As a part of Britain, Scotland shares its educational system which contains some of the leading universities in the world. The major difference with the Scottish education system is that bachelor degrees are four years (as compared to three in the rest of Britain). The Scottish university you attend will be different than American institutions in that more responsibility for learning is given to you, the student. Academic life consists of large lectures followed by more intimate tutorials and labs where course work is studied in detail. You are expected to read, research, and prepare outside of class time.
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