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Welcome to Offer Holder Day
HELLO! We’re delighted you’re here – and we can’t wait to show you what Abertay has to offer.
Visiting us today provides a great opportunity to see what life here is really like. You can attend a programme talk, explore our campus, chat to students and staff, and get answers to the questions that matter the most.
By the end of the day, you'll have a better idea of whether Abertay feels like the right fit for your future.
Please use this programme to plan your day.
Don't hesitate to ask lots of questions and get familiar with our compact city centre campus.
If you have any questions or need help, please speak to our Student Event Team or any member of staff - they'll be wearing blue Abertay hoodies and t-shirts.
Enjoy your visit and we look forward to welcoming you back to Abertay University as a student in September.
All the best,
The Abertay Team
Contents
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Getting to Abertay
By car: We're situated in Dundee city centre. You can check driving directions on Google Maps. Our postcode is DD1 1HG.
By bus and by train: Our campus is in Dundee city centre. It's only a 10-minute walk from the bus station or a 10-minute walk from the train station.
Parking
We don't have any private parking spaces, but there are a number of public car parks nearby. The nearest are - Bell Street, Wellgate Centre, Overgate Centre, Olympia and Gellatly Street There is also limited on-street parking on Bell Street and in some surrounding streets.
Check-in
The first thing you need to do is let us know you're here. Make your way to Room 1001, Old College (you'll be directed from Bell Street) where we'll be waiting to welcome you - collect your goody bag and copy of the Offer Holder Day programme while you're there.
When to arrive
The day starts at 10am but please try to arrive 15-20 mins early so we can check you in. Remember to check the schedule in advance for the times of the talks and activities you're interested in. Please also allow time for us to check you in and direct you to where you need to be first.
What's involved in an Offer Holder Day?
An Offer Holder Day is your chance to get more information or answers to any questions you might have about the course(s) you want to study.
If you have applied for more than one course and aren't sure which to choose, speaking to lecturers and students will help you decide.
It's also your chance to have a good look around the campus (and Dundee) and find out whether Abertay's vibe is right for you.
Check-in
🕑 10am to 2pm
📍 Room 1001, Old College (you'll be directed from Bell Street)
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Go here first to check in, pick up a paper copy of the Offer Holder Day schedule (if you need it) and goody bag.
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Drop in to talk and to have your questions answered by our friendly academic staff in the basecamps for Dundee Business School and the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences.
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Grab a complimentary tea or coffee in the Old College Building foyer.
Our staff here will be happy to direct you to see the facilities at the Abertay Gym where you can also find out more about our Sports Clubs.
Campus Tours
🕑 10am to 2pm
📍 Leaving from Room C109 (Ground Floor, Old College Building)
Take a tour and have a good look around our compact city centre campus.
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Tours leave every 30 minutes from Room C109 in the Old College.
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No booking required - just turn up.
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First tour leaves at 10am, last tour leaves at 1.30pm.
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Tours last approximately 20-30 minutes.
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Please note: Campus Tour groups will be limited to 12-15 people.
Guided and Self-Guided Library Tours
🕑 10am to 2pm
📍 The Bernard King Library
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The hub of student life.
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No need to book - just turn up and take a self-guided tour around our beautiful library.
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We'll also have a library assistant available if you'd rather have a guided tour
Guided Tour of Dundee City Centre
🕑 10.30am, 11.30am and 12.30pm
📍 Leaving from the main reception, Kydd Building
Hear the stories of Dundee's history in an entertaining and humorous 50 minute tour of the city centre.
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Learn more about things to do in Dundee and living in the city.
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Take in the historic Howff cemetery, Albert Square, McManus Art Gallery and Museum, City Square and High Street.
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Flat route with no stairs involved.
Please note: places are very limited, so please book your place in the reception of the Kydd Building as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.
Accommodation Hub
🕑 10am to 2pm
📍 Room 1007 (Old College Building)
Come along to the accommodation basecamp to speak to our friendly accommodation providers about your requirements when choosing a place to live at uni.
Accommodation Tours
🕑 10am to 2pm
📍 Room 1007 (Old College Building)
Learn more about our student residences, and where you might be living if you join Abertay.
Some accommodation providers will provide tours which must be booked on the day. Please limit the number of guests you bring on the tour as we can only accommodate up to 20 people per group.
You can also book viewings of other accommodation providers, making your own way there at a time convenient to you on the day.
Information Stations
🕑 10am to 2pm
📍 Room 2521, Second Floor, Kydd Building
Ask Abertay Hub
This is the place to go to:
- Ask questions about your offer(s) with our Admissions team
- Find out more information on student funding
- Learn about Study Abroad options
- Discover more about student finance - SAAS (Student Awards Agency Scotland) will be available to chat to on Saturday 21 March
- Speak to expert staff if you're an international student
🕑 10am to 2pm
📍 Ground Floor, Bernard King Library
Student Services
University life can be exciting, but it can also bring challenges. That's why our professional and experienced Student Services teams are here to support you whenever you need it.
We offer help in lots of areas, including:
- Disability and Specific Learning Difficulties
- Mental health and counselling
- Financial guidance
- Careers and employability
- Find out about Abertay Sport
Our friendly staff will take the time to listen and give you clear, practical advice that's tailored to your situation. Whatever you're going through, we'll make sure you feel supported and confident throughout your university journey.
Abertay Students' Association
The Students' Association is the hub of student representation. They cover all aspects of your time here such as volunteering opportunities, societies and support. They help you to fully engage with student life, because coming to university means so much more than just attending classes.
Come along to the ground floor of the library to meet the team and see some of the societies you could join.
Welcome Sessions, Talks and Course Activities
We want to make sure your Offer Holder Day is as interactive as possible - and we want you to learn even more about the course(s) you're keen on.
See below for scheduled times and activities.
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Welcome Session
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| Activity | Overview | Time and Location |
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Welcome Talk |
The best way to start your day - come along to find out how to get the most out of your Offer Holder Day. |
10am (Room 2516, Kydd Building)
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Coming from College Talk
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| Activity | Overview | Time and Location |
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Coming from College Talk |
Come along to find out what it's like coming straight from College to Abertay. Someone from our recruitment team will be on hand to answer any questions you may have. |
(Room 1502, Kydd Building)
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Student Life
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| Activity | Overview | Time and Location |
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Q&A session with current Abertay students |
Want to hear more from current students? Got some questions about student life? Come and join a panel of current students to hear more about student life at Abertay and get your questions answered. |
(Room 1502, Kydd Building)
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SAAS: Student Finance for Scottish Students
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| Activity | Overview | Time and Location |
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SAAS: Student Finance for Scottish Students |
Learn more about student finance with a talk from the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS). Please note this session is for Scottish domiciled students only. |
Saturday 21 March ONLY
(Room 1502, Kydd Building)
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Parents Talk
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| Activity | Overview | Time and Location |
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Parents Talk |
Applying to university can be exciting and overwhelming - but what happens next? This session will equip parents and guardians with info to support their student through university. |
(Room 1502, Kydd Building)
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Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences: Course Talks/Activities
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| Course | Overview | Time and Location |
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Biomedical Science |
From DNA to diagnosis. Learn about how an individual's DNA can give an insight into their potential to develop a disease, the genetic basis of illness, ability to metabolise drugs, and even to become a parent. Take part in practical activities such as DNA extraction and gel electrophoresis and see a cutting-edge example of rapid genetic testing. This workshop emphasises hands-on techniques to understand the genetic underpinnings of human traits, and implications for medical diagnosis. Participate in these practical activities to help understand the applications of genetic technologies in biomedical contexts. |
Talk
(Room 4561, Kydd Building)
Activity
(Follows on from programme talk in Room 4561, Kydd Building)
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Criminology (all pathways) |
We'll discuss what you'll study on our different degree pathways followed by a 'taster' of our programme modules; two 'mini-talks' from the following topics: Investigating Cocaine Trafficking from South America to the UK; Drug Addiction & Dependence; and Crimes Destroying the Planet. |
Talk
(Room 2517, Kydd Building) |
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Engineering (all pathways) |
This two-hour session includes a course talk on our three engineering programmes followed by a Q&A and activity. |
Talk followed by activity
(Room 1026, Old College Building) |
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Food Sciences, Fitness, Nutrition and Wellbeing (all pathways) |
Come along and meet some of our teaching team and students who will tell you about what is like to be a student on our Food Science, Nutrition and Wellbeing programmes at Abertay. You will also get the opportunity to take part in some practical activities similar to those you will do as a student and to ask any questions that you have. |
Talk, Activities and Tour
(Room 4540, Kydd Building) |
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Forensic Sciences |
Forensic Science focuses on the identification, visualisation and interpretation of evidence. This session explains our crime scene to court approach to learning our course. There are talks, practical activities in the laboratories, a crime scene house tour and an opportunity to speak to current students about their studies and projects. |
Talk
(Room 3512, Kydd Building)
Activity
(4562 and 3530, Kydd Building for fingerprint activity) |
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Mental Health Nursing |
Mental Health Nursing centres around building strong therapeutic relationships with people, so in this session you'll get the chance to learn and practice some of those relationship building skills and hopefully get to know some of your prospective classmates a little better. This will be followed by the chance to ask Programme staff any questions you might have about the programme, the university or mental health nursing more generally. |
Talk
(Room 3541, Kydd Building) |
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Psychology (all pathways) |
Hear from staff about studying Psychology at Abertay and the various degrees we offer. Followed by psychology activities - come and meet Dr Penny Woolnough and Nesha Chan and take part in an activity based on missing person research conducted at Abertay. There will also be time to ask questions and chat about our programmes at the end. |
Programme Talk
(Room 2517, Kydd Building)
Demos and activities
Lab tour, activities and demos. (Room 5530 for activity plus psychology labs and social area on level 5, Kydd Building for demonstrations). |
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Sport and Exercise Sciences (all pathways) |
Hear all about studying Sport at Abertay from our academic staff. After the talk you will have the opportunity to attend up to two different 30-minute demonstrations running at 12pm and 1pm. These are located in the Strength and Conditioning Laboratory (room 1008), Biomechanics Laboratory (room 1015) and Physiology Laboratory (room 1019). You will be guided to these after the talk and you can always drop into our Basecamp in room 1012 to ask any questions you have. |
Talks Sport and Management
(Room 1025, Old College Building)
Sport (Years 1 & 2 entry)
(Room 1006, Old College Building)
Sport (Year 3 entry)
(Room 1004, Old College Building)
Demos/Practicals
(Room 1008, Old College Building - Coaching and Strength & Conditioning.) (Room 1015, Old College Building - Biomechanics.) (Room 1019, Old College Building - Physiology.) |
Dundee Business School: Course Talks/Activities
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| Course | Overview | Time and Location |
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Accounting |
Meet the Programme Leader and get an inside look into studying Accounting at Abertay, followed by a Q&A session. |
Talk and Q&A session
(Room 3510, Kydd Building) |
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Business |
Meet the Programme Leader and get an insider’s look at our BA (Hons) Business Management degree. Gain an insight into our industry focussed approach and explore future career pathways. Ask your questions directly to our staff and students in a live Q&A. |
Talk and Q&A session
(Room 3508, Kydd Building
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| Law, Law with Criminology and Graduate Entry Accelerated LLB |
The Programme team will provide an overview of the law programmes followed by a Q&A. You will then have the opportunity to engage in a Moot Court activity, showcasing some of the employability and practical skills that you will develop while studying one of the law programmes. |
Talk and Moot Court activity
(Room 2018, Old College Building) |
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Marketing (all pathways) |
Meet the Programme Leader and get an insider’s view of BA (Hons) Marketing—covering brand strategy, digital campaigns, consumer insight and analytics. Discover the growing demand for marketing graduates across sectors, explore career pathways from agency to in‑house, and bring your questions to a live Q&A with staff and students. |
Talk and Q&A session
(Room 3511, Kydd Building) |
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Accounting / Business / Marketing Activity |
Join us for an interactive session giving you a real sense of the holistic approach to business. |
Activity
(Room 3508, Kydd Building) |
Games, Computing, Computer Science and Ethical Hacking: Course Talks/Activities
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| Course | Overview | Time and Location |
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Computing + Computer Science + Computer Science with Cybersecurity + Ethical Hacking |
Come along for an overview of our Computing, Computer Science, Computer Science with Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking degrees, learn more about student societies, and see staff and student work. |
Talks
(Room 4511, Kydd Building)
(Room 4506, Kydd Building)
(Room 4511, Kydd Building)
(Room 4506, Kydd Building)
Staff and Student Demos
(Room 4510, Kydd Building) |
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Computer Arts
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In this session, programme leaders will walk audiences through what it takes to succeed in BA (Hons) Computer Arts, how this course works and what's involved. You'll also have the opportunity ask any questions you may have. Finally see student and staff demos and a showcase of student work. |
Talk
(Room 2522, Kydd Building)
Demos and showcasing of student work
(Rooms 1521 A/B/C, 1519, 1520, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2535 (Life Drawing Studio), Project room 1549, Emergent Technology Centre and ViPRE Studio, Kydd Building) |
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Computer Game Applications Development + Computer Games Technology |
Attend this session for overviews of the BSc (Hons) Computer Game Applications Development and BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology course. |
Talk
(Room 2516, Kydd Building)
Demos
(Rooms 1521 A/B/C, 1519, 1520, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, Life Drawing Studio (2535), Project room 1549, Emergent Technology Centre and ViPRE Studio, Kydd Building) |
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Visual Effects for Games and Real-Time Media |
Come along and hear all about our brand new BSc (Hons) Visual Effects for Games and Real-Time Media course. |
Talk
(2522, Kydd Building) Demos
(Rooms 1521 A/B/C, 1519, 1520, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, Life Drawing Studio (2535), Project room 1549, Emergent Technology Centre and ViPRE Studio, Kydd Building) |
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Game Design and Production |
Come along to our talk at 11.30am where you'll hear all about our Game Design and Production course. You can also see examples of current student work from 10am - 2pm. |
Talk
(Room 2516, Kydd Building)
Demos and showcasing of student work
(Rooms 1521 A/B/C, 1519, 1520, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2535 (Life Drawing Studio), Project room 1549, Emergent Technology Centre and ViPRE Studio, Kydd Building) |
Faculty Basecamps
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| Activity | Overview | Time and Location |
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Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences |
Come along to the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences basecamp for an informal chat with our academic staff. This is the best place to ask questions. |
(Room 1001, Old College Building) |
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Dundee Business School |
Drop in to the Dundee Business School basecamp for an informal chat with our academic staff. This is a great opportunity to ask questions. |
(1001, Old College Building) |
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Faculty of Design, Informatics and Business (Games, Computing, Computer Science and Ethical Hacking) |
Head to the Faculty of Design and Informatics Basecamp for an informal chat with lecturers and students. This is an ideal place to ask questions. |
(The Atrium, Level 1, Kydd Building) |
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Sports Courses drop-in |
If you have any questions throughout the day related to our sports courses, come along and have a chat with some of our teaching staff. |
Room 1012 (Old College Building) |
