Research and Knowledge

The University of Glasgow is a world top 100 university and a member of the prestigious Russell Group of leading UK research universities with an annual research income of more than £168million. Founded in 1451, the University has been changing the world for over 570 years.

Its people have always been at the forefront of innovation, including eight Nobel Laureates, two UK Prime Ministers, three First Ministers of Scotland, 10 Fellows of the Royal Society and 11 Fellows of the British Academy. The University's past achievements inspire current world changers.

As a globally connected university, the University works in partnership with others across the world to advance global solutions to real world problems. The University is proud to be a founding member of the university networks Universitas 21 and The Guild of European Research Intensive Universities.

Committed to tackling the most pressing global challenges facing humanity and the natural world, the University is delivering against the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030. The University of Glasgow was the first European university to declare it would divest from fossil fuels by 2024 and the first in Scotland to declare a climate emergency.

The University believes that everyone should have fair access to education and is proud of its long tradition of helping talented people to fulfil their ambitions, regardless of their background or circumstances. The instituion's University of Sanctuary status recognises the safe and welcoming environment it provides for refugees and asylum seekers.

The University is home to The Hunterian museum and art gallery, one of the leading university museums in the world, with the world’s largest permanent display of the work of James McNeill Whistler and the largest single holding of the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

A £1 billion campus redevelopment programme is one of the most significant expansions of a UK university city campus for over a century, and investment is set to continue for many years to come. With 43,000 students from 140 countries, and employing 10,000 staff, consultants London Economics estimated the University contributed £4.4 billion to the UK economy. 

Glasgow’s history of medical education and research in health is rich - our colleagues developed world-changing medical advances like the Glasgow Coma Scale, the use of ultrasound in medicine and the development of penicillin. In 2023 we celebrated the centenary of public health research and teaching at the University.