Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Education The University of Aberdeen

The aim of the programme is to produce adaptable, flexible teachers who are able to collaborate and cooperate with other professionals, ready to the face challenges of teaching in the 21st century and to commit to the notion of life-long learning. The University of Aberdeen offers an innovative PGDE programme that brings together primary and secondary specialists, in order to learn together, to share common experiences, and to debate current educational issues.

The University of Aberdeen is today at the forefront of teaching, learning and discovery, as it has been for 500 years. As the 'global university of the north', The Aberdeen have consistently sent pioneers and ideas outward to every part of the world. The University is an ambitious, research-driven university with a global outlook, committed to excellence in everything they do.

Teaching at the University of Aberdeen is organized across 12 schools which encompass a broad range of disciplines. Undergraduate and postgraduate students benefit by being taught by academic staff who are active in research, many involved in international collaborations at the forefront of discovery in their respective discipline, focused on finding answers to the issues facing the society and economy today.

Most teaching at the University of Aberdeen takes place at their two main campuses, located in Old Aberdeen and at Foresterhill. Multi-million-pound investment across the University provides students and researchers with some of the best facilities in the UK.

The University of Aberdeen is a modern, global, research-led university with a 500-year history of innovation. Our campuses are special. Lively, accessible and connected to both local and global industries that matter.