List of universities in Scotland

Kings College, University of Aberdeen in 2013

This is a list of universities in Scotland. There are fifteen universities in Scotland[1] and three other institutions of higher education which have the authority to award academic degrees.[2]

The first university in Scotland was St John's College, St Andrews, founded in 1418.[3] St Salvator's College was added to St. Andrews in 1450. The other great bishoprics followed, with the University of Glasgow being founded in 1451 and King's College, Aberdeen in 1495.[4] St Leonard's College was founded in Aberdeen in 1511 and St John's College was re-founded in 1538 as St Mary's College, St Andrews.[5] Public lectures that were established in Edinburgh in the 1540s would eventually become the University of Edinburgh in 1582.[6] In 1641, the two colleges at Aberdeen were united by decree of Charles I (r. 1625-49), to form the "King Charles University of Aberdeen".[7] They were demerged after the Restoration in 1661.[7] In 1747 St Leonard's College in St Andrews was merged into St Salvator's College to form the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard.[8] A new college of St Andrews was opened in Dundee in 1883.[9] The two colleges at Aberdeen were considered too small to be viable and they were restructured as the University of Aberdeen in 1860. Marischal College was rebuilt in the Gothic style from 1900.[10] The University of Edinburgh was taken out of the care of the city and established on a similar basis to the other ancient universities.[10]

After the Robbins Report of 1963 there was a rapid expansion in higher education in Scotland. By the end of the decade the number of Scottish Universities had doubled. New universities included the University of Dundee, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, Stirling. From the 1970s the government preferred to expand higher education in the non-university sector and by the late 1980s roughly half of students in higher education were in colleges. In 1992, the distinction between universities and colleges was removed.[11] This created new universities at Abertay, Glasgow Caledonian, Napier, Paisley and Robert Gordon.[12] in 2001 the University of the Highlands and Islands was created by a federation of 13 colleges and research institutions in the Highlands and Islands and gained full university status in 2011.[2]

UniversityImageLocationYear of foundationYear of royal charterMottoNotes
University of St Andrews The 15th-century St Salvator's Chapel in the winter sun St Andrews, Fife 1410 1413[8] ΑΙΕΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ
Ever to excel 		University status conferred on 28 August 1413 by a papal bull of Pope Benedict XIII[8]
University of Glasgow Glasgow 1451 1451[13] Via, Veritas, Vita
The way, the truth, and the life 		University status conferred on 7 January 1451 by a papal bull of Pope Nicholas V[14]
University of Aberdeen Aberdeen 1495 1860 Initium sapientiae timor domini
The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord

Established as King's College, Aberdeen in 1495 by a papal bull of Pope Alexander VI, and in 1860 merged with Marischal College (established 1593 as Aberdeen's second university)

University of Edinburgh Edinburgh 1582 1582 Established as the "Tounis College" in 1582, after James VI of Scotland granted the Edinburgh Town Council a royal charter to establish a college on April 14, 1582.[15]
University of Strathclyde Glasgow 1796[16] 1964 The Place of Useful Learning Granted University Status by Royal Charter in 1964, although the precursor Anderson Institute can be traced back to 1796 and the name Anderson's University was used between 1828 and 1887.
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh 1821 1966 First established 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh
University of Dundee Dundee 1881 1967 Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum
My soul glorifies the Lord 		First established 1881 as a college of the University of St Andrews, known first as University College, then Queen's College, until establishment as an independent university in 1967
University of Stirling Stirling 1967 1967 Innovation and Excellence Planned as part of the Robbins Report of 1963, and constructed at a greenfield site on the estate of Airthrey Castle.
Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh 1964 1992 Nisi Sapientia Frustra
Without knowledge all is in vain 		First established 1964 as Napier Technical College
The Robert Gordon University Aberdeen 1750 1992 Omni Nunc Arte Magistra
Now by all your mastered arts 		First established 1750 as Robert Gordon's Hospital
Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow 1875 1993 For the Common Weal
For the common good 		The University traces its origin to The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded 1875) and the Glasgow Polytechnic (founded 1971)
University of Abertay Dundee Dundee 1888 1994 First established in 1888 as Dundee College of Technology
Queen Margaret University Musselburgh, East Lothian 1875 2007 First established 1875 as The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy. Moved to a new campus in Musselburgh in 2007-8
University of the West of Scotland Paisley, Hamilton, Dumfries and Ayr 1836 2007 Accingere in Ardua
To achieve through hard work 		First established 1836 as a School of Arts, then in 1992 as the University of Paisley, and re-formed in 2007 following a merger with Bell College.
University of the Highlands and Islands Executive Offices of the University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness Highlands,
Western Isles
and Northern Isles 		2001 2011 A federation of colleges, planned from 1992 onwards and first established in 2001 as the UHI Millennium Institute[17] and awarded full university status in February 2011. The central administration and largest college is in Inverness.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Briefing". Universities Scotland. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  2. 1 2 "''UHI is awarded taught degree awarding powers'', news release 26 June 2008, Highland Council website". Highland.gov.uk. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  3. ↑ P. Daileader, "Local experiences of the Great Western Schism", in J. Rollo-Koster and T. M. Izbicki, eds, A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378–1417) (BRILL, 2009), ISBN 9004162771, p. 119.
  4. ↑ J. Durkan, "Universities: to 1720", in M. Lynch, ed., The Oxford Companion to Scottish History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), ISBN 0-19-211696-7, pp. 610–12.
  5. ↑ J. E. A. Dawson, Scotland Re-Formed, 1488-1587 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007), ISBN 0748614559, p. 187.
  6. ↑ A. Thomas, "The Renaissance", in T. M. Devine and J. Wormald, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), ISBN 0-19-162433-0, pp. 196–7.
  7. 1 2 D. Ditchburn, “Educating the Elite: Aberdeen and Its Universities”, in E. P. Dennison, D. Ditchburn and M. Lynch, eds, Aberdeen Before 1800: A New History (Dundurn, 2002), ISBN 1862321140, p. 332.
  8. 1 2 3 "The Mediaeval University" (PDF). University of St Andrews. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  9. ↑ R. D. Anderson, "Universities: 2. 1720–1960", in M. Lynch, ed., The Oxford Companion to Scottish History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), ISBN 0-19-211696-7, pp. 612-14.
  10. 1 2 O. Checkland and S. G. Checkland, Industry and Ethos: Scotland, 1832–1914 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1989), ISBN 0748601023, pp. 147-50.
  11. ↑ L. Paterson, "Universities: 3. post-Robbins", in M. Lynch, ed., The Oxford Companion to Scottish History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), ISBN 0-19-211696-7, pp. 614-5.
  12. ↑ R. Shaw, "Institutional and curricular structures in the universities of Scotland" in T. G. K. Bryce and W. M. Humes, eds, Scottish Education: Post-Devolution (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2nd edn., 2003), ISBN 0-7486-1625-X, pp. 664-5.
  13. ↑ "History". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  14. ↑ "On This Day: 7th of January". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  15. ↑ MacGregor, Geddes (1990). Scotland: An Intimate Portrait. Mariner Books. ISBN 0395562368.
  16. ↑ "History". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  17. ↑ "History of UHI". University of the Highlands and Islands. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  18. ↑ "Introducing the University of the Highlands and Islands". University of the Highlands and Islands. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
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