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The place of ‘useful learning’

Scotland 1 hour

Glasgow • Scotland’s largest city • Population of about 1 million people • Regional hub • Communications, commerce, services, education, tourism • 4 universities, colleges, approximately 60,000 students • European City of Culture, Architecture and UNESCO city of Music • Excellent arts and cultural scene and world-class museums • UK’s second largest retail centre • Global connections via 2 international airports • Commonwealth Games host city 2014 • EAIE Conference host city 2015 • Huge investment in facilities and opportunity to showcase Glasgow and Scotland to the world

Aerial View of Campus

Four Faculties • Engineering (24%) • Humanities & Social Sciences (33%) • Science (20%) • Strathclyde Business School (23%)

Students and Staff • 15,000 Full-time students • 11,000 Undergraduate • 4,000 Postgraduate • 16% of our student body are international students • 34,000 students in continuing education • 860 Academic Staff • 400 Research Staff • 9 teaching centres overseas – Europe, the Gulf and South East Asia

Undergraduate Study Options • Over 200 degree course combinations • 4 years for Honours degree • 5 years for MEngineering, MScience

Students from outside the UK • 1200 international students from 100 countries • Malaysia • Singapore • Canada • USA • China • Indonesia • Taiwan • Thailand • Pakistan • Nigeria • Oman • India • Egypt

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering • “First for Engineering” in Scotland • Largest Engineering Faculty in Scotland • Graduate School of Engineering • 9 academic departments • Renowned for its close relationship with industry • Extensive laboratories, IT provision and specialist research centres

Engineering – Departments • Architecture • Bioengineering Unit • Chemical and Process Engineering • Civil Engineering (David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability - Civil and Architecture) • Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management (DMEM) • Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) • Mechanical Engineering • National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences • Wide range of courses with awards leading to professional recognition and accreditation by appropriate professional bodies • Developing the professionals necessary to equip modern societies to succeed at local, national and global levels • Flexible degree structure • Staff regularly achieve high ratings in official external ratings and student feedback • Includes one of Scotland’s top law schools and is Scotland’s largest provider of initial teacher education

Humanities & Social Sciences – 6 Schools • Applied Social Sciences • Education • Government & Public Policy • Law • Humanities • Psychological Sciences & Health

Strathclyde Business School

Strathclyde Business School • One of largest Business Schools in Europe • Top in Scotland by a wide margin • First full-time MBA in UK - 1966 • 9 teaching departments • Excellent teaching and high ratings for research • Triple accreditation; AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB accredited • Over 30 one-year taught Masters courses • Research opportunities available in all departments • Open learning MBA has won Queen’s Award for Export Achievement

SBS – Departments • Accounting and Finance • Economics • European Policies Research Centre • Management (formerly Graduate School of Business) • Management Science • Human Resource Management • Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship • Marketing

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science • 5 academic departments • Multidisciplinary study across traditional departmental boundaries • Widespread contact with industry • Purpose built accommodation including the Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS)

Science – Departments • Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIBPS) (physiology, bioscience, immunology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences) • Pure and Applied Chemistry (including centre for Forensic Science) • Computer and Information Sciences • Mathematics and Statistics • Physics

Housing • Over 1400 places on and off campus • All rooms networked • Accommodation Office assists students with all their housing needs • International Exchange students guaranteed University housing. • Large choice of private accommodation in Glasgow

Student Experience and Enhancement Service • Full-time Student Advisers • Award winning Careers Service • Over 30 international student societies • Integrated welcome/orientation programme • Social programme throughout semester

In summary • Relevant research • Innovative teaching • Accessible education Leading international technological university • • Excellent industrial and commercial links • Innovation and entrepreneurship • The place of useful learning