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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New research identifies role of autism genes in early brain development
A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and intellectual disability may influence early brain development.
Human rights centre stage as Aberdeen nutrition scientist takes chair of Scottish Food Coalition at
Rowett Professor appointed new chair of the Scottish Food Coalition.
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