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The place of ‘useful learning’

Scotland

1 hour

Glasgow

• Scotland’s largest city
• Population of about 1 million people
• Regional hub
• Communications, commerce, services, education, tourism
• 4 universities, colleges, approximately 60,000 students
• European City of Culture, Architecture and UNESCO city of Music
• Excellent arts and cultural scene and world-class museums
• UK’s second largest retail centre
• Global connections via 2 international airports
• Commonwealth Games host city 2014
• EAIE Conference host city 2015
• Huge investment in facilities and opportunity to

showcase Glasgow and Scotland to the world

Aerial View of Campus

Four Faculties

• Engineering (24%)
• Humanities & Social Sciences (33%)
• Science (20%)
• Strathclyde Business School (23%)

Students and Staff

• 15,000 Full-time students
• 11,000 Undergraduate
• 4,000 Postgraduate
• 16% of our student body are international students
• 34,000 students in continuing education
• 860 Academic Staff
• 400 Research Staff
• 9 teaching centres overseas – Europe, the Gulf and

South East Asia

Undergraduate Study Options

• Over 200 degree course combinations
• 4 years for Honours degree
• 5 years for MEngineering, MScience

Students from outside the UK

• 1200 international students from 100 countries
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• Canada
• USA
• China
• Indonesia
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Pakistan
• Nigeria
• Oman
• India
• Egypt

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

• “First for Engineering” in Scotland
• Largest Engineering Faculty in Scotland
• Graduate School of Engineering
• 9 academic departments
• Renowned for its close relationship with industry
• Extensive laboratories, IT provision and specialist research centres

Engineering – Departments

• Architecture
• Bioengineering Unit
• Chemical and Process Engineering
• Civil Engineering (David Livingstone Centre

for Sustainability - Civil and Architecture)

• Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management

(DMEM)

• Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE)
• Mechanical Engineering
• National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

• Wide range of courses with awards leading to professional recognition and accreditation

by appropriate professional bodies

• Developing the professionals necessary to equip modern societies to succeed at local,

national and global levels

• Flexible degree structure
• Staff regularly achieve high ratings in official external ratings and student feedback
• Includes one of Scotland’s top law schools and is Scotland’s largest provider of initial

teacher education

Humanities & Social Sciences – 6 Schools

• Applied Social Sciences
• Education
• Government & Public Policy
• Law
• Humanities
• Psychological Sciences & Health

Strathclyde Business School

Strathclyde Business School

• One of largest Business Schools in Europe
• Top in Scotland by a wide margin
• First full-time MBA in UK - 1966
• 9 teaching departments
• Excellent teaching and high ratings for research
• Triple accreditation; AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB accredited
• Over 30 one-year taught Masters courses
• Research opportunities available in all departments
• Open learning MBA has won Queen’s Award for Export Achievement

SBS – Departments

• Accounting and Finance
• Economics
• European Policies Research Centre
• Management

(formerly Graduate School of Business)

• Management Science
• Human Resource Management
• Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
• Marketing

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science

• 5 academic departments
• Multidisciplinary study across traditional

departmental boundaries

• Widespread contact with industry
• Purpose built accommodation including the

Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS)

Science – Departments

• Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIBPS)

(physiology, bioscience, immunology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences)

• Pure and Applied Chemistry

(including centre for Forensic Science)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Physics

Housing

• Over 1400 places on and off campus
• All rooms networked
• Accommodation Office assists students

with all their housing needs

• International Exchange students guaranteed

University housing.

• Large choice of private accommodation

in Glasgow

Student Experience and Enhancement Service

• Full-time Student Advisers
• Award winning Careers Service
• Over 30 international student societies
• Integrated welcome/orientation programme
• Social programme throughout semester

In summary

• Relevant research
• Innovative teaching
• Accessible education
• Leading international technological university
• Excellent industrial and commercial links
• Innovation and entrepreneurship
• The place of useful learning