University of Glasgow

About:

Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world. Today we are in the top 1% of the world's universities.

Facts and Figures:

University of Glasgow....

• is ranked 55th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2014)
• is rated fourth in the UK for international student satisfaction (among universities participating in the International Student Barometer Summer 2013)
• welcomes students from more than 120 countries worldwide
• has more than 25,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students
• is a major employer in the city of Glasgow with more than 6,000 staff, including 2,000 active researchers
• has annual research income of more than £181m
• is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of leading UK research universities
• is a founder member of Universitas 21, an international grouping of universities dedicated to setting worldwide standards for higher education
• is a member of IRUN (International Research Universities Network) – an international network of broad-based research universities
• includes among its alumni, the father of economics Adam Smith, Scotland’s architect of devolution Donald Dewar and renowned physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin.