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Andersonian Institute

University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde Coat of Arms.svg
Motto The Place of Useful Learning
Type Public
Established 1796
as Andersonian Institute;1964 granted University Status by Royal Charter
as University of Strathclyde
Endowment £30.9 million (as of 31 July 2016)
Chancellor The Lord Smith of Kelvin
Principal Jim McDonald
Convenor of the Court Richard Hunter
Administrative staff
3,200
Students 21,210 (2014/15)
Undergraduates 14,670 (2014/15)
Postgraduates 6,540 (2014/15)
Location Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
55°51′42.18″N 04°14′30.1194″W / 55.8617167°N 4.241699833°W / 55.8617167; -4.241699833Coordinates: 55°51′42.18″N 04°14′30.1194″W / 55.8617167°N 4.241699833°W / 55.8617167; -4.241699833
Campus Urban
More than 500 acres (200 ha)
Colours      Engineering
     Humanities
     Science
     Business
Affiliations ACU
EQUIS
ECIU
IPEM
EUA
Universities UK
Universities Scotland
AACSB
AMBA
Website University of Strathclyde Glasgow
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Rankings
QS
(2016/17, national)
38
QS
(2016/17, world)
272
THE
(2016/17, national)
58
THE
(2016/17, world)
401-500
CWTS Leiden
(2016, world)
471
Complete
(2017, national)
48
The Guardian
(2017, national)
51
Times/Sunday Times
(2017, national)
48

The University of Strathclyde is a Scottish public research university located in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, with the university receiving its royal charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university. It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde.

The University of Strathclyde is Scotland's third-largest university by number of students, with students and staff from over 100 countries. The institution was awarded University of the Year 2012 and Entrepreneurial University of the year 2013 by Times Higher Education.

Entry into many of the courses in the university is competitive and successful entrants in 2015 had an average of 473 UCAS points. This means that successful applicants to Strathclyde have the third-highest average score in Scotland (above the University of Glasgow), and is ranked twelfth overall in the UK. It is also one of the 39 old universities in the UK comprising the distinctive second cluster of elite universities after Oxbridge.

The university was founded in 1796 through the will of John Anderson, professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow who left instructions and the majority of his estate to create a second university in Glasgow which would focus on "Useful Learning" – specialising in practical subjects – "for the good of mankind and the improvement of science, a place of useful learning". The University later named its city centre campus after him.

In 1828, the institution was renamed Anderson's University, partially fulfilling Anderson's vision of two universities in the city of Glasgow. The name was changed in 1887, to reflect the fact that there was no legal authority for the use of the title of 'university'. As a result, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College was formed, becoming the Royal Technical College in 1912, and the Royal College of Science and Technology in 1956 concentrating on science and engineering teaching and research. Undergraduate students could qualify for degrees of the University of Glasgow or the equivalent Associate of the Royal College of Science and Technology (ARCST).


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