University of Glasgow

University Colleges and Facilities
(Glasgow, Scotland)




The University of Glasgow has 10 faculties. These faculties offer various degree programmes for both undergraduate and postgraduate programs of the university.

Faculty of Arts


The Faculty of Arts was founded in 1451 and is one of the largest faculties in the university. It is composed of the School of Modern Language and various departments. It has 29 research centres that are under certain departments.

Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences


The Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences is an internationally recognised centre for biological research and teaching. It has an academic staff of 140 permanent teachers, 200 contract workers, and 300 research students. It was awarded Faculty status on August 2000 by the university.

Faculty of Education


The Faculty of Education is composed of four departments including Adult and Continuing Studies, Curriculum Studies, Educational Studies, and Religious Education. It has four centres, namely the Centre for Science Education, Robert Clark Centre for Technological Education, Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning, and the Scottish Council for Research and Education.


Faculty of Engineering


The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1840 and is the oldest faculty of engineering in the UK. It provides a wide range of academic programmes for both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It has an estimated total of 1,400 students, 95 technical staff, 115 academic staff and a number of post-doctoral research fellows and assistants.

Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences


The Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences has received a rating of 5 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. It houses four departments, which are the department of Computing Science, Mathematics, Psychology, and Statistics. It is also host to three major research centres, the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Bioinformatics Research Centre, and the Centre for Mathematics applied to the Life Sciences.

Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences


The Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences is actually a merge between the Faculty of Law and Financial Studies and the Faculty of Social Sciences. The merge was a result of financial and planning purposes. It houses the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences Graduate School, University of Glasgow Business School, Glasgow Graduate School of Law, and Glasgow School of Social Work.

Faculty of Medicine


The Faculty of Medicine was established in the early 17th century. It is among the largest faculties in the UK, housing the Medical School, Dental School, the Nursing and Midwifery School. It boasts of their award-winning medical school building called the Wolfson Medical School Building, which offers state-of-the-art facilities to enhance the learning process of each student. It has recently opened two new research centres, the Glasgow Medical Research Centre and the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre. The three buildings make up the biomedical 'Triangle of Excellence' of the university.

Faculty of Physical Sciences


The Faculty of Physical Sciences is composed of the Departments of Chemistry, Geographical and Earth Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy, and the Physical Sciences Graduate School. It houses three research centres, namely the Centre for Geosciences, Institute for Gravitational Research, and the Kelvin Nano-Characterization Centre.

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine


The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine became an independent faculty in 1969. It takes pride in being the only veterinary faculty that has all its departments within one site. It is located on a large 150-hectare commercial farm. It has a staff of 300 and a student body of 500.

Faculty of Science Support Unit


The Faculty of Science Support Unit covers all three faculties of science including the Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Information and Mathematical Sciences, and Physical Sciences. It has over 4,000 undergraduate students and 600 postgraduate students.









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