List of universities in Scotland

The other great bishoprics followed, with the University of Glasgow being founded in 1451 and King's College, Aberdeen in 1495.

[9] A new college of St Andrews was opened in Dundee in 1883, though initially an independent institution.

[11] After the Robbins Report of 1963 there was a rapid expansion in higher education in Scotland.

[citation needed] In 1992, the distinction between universities and polytechnic colleges/Central institutions was removed.

[15] This created new universities at Abertay, Glasgow Caledonian, Napier, Paisley and Robert Gordon.