Student Accommodation Dundee

The coastal city of Dundee is located on the Firth of Tay estuary and is the 4th largest city in Scotland. Since the 19th century, it has been known as the city of ‘jute, jam and journalism. It was recognized as UK’s very first ‘City of Design’, by UNESCO in 2014; for having made considerable contributions in diverse fields like video games, comics and medical research. Dundee will soon be home to the V&A Museum of Design – Scotland’s first design museum; ...

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The coastal city of Dundee is located on the Firth of Tay estuary and is the 4th largest city in Scotland. Since the 19th century, it has been known as the city of ‘jute, jam and journalism. It was recognized as UK’s very first ‘City of Design’, by UNESCO in 2014; for having made considerable contributions in diverse fields like video games, comics and medical research. Dundee will soon be home to the V&A Museum of Design – Scotland’s first design museum; to be inaugurated in September 2018.

There are two Universities in the city - University of Dundee and University of St. Andrews - the oldest of the four ancient Scottish Universities and the third oldest after Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The two combined, attract a massive influx of students to the city each year.

Student accommodations in Dundee offer a wide range of affordable and modern studio apartments and shared flats with an option of a private room with shared bathroom or an en-suite room. In addition to being fully furnished with state-of-art amenities, many student accommodations offer on-site facilities like gyms and self-service laundry rooms, to make your life convenient and indoor/ outdoor communal areas so that you can make the most of your social life.

You can use the bus service to get from St. Andrews University to the city centre in 25 minutes; it is the most convenient and fast way to commute, also easy on the pocket; while University of Dundee is right in the heart of the city. For intercity travel there are two railway stations – Dundee Station that has southbound railway links to various cities in England and Broughty Ferry station has northbound railway links to other parts in Scotland. The nearest international airports are Edinburgh airport which can be reached in 1.5 hours and Glasgow airport can be reached in 1.40 hours, from Dundee by train.

The total population of Dundee is estimated at 148,270, out of which 22,739 are students. The city experiences an Oceanic climate; summers are cool with the highest temperature in July at 20° and the temperature in January is the lowest averaging at 7°.

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