University of Glasgow


-a fully comprehensive university located in the city of glasgow, scotland
-glasgow is the 2nd oldest university in scotland (founded in 1451) and the 4th oldest university in the english speaking world.
-rated 81st in the world, far ahead of any other scottish university.
-located in the attractive west end of the city, the main building is in the collegiate gothic style, with two attractive quads.
-has the unique position of having two separate student unions: the glasgow university union and the queen margaret union, although membership in one denies the right of membership in another.
student 1: fancy heading to the qmu and seeing the fratellis?
student 2: nah, i’m going to head to the guu and watch the parliamentary debates.

glasgow has the best geology (or earth science, as it happens) department in scotland!

university of glasgow alumni invented/discovered/pioneered: television, thermodynamics, modern engineering, steam power, the scottish parliament etc…

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