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Two new cities have joined AEGEE Network, since two days ago CD approved two new contacts – Dundee and Macerata. Welcome!
Dundee is the 4th of the biggest Scottish cities with population of 159,522. Its motto, The City of Discovery, fully suits to Dundee’s history of scientific activities and discoveries. The city is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay and near the North Sea and surrounds an extinct volcano, called Dundee Law (174 metres). The city benefits of its geographical situation, giving it a claim to being Scotland’s sunniest and warmest city. City center dramatically developed during industrial revolution era, contains some tall, Victorian style buildings from a brown sandstone. Nowadays, city is oriented towards students, and offers variety of attractions suitable for young, spontaneous people.
University of Dundee has been founded in 1881 as a constituent college of University of St. Andrews, and became the independent body in 1967. Nowadays there is about 18,000 of students at the University associated in the DUSA, the 4th best student’s union in UK. The university is divided into four colleges: The College of Art, Science & Engineering, The College of Arts and Social Sciences, The College of Life Sciences, The College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing (the best in UK in 2008 and 2009). Students can study on such a prestigious departments as Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design which is ranked among the top three art schools in the UK.
Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy. The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. Together with the modern town, sprawling on the plain below, it has a population of about 43,000. There is a lift (elevator) connecting the two towns.
The University of Macerata was founded in 1290 and is organized in six faculties. It is one of the oldest universities in Italy, and many parts of the University still conserve the fascination and beauty of the past. But the University of Macerata is also young and modern. The average age of our teachers, who are used to discussing both academic and current events with their students, is 40!