Queen Margaret
University, Edinburgh
Introduction
Queen Margaret (QMU) delivers professional
learning and specialises in research that enhances people’s lives.
They offer vocationally relevant courses in the areas of
healthcare, social sciences and communication, drama and the
creative industries and business and enterprise – many unique in
Scotland. One of the smallest universities in the city region, this
results in smaller class sizes, closer contacts between students
and staff and ensures that a student is not just a ‘face in the
crowd’. Since the start of the new academic year in 2007, QMU is
based in their innovative new environmentally-sustainable
campus.
96% of QMU graduates find employment or go on
to further training within 6 months of graduating (HESA,
2005).
Quick facts
Website address
http://www.qmu.ac.uk/
Courses
41 Undergraduate courses; 52 postgraduate
courses; 30 Continuous Professional Development and Lifelong
Learning courses. QMU offers the broadest range of allied health
professional degrees in Scotland including Dietetics, Nursing,
Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Radiography,
Audiology, Art Therapy, Music Therapy(Postgrad only), and Speech
and Language Therapy.
They are the only place in Scotland to offer
health psychology and to specialise in international health care.
Through their Institute for International Health & Development,
students are studying in Angola, Guatemala, Uganda, Ethiopia,
Gambia, India and Cuba.
Areas of
speciality
Allied Health Professions; Business and
Enterprise; Media, Communication and Social Sciences; Drama and
Creative Industries; International Health.
Location
Their brand new
single campus is the first purpose-built campus development in
Scotland for 40 years. Located in east Edinburgh, by Musselburgh,
it incorporates a vibrant new academic village with high-tech
buildings and attractive landscaped spaces, featuring an innovative
learning resource centre at the heart of the development.
Undergraduate students: 4282
Postgraduate students: 1138
International students: 13%
Some famous alumni
Ashley
Jensen (actor Extras and Ugly Betty), Matt Baker (actor Blue
Peter), Edith Bowman (presenter MTV, BBC Radio One), Dougie
Anderson (presenter RI:SE, Do it with Dougie, T in the Park), Kevin
McKidd (actor Trainspotting, Small Faces), Jimmy Chisholm (actor
Braveheart) Brian Marjoribanks (former professional footballer and
presenter of Sports Scene), Sally Gray (presenter).
