Abertay University, formally the
University of Abertay Dundee until 2014, is one of two
public universities in the city of
Dundee,
Scotland. The other is the University of Dundee. In 1872,
Sir David Baxter, 1st Baronet of Kilmaron, left a bequest for the establishment of a mechanics' institute in Dundee. As early as 1902 it was recognised by the Scottish Education Department as an educational hub, and was one of the first to be designated a
central institution, akin to an 'industrial university'. It continues to have a vocational focus and is associated with Dundee's rise as a centre for computer games.