Undergraduate Degrees

Geology

BSc, Single Honours

Geology - studying the Earth beneath our feet and it’s fascinating 4.5 billion years of history, from volcanoes and earthquakes to dinosaurs and ancient rivers - is central to our transition to a sustainable future.

The BSc Geology programme provides you with the skills you need to explore the processes that have shaped the Earth and its surface and subsurface environments through time, equipping you with powers to address the major modern world challenges, from climate change to sustainable energy, and from water security to natural disasters.

Did you know? Aberdeen is Top 5 in the UK for Positive Responses in Earth Sciences (National Student Survey 2025)

Data Science

BSc, Single Honours

Are you excited by the rapid advancements in big data, predictive analytics, and AI technologies such as ChatGPT? Are you looking to study a subject that can unlock tremendous social and economic benefits and is highly sought after by employers?

The BSc Data Science programme equips you with the skills for an exciting career in data analytics, data engineering, machine learning or AI.

Computing Science and Physics

BSc, Joint Honours

This degree brings together two very closely linked subjects and offers a tremendous degree programme to those with a strong interest in both.

Computing Science (5 years)

MEng, Single Honours

The MEng Computing Science is a five-year integrated Master's degree which combines our four-year BSc Computing Science with an additional year of postgraduate level study. The extra year allows you to build on your strengths in solving real-world problems while further developing your expertise in areas including artificial intelligence, machine learning and cybersecurity.

Computing Science (Artificial Intelligence)

MEng, Single Honours

The MEng Computing Science (Artificial Intelligence) is a five-year integrated Master's programme that combines our four-year BSc Computing Science with an additional year of postgraduate-level study. This extra year enhances your ability to solve real-world problems while deepening your expertise in the growing field of AI.

Computing Science with Industrial Placement

MSci, Single Honours

The 5-year MSci is an integrated Master's programme that adds a year-long placement in industry to the 4-year BSc Computing Science degree.

Computing Science and Mathematics

BSc, Joint Honours

This degree is ideal for students who have a strong interest and skill in mathematics but want to understand the applied nature of it to the computing science industry.

Computing Science

BSc, Single Honours

Are you excited by the possibilities of quantum computing, blockchain, encryption, data science, machine learning and other emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT?

A degree in Computing Science offers excellent career prospects across a wide variety of exciting sectors from e-commerce and fintech to healthcare and telecommunications.

At Aberdeen, you will develop practical skills in software development, programming, modelling and web development before moving on to study topics including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, machine learning and data mining.

Liberal Arts and Sciences

BSc, Single Honours

Design your own degree pathway with the BSc Liberal Arts and Sciences, an interdisciplinary degree that integrates courses across a breadth of subject areas.

Physical Sciences

BSc, Single Honours

This broad based degree is designed for individuals seeking to gain a profound understanding of physical concepts and address real-world scientific challenges. You will gain the strong critical thinking, technical problem solving and empirical observation skills required for a career in many science-based industries or professions such as science journalism.

Law with Computing Science

LLB, Joint Honours

As technology advances legal practice is increasingly evolving to embrace the advantages of computing science. This degree programme combines two critical educational assets, a qualifying degree in law from a Top 10 UK Law School (Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023) and the ability to program computers and work with advanced data systems.

Secondary Education with Computing Science

MA, Major-Minor Honours

Spark a passion for STEM in the next generation of learners to help them discover a world of possibilities and develop essential skills to unlock their future careers. Our programme offers a flexible pathway to transition from college to university and build solid grounding in your specialist subject to become a secondary teacher in computing science.

French and Geography

MA, Joint Honours

Adding a European language to your Geography degree will open up a much broader range of career opportunities. It also lets you examine Geography in a French context as you will spend a period of time studying at a University in the country.

Secondary Education with Biology

MA, Major-Minor Honours

Spark a passion for STEM in the next generation of learners to help them discover a world of possibilities and develop essential skills to unlock their future careers. Our programme offers a flexible pathway to transition from college to university and build solid grounding in your specialist subject to become a secondary teacher in biology.

Gateway2Medicine

Certificate, Non-Honours

A new route to a rewarding career in medicine.

Geology and Physics

BSc, Joint Honours

Geology offers you the chance to find out how the Earth works and when you combine Physics with this subject you get a real sense of energy and matter and their interaction.

Economics and Mathematics

MA, Joint Honours

Economics and Mathematics at Aberdeen gets to grips with the global economy, exploring the many factors that influence wealth from a social and financial perspective, with the added advantage of the highly-developed critical skills in logical and analytical thinking which employers seek today. This programme will help set you apart as an outstanding candidate with potential to go right to the top in whichever sector you choose.

Certificate in Archaeology

Certificate, Non-Honours

Archaeology is the only discipline that studies the human past in its entirety; from the origins of our species to the events of yesterday. Archaeology at Aberdeen has a special northern focus that is unique in the UK. Through lectures, field and laboratory work you will engage with the archaeology of Scotland, Scandinavia, northern Europe, the North Atlantic and northern latitudes of Asia and North America. You will be taught by internationally acclaimed researchers.

Physics with Philosophy

BSc, Major-Minor Honours

Physics at Aberdeen offers understanding of physics applied to other areas of science. You can study this in combination with Philosophy.

Archaeology and Language & Linguistics

MA, Joint Honours

Archaeology is the only discipline that studies the human past in its entirety; from the origins of our species to the events of yesterday. Through lectures, field and laboratory work you will engage with the archaeology of Scotland, Scandinavia, northern Europe, the North Atlantic and northern latitudes of Asia and North America. By studying Archaeology alongside Language and Linguistics, you will have a unique, wider range of learning and career opportunities.

Did you know? Aberdeen is ranked 3rd in the UK for Anthropology and Archaeology (Guardian University Guide 2025)

Psychology with French

BSc, Major-Minor Honours

Do you get motivated by the way people 'tick?' Do you notice difference? What is normal behaviour? If you think about these questions a lot you may be interested in studying Psychology. Psychology is the science of mental process and behaviour. It is used in many contexts such as health, sports, social behaviour and how we process and act on information. You can study it with the French Language to give you a unique range of learning and opportunities and careers.

Neuroscience with Psychology

BSc, Major-Minor Honours

Neuroscience is the study of nerve cells and how they work together. By unravelling the mysteries of normal brain function, Neuroscience promotes our understanding of the devastating illnesses of the brain which afflict the lives of so many people.

Mathematics with Gaelic

BSc, Major-Minor Honours

Mathematics allows you to study a major universal language we all use that you can combine with Gaelic language studies.

Music and Theology & Religion

MA, Joint Honours

Theology and Religion includes both the study of Christian faith, life and doctrine in its historical, cross-cultural and contemporary contexts, and the comparative study of the major and local religious traditions of the world, which focuses on the origin, function, and meaning of religion. You can study this course with Music to give you a unique range of learning, opportunities, and careers.

Economics and Geography

MA, Joint Honours

Economics and Geography at Aberdeen adds to your thorough grounding in the global economy and how it operates by setting it in the context of geography, the Earth, human relationship with the Earth, the environment and much more.