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The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Ghlaschu [7]) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.Founded by papal bull in 1451 [O.S. 1450], [8] it is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.
Glasgow University Library in Scotland is one of the oldest and largest university libraries in Europe. At the turn of the 21st century, the main library building itself held 1,347,000 catalogued print books, and 53,300 journals .
The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) was a research and teaching institute at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. It was established in 1997 with Professor Seamus Ross as Founding Director until 2009. HATII led research in archival and library science and in information/knowledge management.
The School of Law at the University of Glasgow provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Law, and awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus, LLB), Master of Laws (Iuris Vtriusque Magistrum, LLM), LLM by Research, Master of Research (MRes) and Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophiæ Doctor, PhD), the degree of Doctor of Laws being awarded generally only as an honorary degree.
The building became inadequate to provide for the University of Glasgow's growing female population. In 1968, a building at 22 University Gardens was built to accommodate the then so-called, "Q-Emma’s". The women of the QMU were often involved in the debating circuit and especially in Rectorial elections and campaigns at the university.
The Robertson Centre for Biostatistics is in the Clarice Pears Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. The Robertson Centre for Biostatistics conducts and supports collaborative research in clinical trials and studies as part of the School of Health & Wellbeing in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
The James Weir Building was designed by Peter Williams of the local architectural firm Shanks, Wylie and Underwood (Williams later designed other prolific academic buildings in the area such as the Met Tower and the Central College of Commerce) and was constructed over the period 1956–1964 in two distinct phases as a north eastern extension to the Royal College Building, which allowed the ...
The collections include those for the University of Glasgow's predecessor and affiliated bodies, such as Anderson's College of Medicine, Glasgow Veterinary College, Glasgow Dental Hospital & School, Queen Margaret College, Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, St Andrews College of Education, St Mungo's College of Medicine, and Trinity College.