University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological University located in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city. It began in 1796 when John Anderson, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University, left instructions in his will for 'a place of useful learning' - developed rapidly and, by the 1890s, had become a major technological institution with a wide reputation for research and learning. The University of Strathclyde was UK University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Award 2012 and 2019.
The university has four Faculties: Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, and Business with a student population of approximately 16000 UG and Master students and
approximately 800 Doctoral students represented by over 100 nationalities. Strathclyde has 50 main research centres, 12 major laboratory facilities, and 28 subject research
areas/fields.
The commitment to ‘useful learning’ guides its research, learning and teaching and the way they work with businesses and organisations. The University of Strathclyde’s advances in research output and quality in recent years have been significant. It is among the 20 top research-intensive universities in the UK, with the research environment and research impact standing out from the crowd. The latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) showed that it had leapt 14 places nationally and cemented its position as a leading international technological university. It represents independent confirmation of the momentum and strategic focus they have established. Strathclyde is a leading international centre for engineering research. Multi-million pound investments by Research Councils, Government and companies such as Rolls Royce and British Energy mean that the Faculty of
Engineering has access to the very best specialist research facilities. One of the most powerful, single-installation supercomputers in a Scottish university has been switched on at Strathclyde. The new Technology & Innovation Centre, a state-of-the-art facility, is transforming the way academics, business, industry and the public sector collaborate. Up to 1,200 researchers, engineers and project managers will work at the centre, which will include top-class seminar and conference facilities. The University of Strathclyde’s partnerships with business and organisations are set to give a £1.4bn boost to the Scottish and global economy over the next 10 years.
The Faculty of Engineering at Strathclyde is one of the largest, best equipped engineering faculties in the UK and the largest in Scotland. It is home to over 5,000 students from over 90 countries: 4,000 undergraduate, 700 postgraduate taught and over 600 postgraduate research. They are renowned for the close links with industry, and their graduates are in demand world-wide with many employers visiting the University each year to recruit exclusively from their final year students.

The research in architecture and the built environment is multi-faceted in nature and is at the forefront in higher education in Scotland and the UK. The roots of the Department of Architecture date back to 1888 when classes in architecture and building science started at the Royal College of Science and Technology. Over more than 120 years the department has witnessed continuous growth and evolution. Today, the Department offers a wide spectrum of ARB / RIBA accredited degrees and has a student population of more than 500 students. The Department of Architecture has close links and collaborations with cultural and city institutions, local communities and a palpable global reach. The Department has unique legacy and research tradition exemplified by the world renown research units of the 1960s and 1970s: BPRU-Building Performance Research Unit and ABACUS- Architecture and Building Aids Computer Unit Building on this, the Department enjoys a very rich and health research culture manifested by over 40 PhD scholars and a number of research units in various fields that include the Architectural Design and Conservation Design Unit (ADCRU), dealing with the challenges of conserving built heritage while allowing changes to adapt historic buildings to contemporary uses. This research also informs teaching of the MSc in Architectural Design for the Conservation of Built Heritage.