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The University of Glasgow operates from a number of sites: the main campus, on Gilmorehill in the West End of Glasgow; the Garscube Estate, in Bearsden; the Dental School, in the city centre; and the Crichton campus in Dumfries, operated jointly with the University of the West of Scotland and the Open University. Previously, the University had been housed on a site on the High Street, adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral.

High Street

A model of the old High Street Building, in the Hunterian Museum.

The University of Glasgow in 1650.

The University's initial accommodation was part of the complex of religious buildings in the precincts of Glasgow Cathedral. In 1460, the University received a grant of land from James, Lord Hamilton, on the east side of the High Street, immediately north of the Blackfriars Church, on which it had its home for the next four hundred years. In the mid-seventeenth century, the Hamilton Building was replaced with a very grand two-court building with a decorated west front facing the High Street, called the "Nova Erectio", or New Building.

Over the following centuries, the University's size and scope continued to expand, including Scotland's first public museum, the Hunterian. It was a centre of the Scottish Enlightenment, and subsequently of the industrial revolution, and its expansion in the High Street was constrained. The area around the University declined as well-off residents moved westwards with expansion of the city and overcrowding of the immediate area by less well-off residents. It was this rapid slumming of the area that was a chief catalyst of the University's migration westward.

The High Street site is now occupied by assorted student accommodation belonging variously to the University of Strathclyde and a private provider.

Gilmorehill

Consequently, in 1870, it moved to a (then greenfield) site on Gilmorehill in the West End of the city - around three miles (5 km) west of its prior location - enclosed by a large meander of the River Kelvin. This originally comprised only one building, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, however it soon began expanding across Gilmorehill, and continues to do so to this day. It is centred around University Avenue, which connects Byres Road on the West side of the site to Kelvin Way and Gibson Street on the East. The road was formerly known as Dobbie's Loan and was used by farmers for driving sheep and cows to market in the centre of the town. The move away from the High Street site, and the Royal Infirmary, meant a new teaching hospital was required, for which purpose the Western Infirmary was constructed. This hospital will close in 2013, at which time the University shall acquire the site.

Main Building

Main Building
The South Front
Alternative names	Gilbert Scott Building
General information
Type	University
Architectural style	Neo-gothic
Address	University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Owner	University of Glasgow
Technical details
Floor count	3-5
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Sir George Gilbert Scott, John Oldrid Scott

The University's new building was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and echoed, on a far grander scale, the original High Street campus's twin-quadrangle layout. Between the two quadrangles, Scott's son, Oldrid, built an open undercroft, above which is his grand Bute Hall (used for examinations and graduation ceremonies), and the building's signature gothic bell tower. The blond sandstone cladding and Gothic design of the building's exterior belie the modernity of its Victorian construction — Scott's building is structured upon what was then a cutting-edge riveted iron frame construction, supporting a lightweight wooden-beam roof. The building also forms the second-largest example of Gothic revival architecture in Britain, after the Palace of Westminster. An illustration of the Main Building currently features on the reverse side of the current series of £100 notes issued by the Clydesdale Bank. The name of the building is something of an ambiguity; when originally constructed, it was the University's only teaching building on the site, therefore a name was unnecessary. It is generally referred to as either the Main Building or the Gilbert Scott Building, in the name of its architect.

Chapel

The University Chapel was constructed as a memorial to the 755 sons of the University who had lost their lives in the First World War. Designed by Sir John Burnet, it was completed in 1929 and dedicated on 4 October. Tablets on the wall behind the Communion Table list the names of those who died, while other tablets besides the stalls record the 405 members of the University community who gave their lives in the Second World War. Most of the windows are the work of Douglas Strachan, although some have been added over the years, including those on the South Wall, created by Alan Younger.

Daily services are held in the Chapel during term-time, as well as seasonal events. Before Christmas, there is a Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on the last Sunday of term, and a Watchnight service on Christmas Eve. Graduates, students, members of staff and the children of members of staff are entitled to be married in the Chapel, and the Chapel is also used for baptisms, funerals. Current law in the UK precludes civil marriages or civil partnerships actually being performed in religious premises, although such unions may be blessed in the Chapel.

The current Chaplain of the University is the Reverend Stuart MacQuarrie, and the University appoints Honorary Chaplains of other denominations.

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  The tower overlooking Kelvingrove Park and the River Kelvin.
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  The Main Building from Queen's Park on the South Side of the city.
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  The Main Building from Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
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  The rear of the Building showing the Hunterian Museum.
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  The cloisters beneath the Bute Hall
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  The East Quadrangle of the Main Building

The Square

The West end of the Main Building forms the East side of The Square, which is bounded on the North and West by terraces of townhouses and on the South by the Principal's Logding. These townhouses were formerly inhabited by Professors of the University, which earned it the nickname, Professors' Square however they are all now used for administration and teaching space.

House No.	Occupant
Nos.1-2	Vacant, formerly International Office
No.3	Corporate Communications
No.4	Department of Theology
Nos.5-9	Stair Building (School of Law)
No.10	Vice-Principal's Office (Research and Enterprise)
No.11	Vice-Principal's Office (Biomedical and Life Sciences and Medicine)
No.12	Principal's Lodging

The Principal, Sir Muir Russell, has maintained tradition by adopting the Principal's Lodging as his main residence. It is as yet unknown whether his successor, Professor Anton Muscatelli, will do the same. The basement of this building is occupied by the University's Equality and Diversity Unit.

Adam Smith Building

Adam Smith

The Adam Smith Building, named for the noted economist, was designed by David Harvey, Alex Scott & Associates and opened in 1967. It was built on what were formerly gardens in front of Lilybank House, and was originally a home for the Faculty of Social Sciences. It now contains the administrative offices of the successor Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences, as well as the Departments of Economics, Politics, and Sociology, Anthropology & Applied Sciences, and the Adam Smith Library.

Adam Smith was a Glasgow graduate and later Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential economists of all time, largely due to his most famous works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations.

Boyd Orr Building

Boyd Orr Building
The Boyd Orr Building from University Avenue, looking north west.
Alternative names	The Boyd Orr Building for Basic Sciences
General information
Type	University building
Architectural style	Utilitarian, Brutalist
Location	Glasgow, UK
Address	University Avenue, Gilmorehill
Completed	1971
Inaugurated	3rd October 1972
Owner	University of Glasgow
Technical details
Floor count	11
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Dorward, Mathieson, Gleave & Partners

The Boyd Orr Building's original name was The Boyd Orr Building for Basic Sciences, and it was constructed to provide teaching accommodation for first and second year students in the Science Faculties. The Building was inaugurated on 3rd October 1972 by Sir Eric Ashby FRS, a botanist and Master of Clare College, Cambridge and named after John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, a former Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and Nobel Laureate, who was Chancellor of the University from 1946 to his death in 1971.

The front of the building looks south-west onto University Avenue, the main thoroughfare of the Gilmorehill site, facing the side of the Wolfson Medical School Building, while the back of the building has an entrance from University Gardens and faces the Sir Alwyn Williams Building (part of the Department of Computing Science) and the Queen Margaret Union. To the south-east is a car park, which is accessed by an underpass running under the building, although this site has been earmarked for development by the University.

Although the Boyd Orr Building is positioned at the bottom of Gilmorehill, it still rises higher than the University Library; the tower of the Main Building of the University is the only building on Gilmorehill which reaches higher than the Boyd Orr Building, although it has the advantage of sitting at the top of the hill. High winds often blow down the sheer face of the Boyd Orr Building onto University Avenue, and a barrier was installed on the pavement to prevent students and staff being blown onto the road as they tried to approach the front stairs.

The Building's popularity amongst students at the University has led to the creation of a Facebook group in its honour, 'Boyd Orr - Building of the Future'., and an illustration of the building was used on the front cover of The SRC Guide in 2005.

Construction of the Boyd Orr Building required the demolition of a row of townhouses on University Avenue, although the Building occupies only a small portion of their former site, the rest currently serving as a car park. This area has been earmarked for development by the University, and is being considered for the proposed expansion of the School of Law. The eleven-floor Building was designed by architects Dorward, Mathieson, Gleave & Partners and is utilitarian and brutalist in design, constructed using Reinforced concrete and finished with Essno aggregate stone panels. Two large lecture theatres project in cantilever form out from the base of the building, whilst the glass windows of the upper floors front smaller theatres, rooms and laboratories. The roof of the Building was topped with copper, however this has since turned green through reaction with the air.

• Boyd Orr Building
• One of the large lecture theatres protrudes from the base of the building
  One of the large lecture theatres protrudes from the base of the building
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  The building from Ashton Lane looking east
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  The Wolfson Medical School Building and Boyd Orr Building, from University Place

Fraser Building

The Fraser Building was formerly known as The Hub, and sits behind the Reading Room and opposite the Library. It was refurbished between 2007-2009 as a student services centre and is named after former Chancellor of the University Sir William Kerr Fraser.

It houses the Registry, International Office, Admissions Office and a number of other student services, as well as a bookshop and the Barclay Medical Centre, a GP surgery.

Glasgow University Union

Glasgow University Union

Main article: Glasgow University Union

The Union was originally accommodated in the John McIntyre Building, however these premises soon proved to be inadequete. A new building at the foot of University Avenue was designed by architects Arthur & McNaughton and erected between 1929 and 1931. There are four bars in the old building, and a further five in the Extension, and a Subway sandwich shop is housed in the Buffet. On the basement level is a bar, called the Beer Bar; on the first floor are the Smoke Room, Buffet, Servery, Dining Room and the shop; on the second floor are the Bridie and Elliot Libraries, the Donald Dewar Memorial Reading Room and the Debates Chamber, which spans the first and second floors; on the second floor are the Board Room and Billiards Room, and access to the gallery of the Debates Chamber.

An extension to the Union building was designed by Keppie, Henderson & Partners and opened in 1965. There are four bars - Deep Six, the Gallery Bar, Altitude and Playing Fields - and the Union's nightclub, The Hive.

Graham Kerr Building

==Gregory Building

John McIntyre Building

The John McIntyre Building was built between 1886-1890 to house the newly-formed Glasgow University Union. It was designed by Sir John Burnet, who also designed the University Chapel, and its construction was aided by a donation from Dr. John McIntyre, for whom the building is named, in memory of his wife, Ann. The Union subsequently moved to larger premises at the foot of University Avenue in 1930, at which time the Queen Margaret Union acquired the premises. When the QM moved in 1969 to a building at the end of University Gardens, the John McIntyre Building became inhabited by the Students' Representative Council, who continue to occupy it to this day.

Library

The rear of the Library from Bute Gardens

The Library, with the Round Reading Room visible in front

Main article: Glasgow University Library

The University Library was built in 1968 behind University Gardens and along Hillhead Street from the Main Gate. It has eleven main floors, a basement and a sub-basement, and is built in the brutalist style. The Library had previously been housed in what is now the Kelvin Gallery of the Main Building, before the present Library was built. The building has been under almost constant renovation, however the most notable expansion came in 1997 when an environmentally-controlled extension was built on the roof to house the Library's Special Collections Department.

The ground floor, Level 2, contains the Short Loan collection and issuing desks; Level 3 contains periodicals and the largest collection of computers in the Library; Levels 4-11 house subject-specific collections, e.g. Social Sciences, Geography and Geology on Level 6; English and Modern Languages on Level 9.

The University Librarian is Helen Durndell.

Sir Charles Wilson Building

The Sir Charles Wilson Building is a former church, now a lecture theatre, named after Sir Charles Wilson, who was Principal of the University between 1961 and 1972.

Stevenson Building

The Stevenson Building is named for Sir Daniel Macaulay Stevenson, a former Chancellor of the University and benefactor, and houses the Gilmorehill element of the University's sports facilities. Opposite the 'Stevie' on Oakfield Avenue are the offices of the Glasgow University Sports Association.

Wolfson Medical School Building

Wolfson Medical School Building
View from University Place
General information
Type	University Building
Address	University Place, Glasgow
Completed	2002
Cost	£9m
Owner	University of Glasgow
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Reiach and Hall Architects

Main article: University of Glasgow Medical School

The purpose-built Wolfson Medical School Building opened in September 2002, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects at a cost of £9m. As well as three small lecture rooms (with capacity for around eighty people) and ten PBL Rooms, facilities include:

Study Landscape The Walton Foundation Library and Resource Area (also known as the Study Landscape) occupies three levels of the building and is open to medical students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As well as 120 study carrels (booths) with flat-screen computers, students have access video recorders and DVD players for watching Clinical Skills materials, over 3000 books (including multiple copies of core texts), CD-ROMs and Computer-Aided Learning packages. There are six project rooms.

Clinical Skills Clinical Skills is made up from a fully equipped ward and side rooms complete with audio visual equipment, allowing students to document, analyse and improve their performance. This area also contains Harvey (a cardiology patient simulator which can help students to diagnose cardiac abnormalities) and Sim-man (a life support patient simulator).

The Vocational Studies Suite In Vocational Studies, students acquire professional skills and attributes. In our Vocational Studies Suite medical students can practise consulting in a realistic environment, interacting with actors in the roles of patients. The suite comprises 10 small group learning rooms equipped with audiovisual technology as well as two soft seating pre-consultation ‘waiting’ areas for the simulated patients. In addition, there is a resource room with teaching materials and videos.

Consulting rooms are positioned adjacent to small group learning rooms, where their classmates and tutors can observe their simulated consultations on a TV monitor. These rooms also provide the opportunity for student-tutor encounters over a period of time that are essential to professional development.

As well as communication skills, the Vocational Studies Suite is a base from which ethics, professional development and other aspects of doctors’ behaviour and attitudes are explored.

The Atrium The central triangle of the medical school, covered by a glass roof and with its own café and seating area.

Halls of Residence

Murano Street Student Village

Murano Street Student Village is located in Maryhill, at the far end of Queen Margaret Drive from the West End and the University.