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The University of Stirling founded in 1967, in Stirling, Scotland. The Times 2008 University Ranking tables placed the university fifth in Scotland and thirty-seventh in a list of 113 UK universities.The original vision for the university at its inception, reflecting the national zeitgeist of expanding the University sector, was to provide higher education for people from all walks of life, encouraging them to fulfil their academic potential. The legacy of this egalitarian approach to education continues to permeate the University today, with some 92.2% of undergraduates entering from state schools or further education. The University of Stirling has also established itself as one of the UK's leading research-intensive universities in the fields of health and well-being, the environment, culture and society, enterprise, economics, and sport. |
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Napier University was opened as Napier Technical College in 1964, taking its name from John Napier, the inventor of logarithms, who was born at Merchiston Castle—the site of the University's Merchiston campus. In 1966, it was renamed Napier College of Science and Technology. Since 1971, it has offered degree-level education. Three years later, it merged with the Sighthill-based Edinburgh College of Commerce to form Napier College of Commerce and Technology, which became a Central Institution in 1985.
The college was renamed Napier Polytechnic in 1986 and in the same year acquired the former Hydropathic hospital buildings at Craiglockhart. It gained full university status in June 1992. In 1994, Napier University acquired its Craighouse campus.
In 1996, the university gained a new Faculty of Health Studies through a merger between the Scottish Borders College of Nursing and Lothian College of Health Studies.
In early 2008 Napier University was named the best modern university in Scotland by the Guardian University Guide 2009. The University currently has in place a Strategic Plan vision to be widely regarded as the "best modern University in Scotland" by 2010. |
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The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland, and, along with its contemporary institution, the University of St Andrews, it formed the Kingdom of Scotland's equivalent to Oxbridge. One of Scotland's ancient universities, the fourth-oldest in the English-speaking world, the University of Glasgow is one of only seventeen British higher education institutions to be ranked amongst the top 100 universities of the world. |
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Glasgow Caledonian began in 1875 as a small college with 110 students. Since then it has grown and diversified into one of the largest universities in Scotland with over 17,000 students as of 2007. Glasgow Caledonian University was constituted by an Act of Parliament on 1 April 1993 as a result of a merger between Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow. |
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The University of Edinburgh founded in 1582,is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It is the sixth university to be established in the British Isles, making it one of the ancient universities of the United Kingdom. The university is amongst the largest and most prestigious in the world and currently ranks in the world top 25. |
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