John Anderson Campus

The campus is self-contained in its own area which straddles the Townhead and Merchant City districts on the north eastern side of the city centre, while being only minutes from the M8 Motorway, George Square and is located midway between Queen Street Railway Station and High Street station on the North Clyde Line.

It is named after John H. D. Anderson (1726–1796), a former Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, who left instructions in his will with a large bequest to found "a place of useful learning for the good of mankind and the improvement of science".

The result was a school for Glasgow, which would teach practical subjects appealing to people normally left out of the collegiate educational system, such as craftsmen and women from the city.

Ten years later in 1887 it merged with the Allan Glen's School to become the Glasgow & West of Scotland Technical College.

Major post-war development of the campus resumed in 1956, when construction of the new Montrose Street block to the rear of the Royal College building began.

The James Weir Building, as it would later be named, would house new accommodation for the Mechanical, Chemical and Production Engineering departments.

A new Chemistry block (the Thomas Graham Building) was completed in 1962 in conjunction with Phase II of the James Weir which adjoined onto its eastern end.

Following the granting of university status to the Royal College in 1964, the campus grew in size rapidly, with most of the current academic buildings constructed during this period.

Following the 1940s Bruce Report, Townhead was designated a Comprehensive Development Area (CDA), the population was rehomed and all of the slums were demolished.

In 1974, the University reached an agreement with the book publisher William Collins, Sons to acquire its former printing works at the eastern end of Cathedral Street and St James's Road.

One of the former Collins buildings at 181 St James's Road was also retained and is used as a workshop and base for the Estates Management group.

No new academic buildings were constructed in the 1980s as newly installed principal Graham Hills concentrated on getting the University's finances back in order.

The major developments during this time were the purchase and restoration of both the Ramshorn and Barony churches in 1982 and 1986, respectively and the acquisition of Marland House from British Telecom in 1987.

1992 saw the opening of the first new academic building in over a decade with the construction of the Graduate Business School, with the Robertson Trust Wing (later named after the then current principal Sir John Arbuthnott) being completed in 1998, thus allowing the James P. Todd Building on Albion Street to be sold off to private developers.

Demolition began in 2002 and the land was landscaped into a new public park called "Rottenrow Gardens", which opened the year after.

In the mid 2000s a major appraisal of the University's estate took place, with a view to consolidating into a smaller number of buildings.

The James Young Hall is one of the more expensive class of accommodation residencies which provide the luxuries of an en-suite bathroom (including showers/hand wash basin/toilet facilities) with each individual single study bedroom.

Although the rent is steep, this includes heating and lighting as well as cleaning in the shared areas which you do not get in other accommodation such as the Thomas Campbell building.

Instead, 70 students have their own study bedrooms with wash-hand basins and share a large kitchen/living/dining room plus showers and WC facilities located on each floor.

Lord Smith is one of Scotland's leading business figures and currently chairs the organising committee for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Birkbeck court being the largest hall of residence there is a great deal of meeting other student from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds.

In 2004, the university embarked on a major £300m, 20-year strategy to renew and remodel the John Anderson Campus, with a view to consolidating its estate.

Work on the new Technology and Innovation Centre started in 2011, which sought to relocate various Science and Engineering research groups into a single space.