Can I learn to SCUBA dive at Stirling?
Yes, whether for pleasure or for work. The University of Stirling has an active and friendly SCUBA Diving club, which is affiliated to ScotSAC and part of the University’ s sports union. Here you can learn to dive and have fun with your fellow students. If you want to learn to dive under more formal or professional conditions, a new credit bearing module being introduced in 2010 (the second year of your course) will teach the Science of Diving through a series of lectures and laboratory exercises. This is accompanied by the opportunity to learn how to dive through an arrangment with a commercial diving company. Whether you want to complete your PADI Open Water Certificate or PADI Divemaster, or HSE Professional SCUBA diver qualification if you want to learn the skills of a professional scientific diver, then we can provide this opportunity. The diving qualification itself does not count towards your degree programme and the commercial diving company involved has agreed significantly re