by a private corporation (not-for-profit or for profit).List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom)Post-nominal letters are used in the United Kingdom after a person's name in order to indicate their positions, qualifications, memberships, or other status. There are various established orders for giving these, e.g. from the Ministry of Justice, Debrett's, and A & C Black's Titles and Forms of Address, which are generally in close agreement.
Bachelor's degreeUndergraduate educational qualificationA bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latinbaccalaureus; or baccalaureate, from Modern Latinbaccalaureatus) is an undergraduate degree awarded by higher education institutions upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (depending on the institution and academic discipline). The two most common bachelor's degrees are the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Bachelor of Science (BS or BSc).
ScotlandScotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. In 2022, the country's population was about 5.4 million. Its capital city is Edinburgh, whilst Glasgow is the largest and the most populous of the cities in the country.
Doctor of PhilosophyPostgraduate academic degreeA Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; Latin: philosophiae doctor or doctor in philosophia) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated PhD (or, at times, as Ph.D. in North America) and is pronounced as three separate letters ( ).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.