The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow’s second-oldest university, having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first technological university in the United Kingdom. Taking its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde, it is Scotland’s third-largest university by number of students, with students and staff from over 100 countries.

The institution was named University of the Year 2012 by Times Higher Education and again in 2019, becoming the only university to receive this award twice.

It was Entrepreneurial University of the year 2013 by Times Higher Education. The annual income of the institution for 2017–18 was £304.4 million of which £68.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £304.0 million.

Entry into many of the courses in the university is competitive and successful entrants in 2015 had an average of 480 UCAS points. It is also one of the 39 old universities in the UK comprising the distinctive second cluster of elite universities after Oxbridge.

The University has centres in pharmacy, drug delivery and development, micro and ultrasonic engineering, biophotonics and photonics, biomedical engineering, medical devices, new therapies,prosthetics and orthotics, public health history, law, crime and justice and social work. The University is involved in 11 partnerships with other universities through the Scottish Funding Councils’ Research Pooling Programme, covering areas such as engineering, life sciences, energy, marine science and technology, physics, chemistry, computer sciences and economics.

Region	Central Europe
Country	United Kingdom
Established	1796
Status	Public
Students	18900
European University Rankings	149
Central European University Rankings	128
National University Rankings	35
Official Website	https://www.strath.ac.uk/

University Highlights

Year	Overall	Teaching quality	Research	Employment	Сitation	Internationalization	Innovation	Infrastructure	Opinions of employers	Income	Educational potential
2020	80,302	12,817	12,801	10,232	9,911	8,817	7,744	8,604	4,413	2,263	2,7
2019	88,535	13,736	13,473	11,691	10,813	10,539	8,858	8,896	4,698	3,088	2,743
2018	88,575	13,603	13,64	11,853	10,821	10,56	8,848	8,88	4,69	3,078	2,602
2017	88,406	13,601	13,495	11,709	10,819	10,558	8,845	8,877	4,687	3,075	2,74
2016	88,47	13,608	13,503	11,712	10,824	10,572	8,855	8,882	4,692	3,08	2,742
2015	88,359	13,605	13,496	11,703	10,815	10,561	8,845	8,873	4,675	3,033	2,753