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Getting here

When you arrive

Our campus is in Dundee city centre and only a 10 minute walk from the bus and train stations. The limited on-street parking is for less than an hour and not suitable for Applicant Visit Day. Look for AA signage for car parking. Closest is West Bell Street car park, satnav DD1 1EX. Next closest is Bank Street carpark, satnav DD1 1RW.

First thing to do is check in. Make your way to the foyer of the Kydd Building.

Refreshments Refuel during the day at one of our locations on campus, anytime between 9.00am - 3.30pm.

Aroma Cafe (ground floor in the Student Centre, the big building directly opposite where you checked-in). Drinks and light snacks available PLUS don’t miss out on some stovies and mac’n’cheese for only £2.50.

Library Café (ground floor in the Library). Drinks and light snacks available.

Academic School Basecamp areas Complimentary tea, coffee and water available.

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Opening Times Saturday 14 April 10.00am – 4.00pm

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Tours a nd Visit s Campus Tours | 10.00am 4.00pm

Accommodation Tours | 10:00am - 2:00pm

Leaving every 30 mins from the Kydd Building Reception.

Leaving every 30 mins from the ground floor of the Library. Last tour leaves at 1.30pm.

Duration: 20-30 mins Our campus is small but perfectly formed. Get a feel for it by taking one of our guided tours.

Library Tours | 10.00am - 4.00pm Leaving every 30 mins from Kydd Building Reception starting from 10.15am.

Self-guided tours and introductory sessions.

Duration: 20-30 mins The hub of student life at the University. It’s where our students access extra online information for their courses, use PCs and borrow laptops as well as books. There’s a one-stop-shop for all your queries (Support Enquiry Zone), space for individual, group, quiet and social study and a café.

Support Enquiry Zone (SEZ) Part of Library tour.

Your one-stop-shop for any enquiry.

Open evenings and weekends, you can ask SEZ anything, and if they can’t help directly, they’ll put you in touch with the specialist service that can.

Hear more about SEZ and see where they’re based on the Library Tour.

Duration: 20-30 mins Don’t miss talks on student accommodation before you go on a tour. See next page.

Student Centre Visit Visit our Student Centre when you have a free moment. It’s the social hub of the campus and the perfect place to eat, relax and meet your new friends. Basement: for the Common Room, free access PCs, games consoles and a projector for communal gaming and film screenings. Ground floor: for the Campus shop and Aroma café. First floor: for Bar One diner, pool tables, TVs playing music channels and a place to study.

Gym Visit | 10.00am - 4.00pm Located in the Graham Building, check out the facilities, meet our gym assistants and hear more about sports clubs at Abertay. From dance to rugby, there’s something for everyone.

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Genera

l Talks

Room 1007, Level 1, Old College Building

Main Lecture Theatre Room 2516, Level 2, Kydd Building

Coming from College 12.30pm - 1.00pm

Accommodation

Come along to this session to hear about how studying at university can differ from the college experience.

There will be the opportunity to hear more about support available at Abertay, meet staff from the Learner Development Service and ask questions about joining as a direct entrant.

11.00am - 11.30am, 12.00pm 12.30pm and 1.00pm - 1.30pm

Small Lecture Theatre Room 2517, Level 2, Kydd Building

Student funding

For parents/guardians 12.00pm - 12.30pm Find out more about how to support your son/daughter/dependent and get an opportunity to ask questions.

Study abroad/Careers support 13.00pm - 13.30pm Find out about opportunities to study abroad as part of your degree. Find out where your degree can take you and the best way to develop your skills and experience while studying. There’s also a drop-in information stand in our Events Space.

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Find out more about the student accommodation we have to offer. We highly recommend you attend this talk before or instead of going on an accommodation tour.

12.30pm - 1.00pm and 1.30pm 2.00pm Get advice on the financial aspects of studying at university from representatives from the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS).

There’s also a drop-in information stand in our Events Space.

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Admissions Drop-in to find out more about entry requirements and the UCAS application process.

Student Funding Get financial advice from the Students Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS).

Study Abroad Find out about opportunities to study abroad as part of your degree.

Careers Support Get information on your career options beyond graduation and learn how to enhance your employability throughout your time at Abertay.

Advisory Service For information on funding, disability support, visas and general wellbeing.

Students’ Association Run by students for students. Find out more about it. Go to Students’ Association Office, Level 2, Kydd Building.

Abertay Sport Learn more about sports clubs at Abertay. From dance to rugby, there’s something for everyone.

Student Societies Come and meet some of our Student Societies, located between the Events Space and Level 2 foyer.

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Subject

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areas: C

omputin

School Design of and Info rmatic

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uter Arts

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DEGREE PROGRAMME

TIME AND LOCATION

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Academic School Basecamp Area – 10.00am - 4.00pm Centre for Excellence Alcove (Games)/Level 4 Reception (Computing/Ethical Hacking).

Drop in to chat with lecturers and current students. If you’ve applied for more than one course, attend the programme talk of your frontrunner and visit the Basecamp Area to learn more about the others.

Computer Arts

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2532 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2532

Computer Games Technology

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2522

Computer Games Application Development

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2522

Game Design and Production

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2521

1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2522

Abertay University is home to Europe’s best computer games degrees, and here you can find out why! We’ll start with a programme talk which covers our approach to commercially-situated teaching and an overview of the programme. You won’t just get out word for it either as you’ll be able to listen to current students speak about their experience with us. There’ll be rolling game demos for you to play and an informal Q&A with our academics and students throughout the day.

1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2522

1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2521 Sound and Music for Games

10:00am-12:00pm Room 1533

Computing

10:00am-12:00pm Room 4510

1:30pm-3:30pm Room 1533

1:30pm-3:30pm Room 4510 Ethical Hacking

We’ll begin with a talk about our programme. Then there’ll be talks from our current students, speaking about their experiences with us. There’ll also be project demos throughout the day for you to try out!

10:00am-12:00pm Room 4511 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 4511

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School Social &of Health

Subject areas: S port and

Exercise Science , Mental , Psychology, S ociology Health , Crim

Science

inology,

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Social

DEGREE PROGRAMME

TIME AND LOCATION

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Academic School Basecamp Area – 10.00am - 4.00pm Room 3508 (Collaborative Learning Suite) Drop in to chat with lecturers and current students. If you’ve applied for more than one course, attend the programme talk of your frontrunner and visit the Basecamp Area to learn more about the others.

Criminology

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3522 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 3522

Social Science

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3512.1 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 3512.1

Sociology

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3512.2 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 3512.2

Psychology

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3004 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 3004

Psychology and Counselling

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3004 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 3004

Psychology and Forensic Biology

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3004 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 3004

Psychology and HRM

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3004

You’re welcomed with a brief talk about the Criminology programme before a mini-lecture on the subject. This’ll be followed by a student Q&A session where you’ll be able to pick the brains of some current students!

You’re welcomed with a brief talk about the Social Science programme before a mini-lecture on the subject. This’ll be followed by a student Q&A session where you’ll be able to pick the brains of some current students!

You’re welcomed with a brief talk about the Sociology programme before a mini-lecture on the subject. This’ll be followed by a student Q&A session where you’ll be able to pick the brains of some current students!

We’ll give you a short overview of our Psychology programmes before we give you an example of interactive sessions that we cover here at Abertay. These will include: 1) Offender profiling: Giving you the chance to view a mock crime scene and think about what can we can identify using psychological theory regarding offender behaviour.

2) Sports Psychology: This session will demonstrate the role that visualisation can play in sport.

3) Face facts: Learn about the human face and voice and how information projected by these two features may shape social interaction in humans.

4) We examine performance differences between your preferred and non-preferred hand, using speed and accuracy tests! We’ll then have an informal Q&A, with a chance to chat with some of our current students.

1:30pm-3:30pm Room 3004

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DEGREE PROGRAMME

TIME AND LOCATION

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Academic School Basecamp Area – 10.00am - 4.00pm Room 3508 (Collaborative Learning Suite) Drop in to chat with lecturers and current students. If you’ve applied for more than one course, attend the programme talk of your frontrunner and visit the Basecamp Area to learn more about the others.

Sport and Exercise and variants:

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2517 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2517

Physical Activity and Health

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2517 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2517

Sport Development and Coaching

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2517 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2517

Sport and Exercise Science

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2517 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2517

Strength and Conditioning

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2517

We’ll give you a short overview of the programme which will include “an average week in your first semester”.

You’ll then work around three sessions to give you a flavour of current modules in our sports programmes.

These will include: 1) Sports Development and Coaching – analyse videos of coaches in action OR look at a particular case study e.g.

London 2012.

2) A classroom-based sport psychology task.

3) A lab-based physiology practical.

4) A lab- based biomechanics practical using 3D motion analysis.

5) Health & Physical Activity – a classroom-based fitness test in the Human Performance Lab. 6) Gym-based strength and conditioning practical.

After the taster sessions, there’ll be an informal Q&A session including the chance to speak with some of our current students.

1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2517 Sport and Management

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2517 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2517

Sport and Psychology

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2517 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 2517

Mental Health Nursing

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3514.1 1:30pm-3:30pm Room 3514.1

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Our session will provide you with an overview of our Mental Health Nursing programme and we’ll deliver you various taster sessions on the kind of things you should expect as a practitioner. You’re also invited to join us for an informal Q&A with our staff and students.

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Subject

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areas: S

cience,

Enginee

School Engineeof Science, ring & T echnolo gy

ring, Foo

d, Nutrit

ion

DEGREE PROGRAMME

TIME AND LOCATION

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Academic School Basecamp Area – 10.00am - 4.00pm Centre for Excellence Reception Drop in to chat with lecturers and current students. If you’ve applied for more than one course, attend the programme talk of your frontrunner and visit the Basecamp Area to learn more about the others.

Biomedical Science

10:00am-12:00pm Room 1023

Meet Programme Leader Dr Kevin Smith and learn about the workings of our Biomedical Science programme.

There will be time for Q&As before heading to our stateof-the-art science laboratories and getting a taste of the practical side of the course by exploring electrocution (safely, of course).

Forensic Sciences

10:00am-12:00pm Room 3026

Learn the ins and outs of what you’ll be doing on this course from Programme Leader Darren Phillips. You’ll also be shown around our brand new science labs and encouraged to get hands-on within our crime scene facilities, highlighting some of the practical work you’ll experience on the programme.

Environmental Science and Technology

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2001

Meet Programme Leader Dr Andrew Spiers and learn about the workings of our Environmental Science and Technology programme. There will be time for Q&As before heading to our state-of-the-art science laboratories and getting a taste of the practical side of the course by exploring the effect of salt concentration in water on Daphnia.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

10:00am-12:00pm Room 1022

Join Programme Leader Dr Cornelia Doerich-Stavridis as she leads a ‘lectorial’ on designing and building a structurally sound carport. After the design is done, you’ll have the chance to build your creation in our bespoke Engineering Labs.

Food and Consumer Science

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2032

Food Nutrition and Health

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2032

Touching on programme structure, work placements and careers after graduation, Programme Leaders Dr Karen Barton and Dr Athina Tziboula-Clark look forward to meeting you at this session. You’ll have the opportunity to tour our state-of-the-art facilities and get hands-on with sensory tests, giving you a flavour of what’s to come during your time at Abertay.

Fitness, Nutrition and Health

10:00am-12:00pm Room 2032

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Subject

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Dundee Busines s areas: B

usiness,

Manag

ement, A

ccounti

School

ng and

Finance , Law

DEGREE PROGRAMME

TIME AND LOCATION

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Academic School Basecamp Area – 10.00am - 4.00pm Centre for Excellence Reception Drop in to chat with lecturers and current students. If you’ve applied for more than one course, attend the programme talk of your frontrunner and visit the Basecamp Area to learn more about the others.

Accounting and Finance

Room 1025

Programme Leader Dr Mo Yan will be going through the ins and outs of the programme with plenty of time for Q&As.

Stage 2 & 3 Entry

10:00am10:30am

Stage 1 Entry

11:00am11:30am

Law

10:00am12:00pm Room 1006

Learn about the mechanics of studying Law at Abertay and about our popular peer to peer mentoring scheme from Programme Leader Fiona Grant. Divisional Leader Professor Nicholas Grier and Lecturer Alan Brown will then discuss the legal profession and future career prospects for our graduates.

Business Management

Room 1004

Programme Leader Charlie Malone will be going through the ins and outs of the programme with plenty of time for Q&As.

Stage 2 & 3 Entry

10:00am10:30am

Stage 1 Entry

11:30am12:00pm

All stages are invited to the following sessions: 10:30am-11:00am Mini Lecture, Room 3006 11.00am-11.30am Work Placements, Room 3006.

Business and HRM

Room 1001

Stage 2 & 3 Entry

10:00am10:30am

Stage 1 Entry

11:30am12:00pm

All stages are invited to the following session: 10:30am-11:00am Mini Lecture, Room 3006.

Programme Leader Shona Grogan will be going through the ins and outs of the programme with plenty of time for Q&As. All stages are invited to the following sessions: 10:30am-11:00am Mini Lecture, Room 3006 11.00am-11.30am Work Placements, Room 3006.

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DEGREE PROGRAMME

TIME AND LOCATION

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Academic School Basecamp Area – 10.00am - 4.00pm Centre for Excellence Reception Drop in to chat with lecturers and current students. If you’ve applied for more than one course, attend the programme talk of your frontrunner and visit the Basecamp Area to learn more about the others.

Marketing & Business

Room 1026

Stage 2 & 3 Entry

10:00am10:30am

Stage 1 Entry

11:30am12:00pm

Management & the Games Industry

10:00am10:30am Room 2000

Programme Leader Dr Alexandre Schwob will be going through the ins and outs of the programme with plenty of time for Q&As. All stages are invited to the following sessions: 10:30am-11:00am Mini Lecture, Room 3006 11.00am-11.30am Work Placements, Room 3006.

Learn about this exciting programme and what employment opportunities it can deliver following graduation from Programme Leader Dr Alex Avramenko. He explains how management will be taught in context of the vibrant gaming industry.

All offer holders invited to the following sessions: 10:30am-11:00am Mini Lecture, Room 3006.

11.00am onwards Games Demos, Centre for Excellence.

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Maps

Baxter Building

Kydd Building

Constitution Road

Gym

The Bernard King Library

Kydd Kydd Building Building Bell Street

The KYDD BUILDING Bernard King Recording Library

Pink = School of Design & Informatics Blue = Dundee Business School Green = School of Science, Engineering & Technology Purple = School of Social & Health Sciences = Revolving Door

1533

1536

= Lift

Studio

WC = Toilets

“Whitespace”

LEVEL ONE Bell Street

Constitution Road

Bell Street KEY

Old College Baxter Building Building Gym

Bell Street

Old College Building

Kydd Building Bell Street

Bell Street

Check-in Events Space (Info Stands)

KEY Pink = School of Design & Informatics

Main Entrance

OLD COLLEGE BUILDING

Blue = Dundee Business School Green = School of Science, Engineering & Technology

Bell Street

Purple = School of Social & Health Sciences = Revolving Door = Lift

WC = Toilets

2532

1006 1023

LEVEL TWO 2522

1022

SET and DBS Basecamp

1026 1025

SDI (Games) Basecamp

1001

2517

LEVEL ONE Main Lecture Theatre

1004

Bell Street

Bell Street

3522

2032

LEVEL THREE 3514.1 Rooms Above 3512.2

3508

3512.1

SHS Basecamp

2000 2001

LEVEL TWO Bell Street

Bell Street

4540 4511

3006

LEVEL FOUR

3026

3004 4510

SDI (Computing/ Ethical Hacking) Basecamp

LEVEL THREE

Bell Street

Bell Street

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AFTER TODAY Lovely to have you visit.

Don’t forget to give us your feedback. We’ll be in touch through the Applicant Visit Day Guidebook app.

Any questions?

Don’t be shy, contact us.

ENQUIRIES T: +44 (0)1382 308080 E: sro@abertay.ac.uk W: www.abertay.ac.uk

Abertay University is an operating name of the University of Abertay Dundee, a charity registered in Scotland, No: SC016040.