Abertay University

As organisations collect more ‘Big Data’, there is a critical need for employees who can analyse that data strategically in areas such as marketing intelligence, CRM, sales and financial management. You need to have the ability to present and interpret findings clearly and effectively. We will help you to excel in a range of business settings, so you are able to influence and make informed, data-driven business decisions. Your skill and ability to clearly identify business opportunities will mesh perfectly with the ever-changing job market. Business Analytics means you can harness new, powerful tools using skills that are in great demand across the business world.

This degree is designed to give you the knowledge and hands-on experience you need to work in accounting and finance. Get set to think in different ways, unleash your creativity and explore the financial core of the business world. Finance and HR (people management) complement each other very well. Understanding recruitment and talent management will help develop your soft skills alongside accounting. We aim to ensure you have the HR skills you need to become a good people manager.

Biomedical scientists are responsible for conducting vitally important scientific tests, which underpin the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. This cutting-edge scientific analysis contributes greatly to the clinical outcomes of patients. Taught by a combination of academic experts and clinical professionals, this wide-ranging programme is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS).

If you choose to specialise in law, you will build up a specific understanding of how our legal frameworks impact on business at every level. You will understand how to apply best practice law inside business. From legal systems and methods through to intellectual property law, we ensure you have the legal side of business covered. Gain a clear understanding of how complex organisations work by choosing this fascinating degree designed to give your career a head start. You will learn to thrive in today’s fast-paced global economy. You will learn from tutors with an extensive professional or academic background in business and law, as well as guest speakers from industry. By going beyond the classroom and undertaking activities such as the international IBM Business Challenge, you’ll gain a greater understanding of the complexities of business management.

From games programming, graphics and artificial intelligence to games hardware and procedural generation, this challenging degree equips you with the confidence and skills you need to pursue a career in the multi-billion pound games industry. But that's not all. To make sure you’re learning at the cutting-edge, the programme is kept up-to-date as the games industry changes and technology advances, ensuring you’re work-ready and familiar with whatever challenges the sector throws up.

You’ll discover how to develop your critical and contextual understanding of the digital arts and expand your knowledge base. Additional to your menu of lectures and classes, you’ll have opportunities to engage with industry practitioners, attend visiting lectures, participate in masterclasses and receive project mentoring.

Criminology is a social science examining the nature of law making and how society is 'policed'. You will study all aspects of crime, learning how it is controlled and regulated in modern societies.

In an industry where new hardware, software and production technologies are emerging at breakneck speed, computing experts with the ability to apply creativity to existing and future problem areas are in high demand. This practical programme focuses on software development for mobile, desktop and web platforms, with emphasis on constructing effective, efficient, robust, and maintainable solutions. Our computing degree is designed to equip you with high-level subject-specific knowledge, as well as the practical and transferable skills you need to gain a foothold in the computing industry or proceed to further advanced study.

People are the lifeblood of any organisation, which is why it’s vital for businesses to make sure employees are happy, healthy and able to work to the best of their abilities. In order to prosper in an aggressive global economy, companies must effectively guide, nurture and manage their workforce. Gain a clear understanding of how complex organisations work by choosing this fascinating degree designed to give your career a head start. Learn to thrive in today’s fast-paced global economy. You will learn from tutors with an extensive professional or academic background in People Management, as well as guest speakers from industry. By going beyond the classroom and undertaking activities such as the international IBM Business Challenge, you’ll gain a greater understanding of the complexities of business management.

Our BA (Hons) Criminology and Policing degree gives you an in-depth knowledge of contemporary policing and criminal justice. You’ll learn from both academics and invited speakers with real-world policing experience, getting a genuine feel for key issues related to police work.

The course combines computer networking, digital forensics and expert development as well as programming. You will learn how to protect data and information systems. Our Ethical Hacking degree gives you a deep understanding of cybercrime so you have the skills to stop hackers - fast.

This vocational degree covers all the factors that shape food supply and food choices. Our academic experts will teach you: The techniques and skills needed to develop new food products. How to innovate and make healthy, delicious foods that are safe to consume. The quality and safety requirements needed to manufacture foods. A person’s nutritional requirements throughout their lifespan. How to meet the needs of society, industry and consumers for sustainable food quality.

We teach you the fundamentals of food, nutrition and exercise, including: Food handling skills. The functionality of raw and cooked food ingredients. The key social issues in nutrition, sport and exercise. How nutrition, metabolism and digestion relate to diet and health. How to analyse food and drink using a range of scientific techniques. The nutritional needs throughout an individual’s lifespan.

Choose this degree designed to develop your digital marketing knowledge and business skills. It’s a great way to start building your career as a professional marketer and manager. We will teach you how to understand different markets, manage customer relationships and communicate your brand strategy effectively. And you’ll learn about business decision making, functions and challenges, making you a highly effective manager. From viral videos to influencers promoting their favourite products, you've seen and shared the work of digital marketers. Learn how to use data to get a deep understanding of consumers, and create engaging marketing strategies across digital platforms. At the same time, you'll learn all the different business functions, and gain an appreciation of how closely business and marketing decisions intertwine.

Choose this degree designed to develop digital marketing skills. It’s a great way to start building your career as a professional marketer and manager. Marketing and events are natural partners. You’ll learn how to develop a marketing strategy that includes digital and social media alongside event management, promotion and budgeting. The events industry is worth 42.3 billion to the UK economy, with corporate events planners and agencies forecasting a big increase in employment opportunities. This strong mix of digital marketing and event management skills will make you even more appealing to future employers.

Study Fitness, Nutrition and Health here at Abertay and you’ll learn how to meet these social challenges head on. The UK needs practitioners who understand the impact of nutrition and exercise on health, fitness and disease. And more importantly, people who are professionally equipped to help change behaviours.

It’s a hands-on degree, which allows you to analyse a variety of scenes in our purpose-built facilities, and learn the following physical and chemical analysis techniques in our state-of-the-art laboratories: Crime scene investigation Body fluid analysis DNA profiling Forensic chromatography & spectroscopy Fingerprinting Substances of abuse

This degree aims to give you the skills to design and implement secure software systems that are resilient to cyberattack. New for 2021, we are drawing on our teaching expertise in ethical hacking, computing, secure software engineering and human-centred security. We want to prepare you for the rapidly-evolving cybersecurity work environment. Right from the start, you will get an in-depth understanding of programming and building secure systems through hands-on experience. You will be working across desktop, mobile and embedded platforms. Using your grasp of programming and computer architecture, the measures you design will help stop cyberattacks by creating systems with fewer vulnerabilities. By the time you graduate you will have a range of specialist analytical, operational and developer skills designed to make you hugely employable.

Law at Abertay explores the Scottish legal system and the building blocks of Scots law, neatly complemented with subjects from other disciplines. This approach helps you develop a view of the differing contexts in which law operates.

This degree is vocational, combining theory with practical learning. You’ll be educated by forward-looking academics, gaining hands-on experience to help you discover: The nutritional function of foods. How nutrients work in the body and how they impact our health. The link between nutrition and public health. How to develop strategies to improve food habits. How to adjust diet to different clinical conditions. What drives consumer eating habits and behaviours.

Developed for creative and technically minded people with a desire to become a key part of the games industry, this degree is designed to make you work-ready, teaching you game concept and asset creation, game prototyping, and production and leadership skills.

This three-year Mental Health Nursing degree will provide you with a thought-provoking and contemporary study programme, carefully crafted to equip you with the knowledge, skills and experience you need to practice as a mental health nurse. You can graduate with an honours degree after only three years as you explore a fascinating range of topics, including physical health and wellbeing, anatomy, physiology and human biology, as you take a journey to become a reflective, self-aware and person-centred practitioner.

Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes, and the relation between the two. It explores how we act and interact, both as individuals and in groups, and the thoughts and feelings that motivate our behaviour. Counselling is concerned with the integration of psychological theory with interventions and therapeutic practice. As a student on this course, you will develop a scientific understanding of psychology as a discipline and practical skills in counselling and therapy.

Psychology is both an experimental and observational science. This means you will observe and measure human behaviour, tackle literature research, and develop, test, and evaluate theories. This culminates in conducting your own supervised research project in your final year, which is one of the corner stones of your degree.

Choose a degree designed to develop your marketing knowledge and skills for the digital era. It’s a great way to start building your career as a professional marketer and manager. We will teach you how to understand different markets, manage customer relationships and communicate your brand strategy effectively. And you’ll learn about business decision making, functions and challenges, making you a highly effective manager.

The first two years of this flexible degree are designed to help you dig deeper into the science behind the way humans think, feel, and behave. In years three and four, you take more advanced options related to your specialist degree pathway. You'll discover just how vital psychology is to criminal investigations.

This degree draws on the core disciplines of physiology, psychology, sociology and public health theory, allowing you to facilitate health promotion interventions – a crucial part of improving the wellbeing of the population. You’ll go on to study more specific physical activity and health modules, covering areas such as public health policy and health promotion, as well as exercise prescriptions for general and specialist populations.

The deep understanding of the sciences behind training and performance required to be a successful S&C specialist are equally applicable to work with young people, the elderly and those either suffering from, or at risk of, developing a number of disease states. You’ll have access to our Human Performance Laboratory, with running, rowing, fitness testing and weights machines. You’ll also have opportunities to meet the numerous professional sportsmen and sportswomen who draw on the expertise of our lecturing staff within this facility.

Criminology and Sociology is a flexible degree. For the first two years, everyone studies the same curriculum. In years three and four our academics help you explore areas such as: Gender, crime and victimology. Race and ethnicity. The process of criminalisation. Human rights and politics.

You can choose from a range of study programmes that address the physiology and psychology of performance, the science of training practices, the development and social impact of sport and exercise (for example, on health and wellbeing), and the evaluation and analysis of sports performance.

Study the sciences that underpin sport – physiology, sociology, psychology and biomechanics – and gain a comprehensive understanding of sport coaching, social policy, sport development and social issues in sport and exercise more generally as you progress through this fascinating and hands-on degree.

It’s designed to give you an understanding of the management, social and practical skills required in the burgeoning sports industry, with a focus on social policy, ethics and the philosophy of sport, as well as the context of business and management of services, people, and the sporting environment.

You'll be working with French construction companies whilst undertaking the MSc Construction Management. This puts you in the ideal position to learn the theory whilst putting it into action in real-world environments. The programme has been developed to meet the requirements of experienced site managers and help develop your career towards senior management positions in construction contracting organisations.

The first two years of this degree are designed to help you dig deep into the science of psychology, learning the way humans think, feel and behave. In years three and four, you take more advanced options related to your specialist pathway, covering development and education in more depth.

The scientific knowledge gained from this practical programme means you’ll be equipped to work with a wide range of populations, including athletes, young people, older people, and those suffering from, or at risk of developing, a number of disease states.

During your studies, you’ll benefit from being part of a community of likeminded individuals within our School of Design and Informatics. With strong industry links and the opportunity to work on real team projects, you’ll benefit from developing the skills and expertise essential to computer games companies, as well as building your own network of contacts in this exciting industry.

On joining this programme, you will: Develop a thorough and contemporary knowledge of the accounting and financial processes of an organisation and the ability to forward plan and effectively manage risk. Gain knowledge of environmental challenges and trends, the opportunities and constraints these create, and how they impact on organisational decision-making and resource allocation. Build on key skills associated with employment in high-performance organisations. Work towards a Management Accountant qualification while completing your master’s degree. Receive significant study support from CIMA. Your programme fees will include CIMA registration, your first year’s CIMA subscription fees, an attempt at the CIMA Management Case Study Exam, and access to CIMAstudy.com and CIMAconnect online.

Aimed at Computing/IT graduates, our MSc Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity covers a wide range of subjects, including penetration testing, digital forensics, information security management, Malware analysis, port scanning, buffer overflows and password cracking. Our research-active teaching staff are at the forefront of new developments, allowing the programme to evolve to cover the latest techniques and guidelines.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

Computer Science with Cybersecurity

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Computer Science

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

This course by Abertay University will take you through all the core insights of the field. Along with theoretical concepts, you will gain hands-on-learning experience throughout the span of the program.

Accounting And Finance

Applied Games

Alcohol Beverage Fermentation And Anaerobic Digestion Science And Technology

Microorganisms And Antimicrobial Resistance In The Environment

Cognitive Psychology And Vision Science

Civil Engineering

Computing

Cybersecurity

Data Science And Systems Modelling

Duty Of Care In Sport

Developmental Psychology And Language Learning

Esports

Evolutionary Psychology And Relationship Science

Geotechnical Engineering, Geothermal Applications & Carbon Capture Technology

Game Design

Food & Drink Science & Technology Novel & Sustainable Production Including New Product Development

Game Art And Animation

Forensic Psychology, Crime Scene Evidence And Policing

Pluralism As A Framework And Approach To Counselling And Social And Health Interventions

Human Nutrition, Dietary Patterns And Physical Activity Linked To Health And Wellbeing Across The Lifespan

High Intensity Exercise And Performance Measures

Game Studies

Impact Of Contaminants On Metabolic Health

Infertility And Sperm Function

Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Management)

Marketing

Professional Development In Mental Health Nursing And Counselling

Vulnerable Groups In Healthcare

Sustainability Assessment & Decision Making And Environmental Management

Biomedical Sciences With Industrial Practise

Engineering Management

Biomedical Sciences

Environmental Management & Sustainability

Psychology With Health Sciences

Technical Art And Visual Effects

Research Methods In Psychology