3rd in Scotland and Top 20 in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2026
3rd in Scotland, Wales and N Ireland for student satisfaction in The National Student Survey 2025
3rd in Scotland and 25th in the UK in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025
Queen's Anniversary Prize for research and teaching in Soil Science in 2021
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Sensors installed across Aberdeen in bid to unlock geothermal energy
Researchers exploring Aberdeen's potential for geothermal heating have begun deploying a city-wide network of seismic nodes that will be used to create a 3D subsurface map.
Posthumous award of PhD to Dr Vidyavathi Pamjula
The University of Aberdeen has conferred a PhD posthumously on doctoral researcher Dr Vidyavathi Pamjula, recognising the originality, rigour and advanced stage of completion of her research on the evolutionary origins of infectious diseases.
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