Ancient universities is a British term to indicate those of the universities that were founded in the middle ages. A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
The University of Aberdeen is one of the ancientuniversities of Scotland.
The University of Dundee is the principal university in the city and Royal Burgh of Dundee, Scotland.
Uniquely, the five ancientuniversities award a degree bearing the title of Master of Arts for undergraduate courses in Arts, Humanities, Fine Art, Divinity and sometimes Social Sciences; this is roughly equivalent to a bachelor's degree from the rest of the United Kingdom.
Ancientuniversity is a term used to describe the medieval and renaissance universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland that have continued to exist.
The University of Dundee was established as an independent institution by Royal Charter in 1967, but has a history going back to the 19th century and was fully incorporated as a college of the University of St Andrews for most of its history, known as University College Dundee and Queen's College at various periods.
While the term 'ancientuniversity' is generally concentrated on the universities of the British Isles, there are several universities in the world which are very much ancient and often pre-date those in the UK and Ireland.
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