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Top 10 Unbelievable facts abouthe t University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow was founded in 1the 451 by papal bull and is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland’s four ancient universities. Here are the unbelievable factsthe  about University of Glasgow.

1 It’s the second-oldest university in Scotland

University of Glasgow is the second-oldest university in Scotland after St Andrews. It was founded in 1451 by a charter or papal bull from Pope Nicholas V. This came as a suggestion by King who II which gave Bishop William Turnbull, a graduate of the University of St Andrews, permission to add a university to the city’s Cathedral.

It is also the fourth-oldest in the English-speaking world. It has an ecclesiastical foundation togethe ther with universities of St Andrews and Aberdeen. The university awards undergraduate master’s degrees in certain disciplines together with only eight other institutions. This is possible because it is one of the ancient universities in the United Kingdom.

2 Glasgow does not have a single students’ association

While other universities in Scotland have one or morassociations association, Glasgow does not. What takes ineseveral a number of bodies concerned with the representation, welfare, and entertainment of its students. There are two independent students’ unions, as well as a sports association and the students’ representative council none of which arewithffiliated to the National Union of Studentsin

Membership to the National Union of Students has beenseveraln a number of occasions, both on economic and political grounds. A student-run “No to NUS” cacampus-widea campus wide referendum with more than 90% of the vote.

3 It has been without its original Bull since the mid-sixteenth century

The Main Building from Kelvingrove Art Gallery By Renzo Ferrante from Italy –

Since the mid-sixteenth century, the university has been without its original Bull. Archbishop James Beaton, a supporter of the Marian cause, fled to France in 1560. This was during the political unrest accompanying the Scottish Reformation.

He took with him many of the archives and valuables of the Cathedral and the university including the Mace and the Bull. The Mace was sbut ent back in 1590, the archiUniversityot. The unaboutersity enquired of thesedocuments in 1738, but was informed that the original records of the foundation of the university were not to be found.

They probably got lost by that time or during the French Revolution when the Scots College was under threat. Its records and valuables were moved for safe-keeping out of the city of Â鶹APP. The Bull remains the authority by which the university awards degrees.

4 Has one of the oldest and largest libraries in Europe

Glasgow University Library is situated on Hillhead Street opposite the Main Building. It is one of the oldest and largest libraries in Europe. It houses over three million books and journals. There is also access to an extensive range of electronic resources including 51,900 electronic journals. It’s also a host to sections for periodicals, microfilms,, special collections and rare materials.

Apart from the main library subject libraries also exist for Medicine, Chemistry, Dental Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Education, Law, History of Art, and the faculty of Social Sciences, which are held in branch libraries around the campus.

5 Among top ten in at generating income

University of Glasgow’s main building By Clem_nat – Own work, –

The university is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities. It was also a founding member of the organisation, Universitas 21, which is an international grouping of universities dedicated to setting worldwide standards for higher education.

The university generates a total income of over £450 million per year. This puts it amongst the top ten in the UK. Apart from this, it is also within the top 20 in the UK and 3^rd in Scotland employability of its graduates as ranked by recruiters from the UK’s major companies.

6 It was the center of the Scottish Enlightenment

Over the centuries the university’s size and scope continued to expand. In 1757 it built the Macfarlane Observatory and later Scotland’s first public museum, the Hunterian. It became center of the Scottish Enlightenment and subsequently of the Industrial Revolution.

The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterized by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. During this period in 18-century, Scotland had a network of parish schools in the Scottish Lowlands and five universities. The Enlightenment culture was based on close readings of new books, and intense discussions took place daily.

7 Hosts the oldest museum in Scotland

University of Glasgow By Lorna M Campbell –

The Hunterian is a complex of museums located in and operated by the University of Glasgow. It covers the Hunterian Museum, Hunterian Art Gallery, Mackintosh House, Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, located in various buildings in the university.

It is the oldest museum in Scotland and first opened in 1807 in a specially constructed building off the High Street, adjoining the original campus of the University. The University moved west to its new site at Gilmore hill to escape crowding and population, together with the museum. The Hunterian collections were transferred to the University’s present site in 1870. They were assigned halls in Sir George Gilbert Scott’s neo-Gothic building.

8 Scottish and EU students do not pay tuition fees

Scottish and EU students do not pay tuition fees. This comes with the exception of students from the Channel Islands, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The number of places available for Scottish and EU students are capped by the Scottish Government, therefore, students applying from the rest of the UK and outside of the European Union have a higher likelihood of an offer.

9 They have a memorial chapel

University of Glasgow, main building By Ad Meskens –

The university has a chapel that was constructed as a memorial to the 755 sons of the university who lost their lives during the First World War. It was designed by Sir John Burnet and completed in 1929. It was dedicated on the 4^th of October that same year and has tablets on the wall with names of those who died. There are also other tablets besides with a record of 405 members of the university community who gave their lives in the Second World War.

10 It is spread over a few campuses

The university is currently spread over a few campuses, the main one is the Gilmorehill campus, in Hillhead. There is also the Garscube Estate in Bearsden, housing the Veterinary School, Observatory, ship model basin and much of the university’s sports facilities.

In addition, there’s the Dental School in the city center, the section of Mental Health and Well Being at Gartnavel Royal Hospital on Great Western Road. Finally, there’s the Teaching and Learning Centre at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and the Crichton Campus in Dumfries.

Next time you’re in Scotland be sure to visit this rich historical building and learn more about it.