Glasgow: The City and University

Glasgow is a vibrant and fascinating cosmopolitan city. Spectacular Victorian architecture, modern developments in commerce and a modern communications infrastructure saw Glasgow Designated as European City of Architecture & Design for 1999. Rapid growth during the period of 17th and 18th centuries established Glasgow as a major shipbuilding and engineering centre. Today, Glasgow continues to be the base for many industrial organisations and has also developed as and technological centre.

The University of Glasgow

Those who come to study or research at the University of Glasgow find not only a warm welcome but an institutional culture which has been developed to meet the needs and interests of postgraduates. The maintenance and development of research excellence have the highest priority for the University. In successive research assessment exercises the great majority of its departments have been awarded national or international ratings. In pursuit of these goals, the University fosters research and scholarship within the traditional academic disciplines, and it has set up a number of interdisciplinary centres and institutes.

The University also benefits from the presence on the campus of several units funded directly by the Research Councils, and it has library and computing facilities to match its high standing in research and postgraduate education. It is therefore natural that the University consistently attracts higher degree students from every part of the United Kingdom and from virtually every country in the world. The University is proud of its strong traditions and the international record of excellence, which it has established and maintains in many areas of study. Adam Smith (1723-1790), the father of modern economics, was a Professor at the University 300 years after its foundation.