The mission of the University is to be a major research-led university operating in an international context with the following fundamental aims:
* to provide education through the development of learning in a research environment
* to undertake fundamental, strategic and applied research
* to make a major contribution to local, regional, national and international communities through widening access and through working in partnership to support economic regeneration
* to sustain and add value to Scottish culture, to the natural environment and to the national economy."
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History
The University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world. It dates from 1451 when King James II of Scotland persuaded Pope Nicholas V to grant a lead seal, or bull, authorising Bishop William Turnbull of Glasgow to set up a university.
Location
The University has three main campuses. Gilmorehill, the main campus with its distinctive outline silhouetted on the city's skyline, is in the cosmopolitan West End of Glasgow, just three miles away from the vibrant city centre and connected by by subway and frequent buses. The second campus, Garscube, houses the Vet School and outdoor sports facilities and is just four miles further out of the city. The University's Crichton Campus is located on the outskirts of Dumfries, in South West Scotland.
Most of the University's departments are to be found on the Gilmorehill campus, centred on Sir George Gilbert Scott's main building and home to over 100 listed buildings reflecting a vast range of styles.
The circular Reading Room is a listed building from the 1930s while the Library, Boyd Orr and Adam Smith Buildings reflect post-war fashions in public building design.
The significant investment in infrastructure and buildings over recent years has resulted in a number of state-of-the-art buildings such as the Wolfson Medical School Building opened in 2003, where students and staff benefit from the latest in technology and innovation.
Service in Glasgow University
- Academic Structures Implementation Group (ASIG)
- AHDS Performing Arts
- Aiming University Learning @Work
- Accommodation Services, see Residential Services
- Alumni
- Archive Services
- Audio Visual Services
- Biological Services (campus only)
- Careers Service
- CCIMS : Central Course Information management System Project
- CDOCS : Committee Documents Online
- Central Room Bookings
- Central Services
- Chaplaincy
- Cleaning Services
- Clubs and Societies
- Computing Service, see IT Services
- Conference and Visitors Services Office (CVSO)
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Corporate Communications
- Court Office
- Data Protection and Freedom of Information Office
- Design, see Universities' Design & Print
- Development and Alumni Office
- Disability Service for Students
- EFL Unit, see Language Centre
- Enlighten: research online
- Employability
- Equality & Diversity Unit
- Events
- Estates & Buildings
- Gatehouse
- Gender Action Project, (GAP)
- Gift Shop
- Gilmorehill G12
- Harassment Advisers
- Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
- Health Service
- Help Desk, IT
- Hospitality Services
- Hub, The
- Human Resources
- Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery
- International and Postgraduate Service
- International Office
- IT Education Unit
- IT Help Desk
- IT Services
- IT Services Spotlight alert
- Language Centre
- Learning & Teaching Centre
- Learning Works
- Library
- Mailroom
- Maps and travel
- Management Information Services (MIS), see IT Services
- Media Relations Office
- Media Services, see Learning & Teaching Centre, Media Production
- Moodle: VLE
- News (University news stories)
- Newsletter
- Nursery
- Open Day
- Photographic Unit
- Planning Office
- Principal's Office
- Printing, see Universities' Design & Print
- Proc-HE: Procurement Higher Education
- Programme Information Project
- Prospectuses
- Publicity Services, now Corporate Communications
- Purchasing Office
- Radiation Protection Service
- Recruitment, Admissions & Participation Service
- Registry
- Research and Enterprise
- Residential Services
- Safety & Environment Protection Service
- Science Faculties Support Unit
- SCOTS: Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech
- Security
- Self Service, MIS Web Applications Front Door
- Senate Office
- SNAP: Scottish Network for Able Pupils
- Sport & Recreation Service
- SRC Students' Representative Council
- SRIP: Student Record Improvement Project
- Staff, A-Z email addresses, fax and phone numbers
- Staff Development Service
- STELLA: Computing in English and Scottish Language and Literature
- STEM-ED Scotland: science, technology, engineering and mathematics Education
- Student Counselling and Advisory Service
- Student Disability Service
- Student Enterprise, Glasgow
- Student Information Points
- Student Learning Service
- Student Network
- Sustainable Development
- SYNERGY: Glasgow - Strathclyde Strategic Alliance
- Transport Services
- Travel Planning
- TSA: The Technology & Science Alliance
- Universal Training Solutions
- Universities' Design & Print
- University Services IT Office
- Virtual Private Networking (VPN : Off campus computing access to the nework)
- Visitor Centre
- Visual Identity
- WebMail: Student | Staff (Outlook)
- Web Applications Front Door, MIS
- Web Publishing, Guide to
- WebSurf : Student Updateable Records Facility
- Widening Participation at Glasgow
- William Henry Fox Talbot, The Correspondence of
