University of Dundee, Scotland

Program Description

The College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS) program at the University of Dundee provides exceptional quality at an affordable price. Dundee has a beautiful campus where you can experience a pleasing blend of old and new buildings in an attractive setting of lawns and gardens overlooking the mile-wide River Tay and the surrounding hills of Fife and Perthshire.

Dundee, the “City of Discovery”, (pop. 170,000) lies on the estuary of the Tay on the east coast of Scotland, with the Highlands to the north and St. Andrews and Edinburgh to the south. The city of Dundee has more students per head than any other city in the United Kingdom, which means that it is a vibrant university town with services and businesses that cater to students’ needs and budgets. There are excellent cultural and social activities, as well as sporting and shopping facilities. Dundee has the nicest climate of all of Scotland’s cities, with more sunshine and lower rainfall than other location.

The University of Dundee has been selected as the Scottish University of the Year in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for both 2016 and 2017, hailed for both its excellent teaching quality and student experience.

Highlights

The University of Dundee offers an excellent academic program, with courses that include an experiential learning component that gives students a real-world experience.

The academic calendar is based on the US semester schedule, study abroad students typically enroll in three courses for a total of fifteen US college credits.

What`s Included

Semester
Costs included: Instructional costs abroad, fees, orientation, and sickness and accident insurance
Costs not included: Airfare ($1,300 approx.), accommodations ($4,000 approx./per semester), textbooks ($380 approx.), optional airport pick up ($40 approx.), personal expenses ($2,750 approx.) and meals ($1,400 approx.).

Summer
Costs included: Instructional costs abroad, fees, accommodation, airport pick up and drop off, orientation, guided field trips, sports center membership, and sickness and accident insurance.
Costs not included: Airfare (approximately $1,200-1,500), personal expenses, textbooks (approximately $150), and meals.