The University of Dundee is a public research university founded previously as a university college in 1881 with the donation of a prominent family, the Baxter family. It is based in Dundee, Scotland. Over these years, the University of Dundee has developed a firm place and reputation as the best institute among the students entering traditional professions, such as law, medicine, and dentistry. These days, emerging areas of study such as life sciences are also bagging prominent spots of attention and recognition in the university. Many courses at the University offer a career planning and internship facility, also students are given their own personal development website to work within and track progress.

The subjects of anatomy and physiology, dentistry, and social work, offered by the University of Dundee all feature in the top ten subject rankings in the UK. The University of Dundee School of Medicine is ranked among the top 5 institutes in the United Kingdom. Dundee is also ranked 1st in Scotland and 4th in the entire UK for Law Studies, according to the Guardian University Guide's reports in 2020.

Dundee University is also held in high regard as it scored best in student satisfaction in recent years.

It is also ranked 32nd in the Times University Guide, 44th in the Guardian University Guide, and 354th in the QS World University Rankings in the year 2023.