Description The third-oldest university in Scotland (after University of St. Andrews and University of Glasgow), University of Aberdeen is also one of the top institutions of higher learning in the UK. The university, which has an annual enrollment of some 14,000 students, offers more than 550 first degree programs and 110 master's programs at schools of arts and social science, life sciences and medicine, and physical sciences. It is also home to research institutes such as the Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability and the Rural Digital Economy Hub. University of Aberdeen traces its beginnings to the establishment of King's College in Aberdeen in 1495 by Bishop William Elphinstone.
University of Aberdeen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 335 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The University of Aberdeen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 74% of employees would recommend working at University of Aberdeen to a friend. This is based on 342 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
76% of job seekers rate their interview experience at University of Aberdeen as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at University of Aberdeen.