{"id":138938,"date":"2018-01-15T12:33:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1404196-5286123.cloudwaysapps.com\/pakistan\/study-guide\/best-universities-scotland\/"},"modified":"2018-01-15T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:33:48","slug":"best-universities-scotland","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/best-universities-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Universities in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland is home to a number of world class universities, with all offering a wide variety of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/study-options\/foundation\/\">foundation<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/study-options\/undergraduate\/\">undergraduate<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/study-options\/postgraduate-and-masters-degree\/\">masters courses<\/a>\u00a0to study. If you want to see this beautiful and unique country up close, apply to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/study-info\/study-in-scotland\/\">study in Scotland<\/a> with SI-UK today.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Study at a Scottish University\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/study-info\/study-in-scotland\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/static.studyin-uk.com\/assets\/study-guide\/study-in-scotland.jpg\"  width=\"862\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Top five universities in Scotland<\/h2>\n<h3>1. University of St Andrews<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/st-andrews\/\">University of St Andrews<\/a>\u00a0is not only the best university in Scotland, it is also the third best in the UK. Originally founded in 1413, making it one of the oldest universities in the world, St Andrews secured Gold in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework and is the best university in the UK for student experience.<\/p>\n<h3>2. University of Glasgow<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/glasgow\/\">University of Glasgow<\/a> was crowned the Scottish University of the Year for 2017 as it made huge improvements in the areas of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate prospects<\/li>\n<li>Completion rates<\/li>\n<li>Teaching quality<\/li>\n<li>Student experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to impressing in national rankings, Glasgow is also making leaps globally. Last year, the University rose eight places to 80th\u00a0in the 2018\u00a0Times Higher Education World University Rankings.<\/p>\n<h3>3. University of Dundee<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/dundee\/\">University of Dundee<\/a>\u00a0was ranked ninth in the UK for student satisfaction in 2017, and is currently in the top 25 universities in the UK in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/study-info\/university-rankings\/\">Times University Guide 2018<\/a>. Dundee was another of the select universities in Scotland to receive Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework.<\/p>\n<h3>4.University of Edinburgh<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/edinburgh\/\">University of Edinburgh<\/a>\u00a0is amongst the largest and most prestigious universities in the world. Academically, Edinburgh holds a strong reputation for medicine and science, being home to numerous discoveries and inventions such as anaesthetic, penicillin and the telephone. The University also has the oldest Department of English Literature in the UK.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Heriot-Watt University<\/h3>\n<p><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/heriot-watt\/\">Heriot-Watt University<\/a> was named International University of the Year by the Times in 2018, seeing off competition from over <a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/\">120 other UK universities<\/a>. At\u00a0Heriot-Watt, more\u00a0than 95% of its students are in graduate-level jobs or further study six months after completing their programme.<\/p>\n<h2>Apply to study in Scotland<\/h2>\n<p>Are you interested in applying to any of the above Scottish universities?\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/free-consultation\/\">Arrange a free consultation<\/a>\u00a0in London or Manchester today to get your application started!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[127],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[1575,1580,1578],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-138938","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-student-experience","study-guide-uk-categories-study-in-scotland","study-guide-uk-categories-uk-university-rankings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/138938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=138938"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=138938"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=138938"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=138938"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=138938"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=138938"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=138938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}