London Metropolitan University

London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public research university in London, England. The University of North London formerly the Polytechnic of North London and London Guildhall University formerly the City of London Polytechnic merged in 2002 to create the

roots going back to 1848, it is one of London’s oldest educational institutions. The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of , a museum, archives and libraries. Special collections include the TC Library the Irish Studies Collection and the Frederick Parker Collection.
London Metropolitan University was formed on 1 August 2002 by the merger of London Guildhall University and the University of North London. In October 2006, the University opened a new Science ,

part of a £investment in its science department at the North campus close to Holloway Road, with a "Super Lab" claimed to be one of Europe's most advanced science teaching facilities, and 280 workstations equipped with digital audio visual interactive equipment.
London Guildhall , see London Guildhall University.
Crosby Hall in 1848, where the Metropolitan Evening Classes for Young Men started
In 1848 Charles , the Bishop of London, called upon the clergy
to establish evening classes to improve the moral, intellectual and spiritual condition of young men in London. In response, the bishop Charles Mackenzie, who instituted the Metropolitan Evening Classes for Young Men in Crosby Hall,
, London, with student fees at one shilling per session. Subjects on the original curriculum included Greek, Latin, Hebrew, English, History, Mathematics, Drawing and Natural Philosophy. This fledgling college came
under royal patronage following the visit of Prince Albert to the classes in 1851. In 1860 the classes moved to Sussex Hall, the former Livery Hall of the Bricklayers' Company, in Street. By this time, some 800 students were enrolled annually.

City of London College's new building at in 1883 opened by the then Prince of Wales
In 1861 the classes were reconstituted and named the City of London College. Over the next twenty years, the College was one of the pioneers in the introduction of commercial and technical subjects. The college

built new premises in White Street at a cost of £16,000 1 the college joined Institute and the Northampton Institute to form the City Polytechnic by a Charity Commissioners' scheme to facilitate funding for these institutions by the City Parochial Foundation, and to enable the three institutions to work cooperatively.

However this attempted federation did not function in practice, as each institution continued to operate more or less independently. The City Polytechnic concept was dissolved in 1906 and the City of London College came under the supervision of London County Council.

centenary with a service of thanksgiving addressed by the Archbishop of Canterbury at St Paul's Cathedral. In 1970 the college merged with Sir John College to form the City of London Polytechnic. From 1992 to July 2002, the institution was known as London Guildhall University.

Electra House, 84 , built by John in 1902, topped by a sculpture of young Atlases supporting a zodiacal globe by F.W. .
In December 1940 the college's building was destroyed by a German air raid. City of London College subsequently moved into premises at 84 in 1944. In 1948, the City of London College celebrated its

Under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 the Polytechnic was awarded University status, previously having awarded the degrees of the former

Council for National Academic Awards. London Guildhall University was named in order to show its links with the City of London and the City's many guilds/livery companies. It was with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, based at the .


was reported that the management of the merged institution had ordered the destruction of the entire print run of a history of the university - London Guildhall University: From Polytechnic to University - authored by Sean

 Tower Hill and Liverpool Street tube stations. There are buildings located at , Jewry Street, Central House, , High Street, Calcutta House, Commercial Road and  Street. There is a gymnasium for the use of staff and students at the  High St. building,


 The schools was ranked 30th out of the UK's 43 new universities in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. In August 2004, in the midst of a contract dispute with former staff following the merger with the University of North London, it
, formerly a senior research fellow in the department of Politics and Modern History; the work had been commissioned by Sir Roderick , the President of London Metropolitan University, when Provost
The former campus is now the city campus and is located at the intersection of the City of London financial district and the old East End, near East,

This move caused controversy among the Chinese public and the overseas Chinese view the Dalai Lama as partly responsible for the 2008 unrest in a result, Chinese migration agents had been reported to "boycott" London Metropolitan University in advising clients who wish to study in the U The University's Vice

In May 2008, London Metropolitan University presented the 14th Dalai Lama with an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy for "promoting peace
such as the University's own "Free Tibet  University has also faced criticism for offering free scholarships specifically reserved for students from the Tibetan exile community in India, Nepal and the West, in a case of non-merit "racial quotas".

Chancellor, Brian Roper, issued an apology letter to the Chinese Foreign Ministry via embassy officials in July In an interview with the Global Times, a worker at a Chinese study abroad agency suggested that the University could repair the offence of the by refusing speaking platforms to Tibetan independence groups,

Open University

Open  University

The Open a public distance learning and research university, and one of the biggest universities in the UK for undergraduate education. The majority of the undergraduate students are based throughout the United 

Kingdom and principally study off-campus; many of its courses both undergraduate and postgraduate can also be studied anywhere in the world.

 There is also a number of full-time postgraduate research students based on the 48-hectare university campus

 where they use the facilities for research, as well as more than 1000 members of academic and research staff and over 2500 administrative, operational and support staff.

The was established in 1969 and the first students enrolled in January 1971.The University administration is based at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes in , but has regional in each of its thirteen regions around the United Kingdom. It also has offices and regional examination in many other European countries. The university 

awards undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as non-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates or continuing education units.

 It was rated top university in England and Wales for student satisfaction in 201 United Kingdom government national student satisfaction survey, and second in the 2007 survey. Out of 132 universities and colleges, the was ranked 43rd

With more than 250,000 students enrolled, including around 32,000 aged under more than 50,000 overseas students, it is the largest academic institution in the United Kingdom 

and one of the largest in Europe by student number, and qualifies as one of the world's largest universities. Since it was founded, more than 1.5 million students have studied its courses

 in the Times Higher Education Table of Excellence in 2008, between the University of Reading and University of the Arts London; it was rated highly in Design, Art History, English, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, Development Studies, Social Policy and Social Work and Sociology

practical issues, related to health promotion. Nevertheless, it is possible to be excused on the basis of ill-health or other extenuating circumstances and many courses have no mandatory face-to-face component.

 It was ranked overall as a nationally top forty, and globally top five hundred university by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2011, as well as being ranked 247 for citations of its academics

Some modules have mandatory day schools. These are day-long sessions which a student must attend in order to pass the module. One example of such a module is the Advanced Certificate in Health Promotion which has two mandatory day schools/workshops, focusing on communication skills, counselling and 

Similarly, many modules have traditionally offered week-long summer schools offering an opportunity for students to remove themselves from the general distractions of their life and focus on their study for a short time.

Over the past ten years the university has adopted a policy of separating residential modules from distance-full-time taught modules. Exemption from attendance at residential schools, always as an Alternative Learning Experience  is sometimes available for disabled students and others who find it impossible to attend in person See "Qualifications-Undergraduate" section.

For many years the produced television and radio aimed at bringing learning to a wider audience. In its early years most of these were in the form of documentaries or filmed lectures. Latterly, most -associated programming was mainstream and broadcast in peak hours, including series such as Rough Science and 

"Battle of the Geeks", while older-style programming was carried in the BBC Learning Zone. In 2004 the announced it was to stop its late-night on , and the last was broadcast at on 16 December 2006. The now plans to focus on semi-academic television , such as many now broadcast on BBC Four.

The is researching the use of virtual worlds in teaching and learning, and has two main islands in Second Life. These islands are called Open University village. They are separated by a third region "Ocean." In May 2009 these regions formed the basis of a case Linden Lab, the company which owns Second Life.

Teaching at the has been rated as "excellent" by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. The English national survey of student satisfaction has twice put the Open University in first place.

In October 2006 the joined the Open educational resources movement with the launch of . A growing selection of current and past distance learning course materials will be released for free access, including downloadable versions for educators to modify under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA , plus free collaborative learning-support tools.

Open University modules have associated with them a number of Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme pending on the quantity of the material in the module to the complexity, with 120 points roughly equating to the year of study for a full-time student.

As of mid-2010, the university led the list of contributing universities in the number of downloads of its material from the educational resources site iTunes U, with downloads of over 20 million Open University continues to adopt as the Virtual Learning Environment with their own team deploying custom plugins

Students are generally advised not undertake more than 60 credits per year, meaning that an undergraduate degree will take typically 


six years to complete. With the exception of some degrees in fast moving areas such as computingthere is generally no limit on the time which a student may take. Students need special permission to take more than 120 points equivalent to full-time study at any time; such permission is not usually granted

The offers a large number of undergraduate qualifications, including certificates, diplomas, and bachelor's degrees, based on both level and quantity of study. An undergraduate degree requires 300 or 360 for CATS credits.

Originally the BA was the only undergraduate degree, and it was unnamed. The modern grants degrees of Bachelor of Art Science  and Engineering; the BA and may be named(following a specified or of courses chosen by the student degrees.

subject over a period of ten weeks, these are generally timed during vacations at conventional universities in order to take advantage of their facilities. Some science modules, which require only home study, are 

Many faculties have now introduced short modules worth ten credits. Most of these modules are taught online, and start at regular intervals throughout the year. They typically provide an introduction to a broader 

complemented by residential courses, in order to allow the student to gain practical laboratory experience in that field; typically, an award of degree or diploma will require completion of both.

October. Assessment is by both continual assessment with, normally, between four and eight assignments during the , for most, a final examination or, on some modules, a major 

Different modules are run at different times of the year, but, typically, a 30 or 60 credit module will run either from October to June or from February to 
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Queen Mary University of London

Queen  Mary  University  of  London

Queen Mary University of London officially abbreviated to , informally known as QM is a public research university in London, England, which is a constituent college of the University of London. It dates back to the London Hospital Medical College founded in 1785. Queen Mary College was admitted to the University of 

London in 1915 and named after Mary of , Queen of the United Kingdom. In 1989, Queen Mary College merged with College to form Queen Mary and College. In 1995, Queen Mary and College merged with St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, established in 1843, and the London Hospital Medical College, founded in 1785.

Queen Mary's main campus is in the Mile End area of East London, with other campuses in , and . It has around 17,000 full-time students and 4,000 staff.

 Queen Mary is organised into three faculties – the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering and and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry within which there are 21 academic departments and institutes. It is one of the largest colleges of the University of London.

Queen Mary is a member of the Russell Group of leading British research universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and Universities UK. Queen Mary is a major for medical teaching and research and is part of Partners, the world's largest academic health science . 

It has a strategic partnership with the University of Warwick, including research collaboration and joint teaching of English, history and computer science undergraduates. Queen Mary also collaborates with Royal Holloway, University of London to run 

at the University of London Institute in Paris.

Queen Mary is frequently ranked among the top universities in the 

UK, Europe and is among the top 100 universities in the world. It was recently ranked among the top five universities in London.There are six Nobel Laureates Queen Mary's alumni and current and former staff.

Teaching of aeronautical engineering began in 1907 which led to the first UK aeronautical engineering department being established in 1909 which boasted a ground-breaking wind tunnel. Thus creating the oldest Aeronautical in the World.

 A. P. , a former student at the College gaining a first class degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in 1906, was encouraged and financially supported by P. Y. Alexander, a wealthy aeronautical enthusiast and


In 1910 the College's status in the University of London was extended for a further five years, with unlimited membership achieved in May 1915. During this period the organisation of the governors of the People's Palace was rearranged, creating the separate People's Palace Committee and East London College 


acquaintance, and J. L. , the then Principal, to start regular courses of lectures in aeronautics.gradually brought in more and more skilled aeronautical engineers, and with the newly built laboratory, started giving lectures in aeronautics "Flying machines", "Balloons, airships and kites", "The mechanical principles of flight"


 and started extensive research on fundamental matters such as the characteristics of wing sections and propellers, structural and material characteristics, and the forces on struts, leading to use in military aircraft for the First World War.


During the First World War the College admitted students from the London Hospital Medical College who were preparing for the preliminary medical examination, the first step in a long process that would eventually bring the two institutions together. After the war, the College grew, albeit constrained by the rest of the 


Committee, both under the Palace Governors, as a sign of the growing separation of the two concepts within a single complex.

People's Palace to the west and a burial ground immediately to the east. In 1920 it obtained both the Palace's Rotunda


the Charity Commissioners and the Board of Education. In April 1929 the College Council decided it would take the steps towards applying to the Privy Council for a Royal Charter, but on the advice of the Drapers' 

and rooms under the winter gardens at the west of the palace, which became chemical laboratories. The College's status was also unique, being the only School of the University of London that was subject to both 

In the early hours of 25 February 1931 a fire destroyed the Queen's Hall, though both the College and the winter gardens escaped. In the coming days discussions on reconstruction led to the proposal that the entire site be transferred to the College which would then apply for a Charter alone. The Drapers' Company 

Company first devised a scheme for development and expansion, which recommended other things to the People's Palace and the College, with guaranteed provision of the Queen's Hall for recreational purposes, offering at least freedom of governance if not in space.


for a name change, feeling that "east London" carried unfortunate associations that would hinder the College and its graduates. With the initial proposed name, "Queen's College", having already been taken by another institution and "Victoria College" felt to be unoriginal, "Queen Mary 

" was settled on. The Charter of Incorporation was presented on 12 December 1934 by Queen Mary herself

obtained St Helen's Terrace, a row of six houses the site, and in July 1931 it was agreed to give these over to the People's Palace for a new site adjacent to the old, which would now become entirely the domain of the College. Separation was now achieved. The Charter was now pursued, but the Academic Board asked 


During the Second World War the College was evacuated to Cambridge, where it shared with King's College. Meanwhile, the Mile End site was requisitioned for war work and was for a time used as the Municipal Offices of Borough Council. After the war the College returned to London, facing many of the same problems but with prospects for westward expansion.

The East End had suffered considerable bomb damage although the College itself had incurred consequently several areas of land near to the College site now became vacant. The former church of St ' to the immediate east of the College was now defunct and was demolished in 1950, with the space used to 

build a new block for physics, but most of the acquisitions in the immediate post war years were to the west of the college. Even the new People's Palace was no longer able to meet its needs and it was acquired by the College along with several pieces of land that together formed a significant continuous stretch along the Mile 

End Road. New buildings for engineering, biology and chemistry were built on the new sites, whilst the arts took over the space vacated in the original building, now renamed the Queens' Building to reflect the support and patronage of both Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

Limited accommodation resulted in the acquisition of further land in South now directly connected to Mile End tube station by means of the Central line's eastward extension

upon which tower blocks were established. Consequently, student numbers continued to expand. The College also obtained the Co-operative Wholesale Society's clothing factory on the Mile End Road which was converted into a building for the Faculty of Laws and some other teaching), as well as the former headquarters of 

Patent Ltd operators of the "largest dog biscuit factory in the was converted into a building for the Faculty of Economics founded by Maurice , Baron . Both faculties were physically separated from what was now a campus to the west.


Hospital Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College with a joint facility in Mile End, but the land was not yet available. Over the period land that came onto the market was purchased with the intention to consolidate as soon as possible. The Queen Mary College Act 1973 was passed "to the disposal of the 


From the mid-until the mid-the College was in a period of uncertainty and flux. Much planning was dominated by the "scheme" which proposed to link Queen Mary College with the London 

A further link with both The London and St. Bartholomew's was made in 1974 when an anonymous donor provided for the establishment of a further hall of residence in , to be divided equally between Queen Mary College students and the two medical colleges.

burial ground in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and to for other purposes thereof..." and gave the authority to disinter and most of the graves to . 


At the start of the changing demographics and finances caused much concern through the university sector and led to a of the University of London. At Queen Mary some subjects, such as Russian and Classics were discontinued, whilst the College 

became one of five in the University with a concentration of laboratory sciences, including the transfer of science departments from College, Chelsea College, Queen Elizabeth College and College.

 to this day but the rest of the area has been absorbed by the College's expansion. The long planned Clinical Medicine building for the Scheme finally in the late , further strengthening the ties between the three colleges

From the mid-the College began expanding across the newly acquired land to the east, taking the campus to the Regent's Canal. A part of the burial ground remains

University of Leeds

University  of  Leeds

which eventually became the University of University College Liverpool which became the Liverpool

 In 1904, a royal charter, created in 1903, was granted to the University of Leeds by King Edward VII.

The University of Leeds is a redbrick university located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally named the Yorkshire College of Science and later simply the Yorkshire College, it incorporated the Leeds School of Medicine and became part of the federal Victoria University alongside Owens College 

The university has around 33,500 students, the eighth-highest number of any university in the UK.

From 2006 to present, the university has consistently been ranked second in the United Kingdom for the number of applications received, second only to the University of Manchester.

The university is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities, the Group for research collaboration,

Leeds had a total income of £547.3 million in 2010/11, of which £124 million was from research grants and contracts.

 The university has financial endowments of £49.3 million  ranking outside the top ten British universities by financial endowment.

the Worldwide Universities Network, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the White Rose University Consortium, the Network and and is also affiliated to the Association of , and Universities UK.

 in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise,the best result in the Yorkshire and the in 2010, Leeds was ranked as the 9th most targeted British university by graduate employers

Leeds is ranked nationally between 14th Times Higher Education and 

 Internationally, the university is ranked as the 32nd best in Europe and globally ranked 87th in the 2015 World University Rankings Leeds was ranked 8th in the UK

Notable alumni include former Secretary of State Jack Straw, former co-chairman of the Conservative Party , American actor Chris Pine, Piers Sellers NASA five Nobel laureates.

provide education for the children of middle-class industrialists and merchants. Financial support from local industry was crucial in setting up the College and aiding the students. The university continues to these elements of its history; for example, there is still remains a ' Court on campus.

In 1831, the Leeds School of Medicine was established with the aim of serving the needs of the five medical institutions which had been established in the city. In 1874, the Yorkshire College of Science was created to 

The College of Science, on Owens College, Manchester, was established in 1851 as non-sectarian and was open to Protestant Dissenters, Catholics and Jews though not then to women

The Northern colleges continued to promote themselves as offering a general education that was progressive and pragmatic in nature as were the technical colleges of Germany and the ancient universities upon which they were .

since the Oxford and Cambridge, restricted attendance to members only of the Church of England. University College London was non-sectarian. The religious qualification ceased in the but the classics-based education continued at Oxford and Cambridge. 

The Yorkshire College of Science began by teaching experimental physics, mathematics, geology, mining, chemistry and biology, and soon became well known as an international for the study of engineering and textile technology due to the manufacturing and textile trades being strong in the West Riding

of Medicine and subsequently joined the federal Victoria University at Manchester in 1880 on 3 November 1887. Students in this period were awarded external degrees by the University of London

. When classics, modern literature and history went on offer a few years later, the Yorkshire College of Science became simply the Yorkshire College. In 1884, the Yorkshire College absorbed the Leeds School 

Leeds was given its first university in 1887 when the Yorkshire College joined the federal Victoria University on 3 November. The Victoria University had been established by royal charter in 1880; Owens College being at first the only member college.[18] Leeds now found itself in an educational union with close social cousins from Manchester and Liverpool.

Unlike Owens College, the Leeds campus of the Victoria University had never barred women from its courses. However, it was not until special facilities 

The Victoria  University was a short-lived concept, as the multiple university locations in Manchester and Liverpool were keen to establish themselves as separate, independent universities. This was partially due to the benefits a university had for the cities of Liverpool and Manchester whilst the institutions were also 

were provided at the Day Training College in 1896 that women began enrolling in significant numbers. The first female student to begin a course at the university was Annie Clark, who studied Modern Literature and Education.

 1903, the then newly formed University of Liverpool began the fragmentation of the Victoria University by being the first member to gain independence. The University of Leeds soon followed suit and had been granted a royal charter as an independent body by

unhappy with the practical difficulties posed by maintaining a federal arrangement across broad distances. The interests of the universities and respective cities in creating independent institutions was further spurred by the granting of a charter to the University of Birmingham in 1900 after lobbying from Joseph Chamberlain.

Following a Royal Charter and Act of Parliament in

University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city , adjacent to Victoria Park.

The university has established itself as a leading research-led university and has been named University of the Year of 2008 by the Times Higher Education.

32nd in the The Guardian. Recent REF 2014, the University f Leicester ranked 49th among 126 universities.World University Rankings also placed Leicester eighth in the UK for research citations.

 The University of Leicester is also the only university ever to have won a Times Higher Education award in seven consecutive years. In 2016, the university ranked 24th in the The Complete University Guide and 

The central building, now known as the Fielding Johnson Building and housing the University's administration offices and Faculty of Law, dates from 1837 and was formerly the and Lunatic Asylum. Opposite the Fielding Johnson Building are the Clarke Building, home to the School of Economics, and the University Sports .

The university is most famous for the invention of genetic fingerprinting and for the discovery of the remains of King Richard III

The Ken Edwards building, built in 1995, lies adjacent to the Fielding Johnson Building and is home to the School of Management.

The David Wilson Library was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 4 December 2008, following an extensive refurbishment with a budget of £32 million.

Built in 1957, the Percy Gee building is home to Leicester University's Students' Union.

The university campus is home to several notable examples of architecture, including the Grade II listed Engineering Building and the Charles Wilson Building. Another prominent building on campus is the , home to the College of Social Sciences

Further along University Road and on Salisbury Road and Regents Road are the Department of Education and the Fraser Noble building.

The Department is host to around 350 undergraduate students, following courses, and over 70 postgraduate students registered for a higher degree.

The Bennett building, Physics and Astronomy building, the Chemistry building and the Adrian Building lie beyond the Charles Wilson Building. Across University Road lies the Maurice Shock and Hodgkin buildings, home to Leicester's Medical School.

The main Physics building accommodates several research and Space Plasma Physics and Observational Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics and Theoretical Astrophysics, microscopy, Gamma astronomy, and radar sounding, and the Swift UK Data .

f Leicester Observatory in Manor Road,  with telescope it is one of the UK's largest and most advanced astronomical teaching department has close involvement with the National Space also located in Leicester.

 A purpose built Space Research houses the Space Science and Instrumentation  group and provides laboratories, clean rooms and other facilities for instrumentation research, Earth Observation Science and the Bio-imaging Unit. The department also runs the University o

The department is home to the University's ALICE a member of the Advanced consortium. is the integrated facility for theoretical modelling and

 It was funded for five the Higher Education Funding Council for England's 

The department is a member collaboration of three university physics departments with a track record in teaching and learning innovation. The Physics Innovations 

s one of 74 for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, over all academic disciplines, and the only one in physics.

from the Government's Large Facilities Capital Fund, together with investment from the Science and Technology Facilities Council and from universities.

based research in particle physics, astronomy and cosmology, areas in which the UK is world. It was funded as a result of investment of £12.32 million, 

 involved collaboration between the Open University and the Universities of Leicester and Reading.

class teaching, research and consultancy in astronomy and space and planetary science fields. Practical results from advanced thinking"

In 1994 the University of Leicester celebrated winning the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its work in Physics & Astronomy. The prize citation reads: "World

University of Strathclyde

The University of is a Scottish public research university located in Glasgow, United Kingdom. It is Glasgow's second university by age, being founded in 1796 as the Institute, 

and receiving its Royal Charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university. It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of .

The University of is Scotland's third largest university by number of students, with students and staff from over 100 countries.he institution was awarded University o

This means that successful applicants to had the 12th highest average score, compared to other UK higher education institutions.

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

f 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 points.

 majority of his estate to create a second university in Glasgow which would focus on "Useful Learning"or the good of mankind and the improvement of science, a place of useful learning". The University later named its city campus after him.

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.

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 

 Undergraduate students could qualify for degrees of the University of Glasgow or the equivalent Associate of the Royal College of Science and Technology

Under Principal Samuel , internationally respected nuclear physicist the Royal College gained University Status, receiving its Royal Charter to become The University of belief, The University of was not created as a result of the Robbins 

The university has developed its reputation and grown from approximately 4,000 full-time students in 1964 to over 20,000 students in 2003, when it celebrated the 100th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the original Royal College building.

decision to grant the Royal College university status had been made earlier in the  but delayed as a result of Robbins Report. The University the UK's first technological university 

reflecting its history, teaching and research excellence in technological education. In 1993, the University incorporated College of Education.

In July 2015, Her Majesty The Queen has opened the Technology and Innovation  at the University of .

education. Originally built as the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Building, it now houses , Chemistry, and Electronic and Electrical Engineering. The 

building is currently undergoing major internal renovation following the relocation of the Pharmacology and departments to new accommodation in the John , and the installation of a new heating system.

The building has long been the massive Royal College Building. Started in 1903 and completed in 1912, it was partially opened in 1910 and at the time was the largest educational building in Europe for technical 

Meanwhile, a new sciences building was opened in early 2010. It was designed by Robson, and aims to bring the the Institute together under one roof. Sited on Cathedral Street in Glasgow, the building is the gateway to the University campus and city from the motorway.

The James Weir Building is currently undergoing reconstruction after a serious fire resulted in many rooms being unusable.

2012 also saw the 20th Century Society select the Architecture Building as their 'Building of the Month' for September due to its cultural significance and enduring 

The Architecture Building, completed in 1967, is considered to be the best post-war building on campus. It was designed by Frank and Associates, Frank being the Professor of Architecture in the Architecture School at the time. 

The Architects Journal Magazine at the time highly praised this building for its restraint in the 

choice of materials and its organisational of the within the constraints of a difficult site. In 2012, Historic Scotland granted Listed Building Status to it, along with the Building designed by Morris and Architects.