16 Richmond Street
Glasgow G1 1XQ

Tel 0141 552 4400

scls@mis.strath.ac.uk

www.strath.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 43 (47)

Teaching excellence 52.9%

Student satisfaction 73.9%

Head teacher ranking 67 (102=)

Peer ranking 32= (36)

Research quality 51.6%

A/AS-level/Highers points 342/381

A-levels/Highers for entry 4%/85%

Unemployment 4.4%

Firsts and 2:1s 66.4%

Student/staff ratio 17.3:1

Dropout rate 16% (11%)

World ranking 307=

Undergraduates 11,463 (3,878)

Postgraduates 3,743 (6,020)

Teaching staff 801

Applications/places 18,946/3,631; 5.2:1 (+4.9%)

Clearing entry Not disclosed

Bursaries No fees for Scottish students

Scholarships Variable

EU/overseas 1.7%/6.3%

Mature 19.9%

State school 93%

Lowest social classes 29%

Low-participation areas 20%

Live in 15% (100%) £63-£85

Enterprise lies at the heart of Strathclyde’s mission. Perhaps it is something to do with its location in a dynamic city. Or the vocational diet of degrees. Or the fact that billionaire Sir Tom Hunter was educated here and continues to be involved through the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship@ Strathclyde, which offers elective courses to all students, whatever their degree subject.

The classes are highly participative and take a practical approach to teaching skills that will mark out graduates as the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. With more than 40 spin-out companies to its name, Strathclyde is among the top 10 entrepreneurial universities in the UK. It is in the top five for intellectual property income.

There are two university sites: the John Anderson campus in central Glasgow and the former Jordanhill College of Education five miles out. This latter facility will be incorporated on the main campus by 2010 in a £50m Faculty of Education building.

Anderson’s founding credo to create a place of “useful learning” is alive today. The business school is one of the 1% worldwide to hold an international triumvirate of business-school accreditations; the engineering faculty is the largest in Scotland and runs distinctive courses such as naval architecture and marine engineering. A £35m drug research and development centre is to be developed, to focus on key issues such as discovering new drugs to combat MRSA and improving understanding of the human immune system.

The proof of the pudding is in the graduate unemployment rate, which at just over 4% this year continues to be one of the lowest in the UK. Former students also earn £1,000 a year more than the average in their first job (£19,400) and four in five of them are in graduate-level jobs.

More than that, the Glasgow nightlife is sensational, while the union building is 10 floors of student heaven, with six bars and 28 pool tables.

Open days Contact the university.

Student view Kevin Ward, students’ association deputy president:

USP The university has good links with industry.

Worst feature Some students forget to check out the union and miss out on its resources.

Location When you’re in the heart of the Strathclyde campus you get a strong sense of identity.

Social scene We have one of the largest students’ unions in the country.

Rated excellent (15) Accountancy; architecture, architectural technology and landscape architecture; business and management; chemistry; economics; electrical and electronic engineering; English; European languages; geography; history; law; mechanical and manufacturing engineering; pharmacy; physics; politics.

Student satisfaction 73.9% Computer Science 80.6; Electronic and Electric Engineering 80.4; Physical Science 80.0; Business 79.4; European Languages and Area studies 79.3; Politics 77.1; Medical Science and Pharmacy 76.0; History and Archeology 75.6; Mathematical Sciences 74.8; Biology and related Sciences 72.7; Performing Arts 71.5; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 71.4; Law 70.9; Mechanically-based Engineering 70.5; Teacher Training 69.0; English-based studies 68.8; Psychology 68.7; Architecture, Building and Planning 66.7; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 64.5

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