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University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 and is the fourth in the list of the oldest universities in English-speaking countries. -
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Adam Smith, the father of modern economics and author of The Wealth of Nations, enters the University at the age of 14. -
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In 1840, the University of Glasgow was the first in the United Kingdom conferred the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences -
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In 1870, the University of Glasgow has changed its location and moved to the High Street on Gilmorhill in the western part of the city -
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Eminent Glasgow Professor of Natural Philosophy, William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, creates one of the first houses in the world to be fully lit by electricity on the University campus. -
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Queen Margaret College, the only college for the higher education of women in Scotland, achieves its aim of amalgamation with the University. -
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The first Scottish woman to receive a medical degree, been our graduates have graduated from the university in 1894. -
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The world’s first hospital x-ray department is opened at Glasgow’s Royal Infirmary by graduate John McIntyre. -
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John Logie Baird, the pioneer of television, begins his studies at the University. -
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Glasgow graduate John Boyd Orr is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his scientific research into nutrition and his work with the United Nations. -
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The Memorial Gates at the University of Glasgow were erected in 1952 as a celebration of the University's quincentenary, or five hundredth anniversary. -
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In 1957 Glasgow became the first university in Scotland with a computer. -
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The world's first ultrasound image of the embryo was received by Professor Ian Donald University of Glasgow in 1958 -
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Glasgow becomes the first university in the UK to openly offer Intellectual Property (IP) to businesses for free through our Easy Access IP initiative -
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In 2014, the University of Glasgow has taken 55 place in the list of the best universities in the world (QS World University Rankings)
