Dundee voted the best place to work in Europe

The University of Dundee has been named the best place to work in Europe for the second year running in an international poll of scientists.

Dundee has been rated extremely highly in each of the three years the poll has been running in the highly respected magazine The Scientist. In 2003 Dundee was placed second best in Europe, before claiming top spot in 2004 and 2005.

This year's survey in The Scientist magazine rates Dundee fourth outside the United States, behind only the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, and the Universities of Toronto and Alberta in Canada.

The results of the survey were taken from the responses of more than 2600 academics around the world. They rated relationships with their peers, a sense of accomplishment in their work, and access to research resources as the ingredients that make for a great workplace.

Commenting on Dundee's pre-eminent ranking, Professor Peter Downes, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences, said, "It is very pleasing to see Dundee's international reputation being reflected in this influential poll over three years. Currently, staff working in the Faculty represent 53 different nationalities, one reason perhaps why Dundee does so well in this survey."