University of Glasgow

Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world. We are one of the top 100 of the world's universities.

The University of Glasgow

is ranked 67th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2020 is in the top 100 in the world: Times Higher World University Rankings 2020 welcomes students from more than 140 countries worldwide has around 29,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students has a global community of over 219,000 alumni is a major employer in the city of Glasgow with more than 8,000 staff, including more than 3,400 research and teaching staff is undertaking a £1 billion estate investment to expand campus research & teaching facilities has annual research income of more than £179m is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of leading UK research universities is a founding member of Universitas 21, an international grouping of universities dedicated to setting worldwide standards for higher education is a founding member of The Guild of European Research Intensive Universities has strategic partnerships with the Universities of Columbia, Hong Kong, McGill and Sydney has 420 study abroad and exchange partners is home to The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, one of the leading university museums in the world has unique partnerships with the Singapore Institute of Technology, Nankai University and the University of Electronic Science & Technology of China meaning that we continue to extend our global footprint through innovative transnational education includes among its alumni, the father of economics Adam Smith, Scotland’s architect of devolution Donald Dewar and renowned physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin.