University of Strathclyde

We're a leading international technological University located in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city. Our commitment to ‘useful learning’ guides our research, our learning and teaching and the way we work with businesses and organisations.

Our Research

Research at Strathclyde is making significant progress in quality, according to the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF). We have leapt 14 places nationally, coming in at 37th in the UK, a result which sees us move to fifth in Scotland. That increases to fourth in Scotland and 31st in the UK when measured in terms of ‘research power’.

Our Education

We are committed to providing a high-quality education and experience to all students, regardless of their background, inspiring them to develop to their full potential, producing outstanding professional and enterprising people for industry, business and the professions.

Our student experience is at the heart of everything we do. The University is making strategic investment that aims to underpin our goal of providing high-quality, research-led education and an excellent student experience.

The University aims to provide its students with excellent and innovative teaching, learning technologies and facilities. We also aim to expand the opportunities for dialogue, and provide students with the opportunity to influence our 'direction of travel' as we work together towards achieving our vision of being an international technological university.

We are investing in academic programmes that reflect a positive, creative and innovative approach and that position us at the forefront of teaching and learning within and across disciplines. The University is also encouraging its students to play an active role in the dialogue about our strategy and vision for the future.

Our Graduates

The University of Strathclyde is proud to recognise its graduates and their achievements.

This year's graduates will join a global community of more than 140,000 former students, which includes scientists, explorers, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, engineers, inventors, educators and professionals in every walk of life.

Their studies have been designed to give them a grounding for successful, productive careers and we wish them every success in the future.

Our Location & Heritage

It's over 210 years since Professor John Anderson's legacy established what is now the University of Strathclyde.

Strathclyde is 'the place of useful learning' - this ethos dates directly from Professor Anderson, who was considered quite a revolutionary among university academics of his day. Committed to education for the working men and women of Glasgow, he articulated, loudly and clearly, the link he perceived between education and economic growth and prosperity. He was determined that no institution with which he was concerned should ever discriminate against someone because of their religion, race or gender.

When he died in 1796, Professor Anderson left a bequest in his will for the establishment of 'a second higher education institution' in Glasgow which would be a place of 'useful learning' and of education for all, regardless of gender or social class.

John Anderson himself had a formidable and far-reaching reputation. He was called 'one of the most extraordinary professors who ever held a chair in Glasgow'. It was his ideas that established the new university and attracted a steady stream of talent to work and study here - a tradition that holds true today.

As an institution we are and always will be very much a part of Glasgow and the west coast of Scotland.

In the 21st century, we are also Scotland's third largest university with an international reputation and outlook, with students and staff from over 100 countries.