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ACADEMIC ABERDEEN Building on centuries of academic achievement, Aberdeen’s universities are key to the region’s continued prosperity, working closely with the
ABERDEEN ACHIEVEMENTS > Breakthrough research in Alzheimers, Cystic Fibrosis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome > Five Nobel Prizes > In 1922 John MacLeod helped to discover insulin > George Paget Thomson discovered the electron for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1937 > The role of mosquitos in spreading malaria was discovered by Aberdeenshire physician Sir Patrick Manson, known as the ‘Father of tropical medicine’ > Sir Thomas Sutherland, the founder of HSBC, was born in Aberdeen and studied at the University of Aberdeen
> The University of Aberdeen, established in 1495, is one of the oldest English-speaking universities in the world, and was named Scottish University of the year in 2019 by The Times. > Robert Gordon University, established in 1729, boasts students from 132 countries and has 90,000 global alumni. Number one in Scotland for graduate employability and industry connections. city to support cutting edge developments with research and educational programmes connected to the most important industries in the region, and developing those of the future
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