University of Strathclyde

University in Glasgow

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2024 The Complete University Guide ranked Strathclyde in the Top 10 for 12 subjects, including 1st in Forensic Science. The Guardian ranked Strathclyde in the Top 10 for several subjects, including 3rd in Civil Engineering and 4th in Sociology and Social Policy.
2023 Dean T. Beirne is a finalist of the BBC New Comedy Awards.
2022 The Complete University Guide ranked Strathclyde in the top ten universities in Britain for the subject of Politics.
August 2021 The University of Strathclyde Students' Association moved into new accommodation within the former Colville Building on Richmond Street.
2020 QS World University Ranking placed Strathclyde's Master's programs 36th globally in marketing, 51st in business analysis, and 55th in management. ARWU continued to rank Strathclyde in the 101–150 best Political Science universities.
2019 The Complete University Guide ranked Strathclyde 1st in multiple subjects including Accounting & Finance, Social Policy, Aural & Oral Sciences, Communication & Media Studies, Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Medical Technology, and Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation & Tourism.
2019 Construction of the University of Strathclyde Centre for Sports, Health and Wellbeing was completed.
2018 Times Higher Education placed the University of Strathclyde 76th best in law globally. QS World University Rankings placed Strathclyde among top international rankings in various subject areas.
2017 ARWU first ranked Strathclyde among 76–100 best universities in Public Administration.
2016 The Wellcome Trust began investing over £3 million in funding awards for the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, supporting research projects, teaching and training programmes, and building Medical Humanities partnerships in Africa and Asia.
November 2016 Construction began on the University of Strathclyde Centre for Sports, Health and Wellbeing.
July 2015 Her Majesty The Queen officially opens the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC).
March 2015 The University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre was completed after construction began in March 2012.
2014 Jim Murphy becomes the leader of the Labour Party in Scotland.
2014 Times Higher Education (THE) placed History at Strathclyde 9th for research intensity in a field of 83 UK universities in the Research Excellence Framework (REF).
2014 The James Weir Building was refurbished and reopened after a serious fire.
2013 QS World University Ranking placed Strathclyde among 101–150 best global universities in politics and international relations.
2012 The university became a key partner in its second UK Catapult Centre, with plans for the Catapult Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy announced by Business Secretary Vince Cable, and became a partner in the Industrial Doctorate Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy.
2012 Strathclyde was chosen as the exclusive European partner university for South Korea's Global Industry-Academia Cooperation Programme, funded by the Ministry of Knowledge and Economics.
January 2012 The university's Court endorsed a recommendation to move to a single campus by disposing of the Jordanhill site and constructing a new building for the Faculty of Education on the John Anderson campus.
2011 The Advanced Forming Research Centre was announced as a leading partner in the first UK-wide Technology Strategy Board Catapult Centre, with the university also selected to lead the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation.
2010 URAP Center began publishing annual rankings for each subject, consistently including the University of Strathclyde in the top 120 global universities in politics.
2010 A new biomedical sciences building was opened on Cathedral Street, designed by Shepparrd Robson.

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