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About The University of the Highlands and Islands

The University of the Highlands and Islands is the only university based in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

Strategic vision

The University of the Highlands and Islands is the United Kingdom’s leading integrated university, encompassing further and higher education. We will be recognised for the quality of our students’ experience and for their achievement. Our worldwide reputation will be built upon our innovative approach to learning and our distinctive research and curriculum, enriched by the people, natural environment, economy, culture and heritage of our region and its communities. We will be locally based, regional in structure and have national and international reach.

Mission

To have a transformational impact on the prospects of our region, its economy, its people and its communities.

Values

Collaboration | Openness | Respect | Excellence

The University provides access to undergraduate and postgraduate study, and research opportunities through a federal partnership of 13 independent colleges and research institutions. Each institution has its own character and contributes to the distinctive organisation that is the University of the Highlands and Islands. Some are relatively large colleges in the urban centres of the region such as Perth, Elgin and Inverness. Others are smaller institutions, including some whose primary focus is on research. All, however, have a student-centred culture and an individual approach to student learning. In addition to the main campuses, UHI also provides educational opportunities through a network of more than 50 learning centres located throughout the Highlands and Islands, Moray and Perthshire.

A map showing the location of the partner institutions and links to further information on each is available on the university website.

University title was achieved in February 2011, evolving from the higher education institution UHI Millennium Institute.


Further Education

The Post-16 Education Act (Scotland) 2013 establishes the University of the Highlands and Islands as a Regional Strategic Body with responsibility for further education as well as higher education within its region. This is a distinctive approach to the regionalisation of further education within the Highlands and Islands (compared to the rest of Scotland) which recognises the particular geography and needs of the region. The university assumed responsibility for further education on 1st August 2014 and has accommodated this through changes to its governance and management structure.


Governance and management

The titular head of the university is the Chancellor. Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, was installed as the first Chancellor of the university in June 2012.


The structure of the university

The University is governed by the Court.

There are currently over 7000 students studying on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as many undertaking ground-breaking research. In addition, there are around 33,000 students studying on further education courses within the institutions which comprise the university partnership.

Although the university is spread out geographically, every higher education course belongs to one of our two faculties: Arts, Humanities and Business and Science, Health and Engineering. Within each faculty, our subject networks bring together similar courses. Deans of faculty and subject network leaders work together to manage the curriculum and monitor the quality of courses.

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