TEACHING
QUALITY
University of Strathclyde
39
th
NATIONAL
RANK
RANK
74.4%
FIRSTS
2:1s
2:1s
85.7%
COMPLETION
RATE
RATE
Key Stats
n/a
59th=
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
44th
RESEARCH
QUALITY
QUALITY
24th=
GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
PROSPECTS
Contact details
ADDRESS
16 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XQ View on map >
Telephone
Email
Website
Open days
October 11
University Profile
Strathclyde was established in 1796 as a “place of useful learning”, so it was an apt choice last year as Times Higher Education magazine’s Entrepreneurial University of the Year, the first Scottish institution to take the title.
The award recognised the culture of entrepreneurship fostered at the university through education, research, mentoring and partnership programmes. StrathclydeEnterprisePathway allows students to develop, enhance and test their transferable skills, while alumni and businesses in the Strathclyde100 network support the university’s emerging entrepreneurs.
Students and alumni have established 84 companies employing 200 people, while the university itself has more than 50 spin-out companies, making annual sales of £80m.
The university promises courses that are both innovative and relevant to employers’ needs – hence product design and innovation, energy systems or international business with modern languages.
It was the third successive year that the university had won an award from Times Higher Education, having been named University of the Year in 2012.
Strathclyde has set itself the target of becoming one of the world’s leading technological universities, and the vice-chancellor,
The university has invested £89m in a new Technology and Innovation Centre that opened in 2014, bringing academic and industrial researchers together, with financial support from government, industry and Europe. Strathclyde has also been chosen as the European partner for South Korea’s global research and commercialisation programme and as the UK headquarters of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Europe’s largest contract research organisation.
Almost 60% of the university’s submission was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the last Research Assessment Exercise.
The business school, which is rated among the top 30 in Europe by The Financial Times, is usually considered Strathclyde’s greatest strength. It is among the largest in Europe and one of only 55 in the world to be “triple accredited” by the main international bodies. The school has opened its own Indian branch campus near Delhi.
The engineering faculty is the largest in Scotland and home to the biggest university electrical power engineering and energy research grouping in Europe.
With more than 20,000 students, including part-timers, Strathclyde is the third-largest university in Scotland, but its numbers swell to more than 60,000 when short courses and distance learning programmes are included.
For the second year in a row, degree applications dropped in 2013 but there was still a small increase in enrolments. Mature students account for one third of the undergraduate population. The university has endorsed an international movement to establish “Age-Friendly” universities. Strathclyde’s Learning in Later Life programme has established itself as one of Scotland’s most successful routes to education for older people, while the Centre for Lifelong Learning has been one of the foremost providers of education to people in later life for some four decades.
Strathclyde actively promotes wider access, comfortably exceeding the UK average for state-educated students. They account for just under 93% of the intake, a quarter of which is drawn from working class backgrounds. The projected dropout rate has fallen to 6% and isnow lower than average for the university’s subjects and entry qualifications.
Strathclyde,which has taken to adding Glasgow to its name, has been carrying out an ambitious £350m development programme. All courses are taught on the city-centre John Anderson campus, with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at its heart, enabling staff to work more closely with colleagues in research, teaching and partners in collaborative ventures.
The developments feature new and improved teaching areas, study space and facilities for students tailored to their specific subjects. A Confucius Institute supports the teaching of Chinese Language and the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, a centre for excellence in drug discovery and development research, opened in 2011.
Away from the campus, the Advanced Forming Research Centre, a research partnership with international engineering firms, has opened near Glasgow Airport.
There is a student village on the main campus with 1,400 places and another 500 residential places nearby in the Merchant City. The 10-floor union building attracts students from all over Glasgow. There are numerous cultural and political clubs and societies, plus over 40 sporting clubs and university teams.
Proximity to Glasgow’s vibrant and celebrated music scene is a plus, and for those with more sophisticated tastes, there are numerous theatres and arts organisations, as well as standout museums such as the Kelvingrove Gallery, one of Scotland’s top attractions.
On the sporting side, the university’s students and alumni made up 5% of Team Scotland in this summer’s Commonwealth Games, when the campus formed part of the cycling road race route.
The award recognised the culture of entrepreneurship fostered at the university through education, research, mentoring and partnership programmes. StrathclydeEnterprisePathway allows students to develop, enhance and test their transferable skills, while alumni and businesses in the Strathclyde100 network support the university’s emerging entrepreneurs.
Students and alumni have established 84 companies employing 200 people, while the university itself has more than 50 spin-out companies, making annual sales of £80m.
The university promises courses that are both innovative and relevant to employers’ needs – hence product design and innovation, energy systems or international business with modern languages.
It was the third successive year that the university had won an award from Times Higher Education, having been named University of the Year in 2012.
Strathclyde has set itself the target of becoming one of the world’s leading technological universities, and the vice-chancellor,
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Professor Sir Jim McDonald, has been seeking improvements in research to achieve this goal.Almost 60% of the university’s submission was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the last Research Assessment Exercise.
The business school, which is rated among the top 30 in Europe by The Financial Times, is usually considered Strathclyde’s greatest strength. It is among the largest in Europe and one of only 55 in the world to be “triple accredited” by the main international bodies. The school has opened its own Indian branch campus near Delhi.
The engineering faculty is the largest in Scotland and home to the biggest university electrical power engineering and energy research grouping in Europe.
With more than 20,000 students, including part-timers, Strathclyde is the third-largest university in Scotland, but its numbers swell to more than 60,000 when short courses and distance learning programmes are included.
For the second year in a row, degree applications dropped in 2013 but there was still a small increase in enrolments. Mature students account for one third of the undergraduate population. The university has endorsed an international movement to establish “Age-Friendly” universities. Strathclyde’s Learning in Later Life programme has established itself as one of Scotland’s most successful routes to education for older people, while the Centre for Lifelong Learning has been one of the foremost providers of education to people in later life for some four decades.
Strathclyde actively promotes wider access, comfortably exceeding the UK average for state-educated students. They account for just under 93% of the intake, a quarter of which is drawn from working class backgrounds. The projected dropout rate has fallen to 6% and isnow lower than average for the university’s subjects and entry qualifications.
Strathclyde,which has taken to adding Glasgow to its name, has been carrying out an ambitious £350m development programme. All courses are taught on the city-centre John Anderson campus, with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at its heart, enabling staff to work more closely with colleagues in research, teaching and partners in collaborative ventures.
The developments feature new and improved teaching areas, study space and facilities for students tailored to their specific subjects. A Confucius Institute supports the teaching of Chinese Language and the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, a centre for excellence in drug discovery and development research, opened in 2011.
Away from the campus, the Advanced Forming Research Centre, a research partnership with international engineering firms, has opened near Glasgow Airport.
There is a student village on the main campus with 1,400 places and another 500 residential places nearby in the Merchant City. The 10-floor union building attracts students from all over Glasgow. There are numerous cultural and political clubs and societies, plus over 40 sporting clubs and university teams.
Proximity to Glasgow’s vibrant and celebrated music scene is a plus, and for those with more sophisticated tastes, there are numerous theatres and arts organisations, as well as standout museums such as the Kelvingrove Gallery, one of Scotland’s top attractions.
On the sporting side, the university’s students and alumni made up 5% of Team Scotland in this summer’s Commonwealth Games, when the campus formed part of the cycling road race route.
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Detailed Statistics
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY
SCORE
RANK
Ranking
-
39 (42)
Student experience
82.3
59th=
Research quality
16.7
44th
Ucas entry points
470
13th=
Graduate prospects
77.9
24th=
Firsts and 2:1s
74.4
33rd
Completion rate
85.7
62nd
Student-staff ratio
19.3:1
85th=
Services/facilities spend (£)
1,753
42nd
World ranking
-
246= (257)
VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates
(Full-time)
11,525
Undergraduates
(Part-time)
2,655
Postgraduates
(Full-time)
3,170
Postgraduates
(Part-time)
2,505
Applications/places
18,360/3,165
Applications/places ratio
5.8:1
STUDENT CITIES
Gary Paterson, students’ union president
It’s inspiring to see so many students from all over together in one place, you feel like a part of something bigger.
Glasgow is famous for its wet and windy weather, the sun disappears shortly after fresher’s week and doesn’t come back until after exams.
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Cost of living
Nightlife
Transport
Culture
ACCOMMODATION
FEES
Scots/EU fees
£0-£1,820
RUK fees
£9,000 (£(27,000 max))
Fees (international)
£12,000-£15,900
Finance website
Graduate salaries
£23,053
BURSARIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
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For RUK students , annual bursaries for household income below £20K, £4,250; sliding scale to £42.6K, £2,500–£1,000; year 1 bursary of £1,000 for those in university accommodation; those with at least AAB at A Level or equivalent, bursary of £1,000 a year.
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Other scholarships and bursaries are available.
SPORT
Sports points/rank
568.5, 57th
Sport website
Student satisfaction
88.4%
87.5%
87.4%
87.2%
86.5%
85.2%
85.1%
84.5%
83.9%
83.7%
83.4%
81.9%
81.3%
80.6%
79.7%
78.2%
77.6%
77.6%
76.9%
76.9%