• Career focused – Employability is at the centre of learning in Scotland. Scottish degrees focus upon giving you the skills and experience to gain employment once your course is completed. Graduates from Scotland’s universities have the highest rate of positive destinations and highest starting salaries, sixth months after graduating than anywhere else in the UK (HESA, 2011).
• Heritage – For a country with a relatively small population Scotland punches far above its weight in terms of famous people and inventors. Some of the world’s most important
inventions all originated in Scotland. John Logie Baird (television), Alexander Fleming (penicillin) and Turner prize winners studied in Scotland too including Simon Starling, Richard Wright and Martin Boyce.
• Festivals - Scotland has a reputation for putting on some of the best festivals in world. Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The International Festival, and The Winter Festivals (a trio of truly Scottish celebrations – St Andrew’s Day, Hogmanay and Burns Day).and the T-In the Park music festival to name just a few.
Where to study
Scotland is internationally renowned for its world-class education system. Every year, more than 30,000 international students from more than 180 countries choose to study in Scotland.
Key facts
• Scotland has 15 universities, 6 specialist higher education institutes, and 41 further education colleges.
• Scotland has been leading the way in education since the early part of the 15th century!
• More academic papers and citations per head of population are produced in Scotland than in
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