Abertay University

Room and Board
All student accommodation at Abertay University is set up apartment—style, with students in private rooms (en-suite available) sharing a common kitchen and living area. Prices start from approximately $710 USD/month including utilities and wifi.

Meal plans are not a common option in UK universities. Most students cook in their own kitchen, or can choose from a wide variety of restaurants, supermarkets and coffee shops, either on campus or a short walk away.

Tuition
Tuition fees for 2022/2023 international undergraduate students range from £14,000 to £15,500 per academic year. This is subject to change, but the tuition fee in Year 1 will be the fee for each year of study at Abertay. The annual tuition fee will not increase during your time at Abertay.

Other Expenses
When applying for a student visa, students will pay a healthcare surcharge which covers all healthcare needs while that visa is valid, including physician visits, hospital stays and critical care, pharmaceuticals and some extended care such as basic dentistry.

Abertay University is happy to accept US Federal Student Loans as well as VA Benefits such as the GI Bill. Our Federal School Code is G36743. A range of funding opportunities are available for international students, including:

Abertay Undergraduate Scholarships
This is an award of up to £12,000 for international undergraduate students who are accepted to study at Abertay. This scholarship is intended to support you with living and travel costs. The award is £3,000 annually, paid in equal instalments in January and April, for a maximum of 4 years.

Abertay Graduate Scholarships
This £3,000 award is open to all new international (non-EU) graduate students who are overseas fee payers domiciled outside the UK. You must have a 2:1 UK Bachelor's degree (equivalent to B/70% grade or above).

How to Apply:
You do not need to complete an application form for these scholarships. If you meet all the eligibility criteria you will be notified in late August (for fall entry) or early January (for winter entry) that you have been granted the Abertay International Scholarship.

The University is conveniently located on a city centre campus in Dundee, a city of 148,000 people on Scotland's beautiful east coast. All of its buildings are within a quarter mile of each other. Students can easily and safely explore the city, go out for a night or head to the waterfront or downtown—all within a 15 minute walk from our student accommodation.

There are places to grab coffee and food on campus, as well as several shops nearby for snacks and basic groceries. The campus is a 5 minute walk from restaurants and two shopping malls.

In recent years, Abertay University has invested millions of pounds in developing facilities to benefit students for decades to come. Abertay also houses the UK Centre of Excellence in Computer Games Studies. Opening this year is the Abertay cyberQuarter. A new £18m cybersecurity research and development centre housed within Abertay University.

This initiative brings together students, academics, and organisations to help solve global cybersecurity challenges.

The Abertay cyberQuarter aims to:
Increase technical problem solving for industry.
Increase industry-academia interaction and collaboration.
Increase access to cyber employment opportunities in the area.

Those studying videogames degrees have access to specialist game development laboratories, including:

- An Emergent Technology Centre and 5G Testbed
- Usability Lab
- Professional grade sound and audio recording studio
- A PlayStation Teaching Lab
- Learning spaces designed to replicate development studios, which offer invaluable workplace simulation
- 3D modelling, animation and motion capture studio
- 3D printing lab
- A VR/AR lab
- A life drawing studio

Dundee is a beautiful, thriving city located on the north bank of the mighty River Tay.

Its reputation as a culturally rich, welcoming and exciting part of Scotland is quickly spreading across the world.

The Wall Street Journal named Dundee as one of its top 10 places to visit, and lifestyle magazine, GQ, called it "Britain's coolest little city." The Sunday Times newspaper has hailed Dundee Scotland's best place to live.

The city is perfectly placed to enjoy the whole of Scotland and the rest of the UK. The capital, Edinburgh, is an hour to the south, and Glasgow is just over an hour away. London is five hours away by train. The world-famous Scottish Highlands are also just a short journey from the city.

The UK's videogames pedigree is immense, and is more valuable than the music and film industries combined. There are a number of games development clusters across the UK hosting global companies such as Activitsion/Blizzard, Epic, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. Some of the best performing games on the planet have been developed in the UK and studios in Scotland are responsible for some of the most successful titles in the world. Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption are developed by Rockstar North in Edinburgh, mobile titles like Bloons and Angry Birds and the console version of Minecraft are developed here in Dundee.

Dundee is one of a series of a major games hubs across the UK and really punches above its weight in the industry. Packed to the brim with award—winning studios, the city's reputation as one of the UKs foremost games makers is going from strength to strength. Studying a games degree at Abertay University not only guarantees you a high quality education, but gives you the chance to immerse yourself in a city that really gets it when it comes to videogames development.

It's the first UK city with UNESCO City of Design status thanks to its varied contribution to video games, biomedical research and comics — Dundee is the birthplace of Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto, and one of the UK's most best known comic book publishers, DC Thomson. It is also home to the largest teaching hospital in Europe.