List of universities in Scotland

List of universities in Scotland

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University	Image	Location	Year of foundation	Year of university status	Motto	Notes

University of St Andrews	The 15th-century St Salvator's Chapel in the winter sun	St Andrews, Fife	1410	1413	ΑΙΕΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ Ever to excel	University status conferred on 28 August 1413 by a papal bull of Pope Benedict XIII

University of Glasgow	-	Glasgow	1451	1451	Via, Veritas, Vita The way, the truth, and the life	University status conferred on 7 January 1451 by a papal bull of Pope Nicholas V

University of Aberdeen	King's College, Aberdeen – geograph.org.uk – 108991	Aberdeen	1495	1495	Initium sapientiae timor domini The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord	Established as King's College, Aberdeen in 1495 by a papal bull of Pope Alexander VI, and in 1860 merged with Marischal College (established 1593 as Aberdeen's second university), explicitly maintaining the date of foundation of King's College.

University of Edinburgh	-	Edinburgh	1582	1582	Established as the "Tounis College" in 1582, after James VI of Scotland granted the Edinburgh Town Council a royal charter to establish a college on 14 April 1582.

University of Strathclyde	University of Strathclyde Campus, Glasgow	Glasgow	1796	1964	The Place of Useful Learning	Granted University Status by Royal Charter in 1964, although the precursor Anderson Institute can be traced back to 1796 and the name Anderson's University was used between 1828 and 1887.

Heriot-Watt University	-	Edinburgh	1821	1966	First established 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh

University of Dundee	-	Dundee	1881	1967	Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum My soul glorifies the Lord	First established, 1881, as University College, then Queen's College under the University of St. Andrews, until establishment as an independent university in 1967

University of Stirling	-	Stirling	1967	1967	Innovation and Excellence	Planned as part of the Robbins Report of 1963, and constructed at a greenfield site on the estate of Airthrey Castle.

Edinburgh Napier University	Napier University Merchiston Campus	Edinburgh	1964	1992	Nisi Sapientia Frustra Without knowledge all is in vain	First established 1964 as Napier Technical College

Robert Gordon University	-	Aberdeen	1750	1992	Omni Nunc Arte Magistra Now by all your mastered arts	First established 1750 as Robert Gordon's Hospital

Glasgow Caledonian University	-	Glasgow	1875	1993	For the Common Weal For the common good	The University traces its origin to The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded 1875) and the Glasgow Polytechnic (founded 1971)

University of Abertay Dundee	Library, University of Abertay, Dundee – geograph.org.uk – 1154390	Dundee	1888	1994	First established in 1888 as Dundee College of Technology

Queen Margaret University	-	Musselburgh, East Lothian	1875	2007	First established 1875 as The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy. Moved to a new campus in Musselburgh in 2007-8

University of the West of Scotland	-	Paisley, Hamilton, Dumfries and Ayr	1836	2007	Doctrina Prosperitas success comes through learning	First established 1836 as a School of Arts, then in 1992 as the University of Paisley, and re-formed in 2007 following a merger with Bell College.

University of the Highlands and Islands	Executive Offices of the University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness	Highlands, Western Isles and Northern Isles	2001	2011	Foghlam aig ìre Oilthigh air a' Ghàidhealtachd is anns na h-Eileanan University-level study in the Highlands and Islands	A federation of colleges, planned from 1992 onwards and first established in 2001 as the UHI Millennium Institute and awarded full university status in February 2011.

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University of Glasgow being founded in 1451 and King's College, Aberdeen in 1495.

final_sentence: University of Glasgow being founded in 1451 and King's College, Aberdeen in 1495.