阿伯丁大學
维库，知识与思想的自由文库
[编辑] 歷史阿伯丁第一所大學King's College於1495年2月由當時的阿伯丁主教William Elphinstone創立，初期被命名為St. Mary's College。於1593年，George Keith創立了阿伯丁第二所的大學。 the fifth Earl Marischal. It is often said that he desired a protestant institution alongside the pre-Reformation King's College, but King's had been Protestant since 1569. It is possible that the founding of another college in nearby Fraserburgh in 1592 was the true cause; its founder Sir Alexander Fraser was a business rival of Marischal. The two universities in Aberdeen were merged on 15 September 1860 in accordance with the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858, which also created a new medical school at Marischal. The 1858 act stated that the "united University shall take rank among the Universities of Scotland as from the date of erection of King's College and University." The University is thus Scotland's third oldest and the United Kingdom's fifth oldest University. [编辑] 收生於2006-07年度，全日制學生超過13,900名，包括3,000名碩士及博士生。大學提供超過590個不同的學士課程及超過110個的碩士及博士課程。[1] 她是全蘇格蘭其中一間最over-subscribed的大學。with the number of applications said to be almost as many in number as the amount of students currently studying at the institution.[來源請求] [编辑] 組織現時大學由三個書院組成，旗下再細分不同部門，與之前五個大部門不同。 [编辑] 文學及社會科學院(College of Arts and Social Sciences)School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, School of Education, School of Language & Literature, School of Law, School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen Business School [编辑] 生命科學及醫學學院(College of Life Sciences and Medicine)School of Biological Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Psychology, Graduate School [编辑] 阿伯丁大學物理科學院
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, School of Geosciences, Graduate School [编辑] 建築及大樓大學原有的建築擁有濃厚的阿伯丁傳統特色，但新建的樓宇均傾向現代風格。 
King's College forms a quadrangle with interior court, two sides of which have been rebuilt, and a library wing has been added. The Crown Tower and the Chapel, the oldest parts, date from 1500. The former is surmounted by a structure about 40 ft (12 m) high, consisting of a six-sided lantern and royal crown, both sculptured, and resting on the intersections of two arched ornamental slips rising from the four corners of the top of the tower. The choir of the chapel still contains the original oak canopied stalls, miserere seats, and lofty open screens in the French flamboyant style, and of unique beauty of design and execution. Their preservation was due to the enlightened energy of the principal at the time of the Reformation, who armed his folk to save the building from the barons of the Mearns after they had robbed St Machar's of its bells and lead. Today, King's returns the favour by providing needed funds for the university as it fulfils its sometime occupation as corporate reception and exhibition area. 
Marischal College is a stately modern building, having been rebuilt in 1836-41, and greatly extended several years later at a cost of £100,000. The additions to the buildings opened by King Edward VII in 1906, form one of the most splendid examples of modern architecture in Great Britain; the architect, Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, a native of Aberdeen, having adapted his material, white granite, to the design of a noble building with the originality of genius. The beautiful Mitchell Tower is so named from the benefactor (Dr Charles Mitchell) who provided the splendid graduation hall. The opening of this tower in 1895 signalled the commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the university. The building is now mostly let to the local authority, although the University retains the Marischal Museum and Mitchell Hall, which is used for graduation ceremonies. A botanic garden was presented to the university in 1899. 大學的圖書館有接近一百萬本書。於2006年4月，大學宣佈斥資5500萬英磅由丹麥建築師Schmidt Hammer Lassenn 設計一個新的圖書館，預計於2010年落成。In addition to its expanded facilities it will also house the University's historic collections, comprising more than a quarter of a million ancient and priceless books and manuscripts that have been collected over five centuries since the University's foundations [1]. The University also includes more modern buildings, such as the Fraser Noble Building, with a distinctive concrete crown desigened to resemble the one adorning King's College, the Zoology Building, which has its own musium of natural history and the Meston Building, which is a mish-mash of many recent buildings which have seemingly grown together over recent years. [编辑] 校友See also: Category:Alumni of the University of Aberdeen 大學著名校友包括有：
[编辑] Student representationThe student body is represented at various levels within the University by a Students' Association known as Aberdeen University Students' Association (AUSA). [编辑] Partner universities
The Robert Gordon University is also in Aberdeen. [编辑] 外部連結 | ||||
