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our reputation
world leading research
The University of Dundee has an international reputation and continues to attract top-class researchers from across the world in subjects as diverse as medicine, life sciences, dentistry, law, microelectronics, fine art and design, digital media and space exploration.
• The results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) show that 54% of the University’s research is achieving ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ standards.
• In the RAE, the University is top in Scotland for civil engineering and biological and laboratory-based clinical sciences, all of which were among the top performers in the UK.
• The RAE results also underline Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design’s position as the pre-eminent art school in Scotland and places it as one of the best art schools in the UK.
• Our medical and life sciences research is world renowned, with particular expertise in cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and neglected tropical diseases.
• World leading researchers have developed the SpaceWire standard, used by space organisations across the world.
• We were ranked in the World’s Top 100 Universities for Innovation (the amount of research income against the number of academic staff), Research Influence (the number of citations) and International Mix (the diversity of the student and staff bodies) by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010.
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New research projects are continually launched creating an exciting and challenging environment for staff and students and shaping our future. Some of our current projects include:
• Our Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification uses state-of-the-art forensic science techniques and facial reconstruction to generate images and models from human remains. Most recently the team was the focus of the BBC 2 four part series History Cold Case where they also used historical detective work to build a picture of a man’s life and death, giving him his face back for the first time in 800 years.
• Our mathematics and medical researchers are using mathematical modelling to gain better understanding into cancer development and treatment.
• Researchers in the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) are working on a number of projects including assessing climate change and impacts on the quality and quantity of water, and considering models of decentralised electricity supplies.
• The Division of Plant Sciences is researching into a process called `alternative splicing’ which could have implications for our understanding of how plants and crops adapt to climate change.
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