City Profile

Dundee is a vibrant, buzzing and culturally spirited city with a spectacular waterfront location on the East coast of Scotland.

The city is large enough to offer the advantages of an exciting city life, but compact enough to also offer real quality of life benefits such as short commuting times and easy access to beautiful unspoilt countryside, hills and coastlines.

Dundee has a population of over 142,000 inhabitants but acts as a regional centre for a catchment within 30mins drive of over 300,000. It benefits from a central geographical location and is within 90minutes drive of 90% of Scotland's population.

Dundee boasts two universities, a major further education and teacher training college and a unique Al-Maktoum postgraduate institution and has one of the highest student/population ratios in the UK.

Key business sectors today in the city include life sciences and healthcare, education, digital media and financial services.

With more hours of sunshine and more green spaces than any other Scottish city Dundee with its riverside location offers an unrivalled quality of life.

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