Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow Caledonian University (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Glasgow Caledonian University

Chailleannach Ghlaschu (IPA:[ˈɤlˌhiˈxaʎən̴̪əxˈɣɫa̪ sxu̪ ]), informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley) is a public university in Glasgow, . It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and Glasgow Polytechnic (founded in 1991).

In June 2017, the university's New York partner institution, which was founded in 2013, was granted permission to award degrees in the state, the first higher education institution founded by a foreign university to achieve this status.

History Motto For the Common The University traces its Weal origin from The Queen's Type College, Glasgow Public university (founded 1875) and the Established 1993 (1875) Glasgow College of £0.85M (2015) Technology (founded Endowment 1971). The Queen's Chancellor Annie Lennox College, which Principal & Pamela Gillies specialised in Vice-Chancellor providing training in domestic science, received the Royal accolade of being named after Queen Elizabeth in its centenary celebrations Administrative 1,600 in 1975. Queen Elizabeth was, herself, Patron of the College since staff 1944.Glasgow Polytechnic, which was one of the largest central Students 16,860 (2018/19) institutions in Scotland, offered externally validated degrees and diplomas in engineering, science, and the humanities: the first of Undergraduates 13,785 (2018/19) which was a BA in Optics, followed by degrees in Social Sciences Postgraduates 3,075 (2018/19) (1973) and Nursing (1977). Location Glasgow, Scotland, On 1 April 1993, the two institutions amalgamated to form Glasgow UK Caledonian University. The new university took its name from Affiliations EUA, ACU, Caledonia, the poetic Latin name for present-day Scotland. The Universities UK, main campus of the university is built on the site of the former Universities Buchanan Street Station, built by the Caledonian Railway. Scotland, Florence

Independent research carried out in 2015 revealed that the Network, Talloires University contributes over £480m to Scotland's economy each Network year with the quantifiable lifetime premium of a one-year class of Website www.gcu.ac.uk (htt graduates estimated at around p://www.gcu.ac.uk/) £400m, bringing the University's total annual economic impact to around £880m in Scotland alone.

Campuses

GCU's main campus is in Glasgow city-centre. A second campus in is home to the British School of Fashion. In September 2013 the university founded Glasgow Caledonian New York College, which is an independent partner institution whose Wooster Street campus is based in the city's SoHo district.

The University's Glasgow campus at dusk Academic profile

GCU offers academic programmes in all of the Scottish Funding Council funding groups but medicine, dentistry and teacher education. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise gave the University an 'internationally recognised' research profile in a multitude of disciplines. Over 70% of the University's research submissions were judged as being internationally recognised and 30% were deemed world-leading or of international excellence. In 2015, the QAA awarded the University its highest judgement for academic standards, whilst praising the University's innovative academic approaches. In 2013, GCU was awarded the HR Excellence in Research Award by the European Commission, in recognition of its commitment to the development of researchers. This has been retained in 2015 following its two-year review.

Rankings Rankings National rankings Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has been ranked in the world's top Complete (2021) 88 150 young universities by the Times Higher Education's 200 under age of Guardian (2021) 77 50 Rankings 2017 Times / Sunday 75 Times GCU is the top modern university in Scotland for research power (REF 2014 (2021) rankings). Global rankings According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) UK THE (2021) 601- Performance Indicators in Higher Education, GCU has a completion rate 800 of 80.9 per cent, above the sector average of 80.6 per cent for Scotland.

97% of GCU graduates are in work or further student six months after graduation, according to HESA.

The Times Higher Education 2018 UK Student Experience survey named GCU as the second most improved university in the UK for student experience, up from 99th to joint 67th.

It is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities UK, Universities Scotland, the Florence Network, the Talloires Network, the Erasmus+ Programme, and the Santander Universities Network.

Notable staff and alumni

Laura Bartlett, field hockey bronze medallist at the 2012 Olympic Games Kevin Bridges, comedian Limmy, comedian Lesley Laird, Party, MP , former British Prime Minister, Lecturer in Politics (1976–1980) Michael Keating, Chair in Scottish Politics, University of Aberdeen Andy Kerr, Scottish Labour Party politician, former Member of Parliament Rhona Martin, curling gold medallist in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Pentlands Drew McIntyre, professional wrestler Ailsa McKay, Professor of Economics Bedellus carrying the University's Ceremonial Mace

Siobhan McMahon, Scottish Labour Party MSP Pat Nevin, retired footballer Eunice Olumide, Sikandar Raza, cricketer, Zimbabwe Cricket Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran Anna Sloan, curling bronze medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics Gregor Virant, Minister of the Interior and Public Administration of Slovenia Sean Michael Wilson, comic book writer Jeane Freeman, Scottish National Party, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Gordon Smith, former footballer and Chief Executive of the Scottish Football Association