Robert Gordon University hosts Open Day 2009

2nd October 2009

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, named the top new university in the UK by The Times Good University Guide 2010, will open its doors to potential students and their friends and families for the first of its two Open Days on Wednesday 7 October 2009.

The ever-popular event will be held from 10am till 3pm at both the Garthdee and city centre campuses, and promises to be bigger and better than ever before with a huge range of activities and information on offer. A warm welcome will be extended to anyone interested in finding out more about higher education.

Each of the three Faculties - Health and Social Care, Design and Technology and Aberdeen Business School - will host their own range of dynamic events throughout the day. These will include: hands-on activities with the FF1600 racing car in the School of Engineering; a tour of the scene-of-crime lab and demonstrations of fingerprints, DNA profile and handwriting analysis from the School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences; a critical care scenario with a computerised patient in the School of Nursing; multimedia demonstrations at the Scott Sutherland School; portfolio examples and guidance at Gray's School of Art, and a wide range of talks specific to individual Schools and courses.

Representatives from the different support departments at the University will also be on hand to discuss any questions about how to apply, the costs of going to university, where to stay and adapting to student life. There will also be tours of the student accommodation at Woolmanhill, as well as RGU: SPORT, the University's £10 million sports centre.

The Open Day is your chance to experience our state-of-the-art facilities, learn more about our courses and talk to current students about student life.

Kate Blake, University Marketing Manager said, "This year, early indications show that we have over 2500 people booked, and of course we expect many more visitors to turn up on the day to register.

"Having invested significantly in our new buildings at Garthdee and updated the facilities at our city centre campus, we know that once people visit Robert Gordon University, they will see the benefits of studying in such a fantastic environment."

Free buses will run between the city centre and Garthdee campuses every ten minutes.

For further details, call 01224 262204 or visit the Open Day website at:
www.rgu.ac.uk/openday

The second of the two Open Days will take place exactly one month later, on 7 November 2009, from 11am to 2pm.