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The
University
Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow is the second
oldest university in Scotland and fourth oldest in the UK.
The University has a compact campus in the West End of the
city. The main building, designed in the Gothic style by
Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1870's, is one of the
city's best known landmarks. The Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine is located at Garscube; a green-field site four
miles from the University. Part of the Faculty of
Education is located on the St Andrew's campus to the
north-west of the city. Crichton College is located in
Dumfries, to the south-west of Glasgow.
The University welcomes applications from abroad in
1999-2000 some 2,000 of the students came from overseas.
The University has a range of support services available
to international students.
The University is aware of the great importance to
students of being placed in suitable accommodation.
Priority is normally given to students who live out with
the Glasgow area and students coming from overseas are
guaranteed a place in accommodation provided their
completed application form is received by 31 August in
their year of entry.
The University offers a wide range of computing
facilities, including e-mail and internet access to all
matriculated students. Many postgraduate students are
allocated their own machine in dedicated graduate school
office or laboratory accommodation. In some departments
computing facilities are available exclusively to
postgraduate students.
The University Library is one of the great academic
libraries of Europe and a major resource for graduate
students. The bookstock now stands at almost two million
volumes; it subscribes to over 6,000 periodicals and have
access to electronic databases world-wide.
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