Facts and figures

The University of Glasgow

• was established in 1451
• is in the top 1% of the world’s universities
• is rated top in Scotland and third in the UK for international student satisfaction
• is in the UK’s top 10 earners for research
• welcomes students from around 120 countries worldwide
• has around 23,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students
• is a major employer in the city of Glasgow with more than 6,000 staff
• is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of leading UK research universities
• is a founder member of Universitas 21, an international grouping of universities dedicated to setting worldwide standards for higher education
• is a member of IRUN (International Research Universities Network) – an international network of broad-based research universities
• includes among its alumni, the father of economics Adam Smith, Scotland’s architect of devolution Donald Dewar and renowned physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin.

You can also find out more about:

• our structure
• who’s who
• student numbers
• staff numbers
• employability
• income and expenditure
• Enhancement-led Institutional Review
• Research Assessment Exercise
• other statistical information