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Stirling University

Stilring University has been ranked among the top ten Universities in the Times Higher Education Supplement Award for the UK's Best Student Experience 2006.

Students were asked to rate their University on categories such as quality of staff/lectures, courses, social life, community atmosphere, sports facilities, library and campus environment amongst others.

Below are the 10 Good Reasons why we think you should study and live at Stirling.

  1. Quality of Choice
    Choose from around 300 high quality degree combinations to create the programme that will suit your strengths and help you achieve your goals.
  2. Flexible Study
    Our degree programmes have unrivalled flexibility. With no faculty boundaries, you can choose from one of the widest variety of subject combinations. There are innovative options for February entry, evening degree programmes and back-to-study courses for anyone returning to education.
  3. Excellent Career Opportunities
    Our graduates take on a wide range of careers. High profile alumni include: Iain Banks, novelist; Neil Brailsford QC, Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates; Mark Cousins, TV presenter; Bill Gammell, Chief Executive of Cairn Energy plc; Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP; Catriona Matthew, golfer. The University also offers exciting opportunities for entrepreneurial students wishing to start their own business. A dedicated team of professional business advisers from Stirling University Research & Enterprise (SURE) develop and support student businesses, offering advice and training in all aspects of starting up, coordinating resources and offering a dynamic alternative to traditional employment destinations upon graduation.
  4. Friendly Atmosphere
    Many of our prospective students and parents comment on the friendly atmosphere when they visit the University. As a medium-sized, campus-based University, with many students living on-site, Stirling has a strong community feel.
  5. Superb Environment
    "Traditionally one of Scotland's top universities, Stirling's campus is located in 310 acres of stunning countryside. Where else can you study on the shores of a loch, by an 18th century castle, beneath rolling hills?" (The Guardian, 2003). As a bonus, the City of Stirling is only a ten minute bus ride from the campus.
  6. Nightlife
    Stirling is a student city and twenty percent of its population are students. There is a range of bars and venues on campus and in Stirling itself, so you can sample a great range of places to enjoy a night out.
  7. An International Place of Learning
    Stirling is proud of its diverse international community and extends a warm welcome to students from all countries and of all nationalities. We offer exchange programmes to enable students to study abroad for a semester or a year.
  8. Great for Sport
    The campus has some of the finest sports facilities on a single site in the country, including the National Swimming Academy and the Gannochy National Tennis Centre. The campus is also home to the Scottish Institute of Sport, Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland and Scottish Swimming.
  9. Arts Centre
    With a lively programme of drama, dance, comedy and music, the recently refurbished arts centre, the MacRobert, is based at the heart of the campus. Facilities include a cinema, theatre and café bar.
  10. Advanced Information Technology
    The majority of study bedrooms are networked, and you can easily connect your PC to the University's high-speed network from where you can access all the University services (e.g. library catalogue, course notes, printers and filestore, as well as the internet). There's also a student PC support service, for help in connecting your machine to the network.