Former names | Glasgow Veterinary College | ||||||||||
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Type | Veterinary school | ||||||||||
Established | 1862 | ||||||||||
Dean | Christopher Loughrey | ||||||||||
Administrative staff | 300 | ||||||||||
Undergraduates | 500 | ||||||||||
Postgraduates | 95 | ||||||||||
Location | , Scotland 55°54′00″N 4°19′08″W / 55.900°N 4.319°W | ||||||||||
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Affiliations | University of Glasgow | ||||||||||
Website | www |
The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow is one of nine veterinary schools in the United Kingdom, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Veterinary Medicine.
It was established in 1862 as the independent Glasgow Veterinary College, being subsumed into the university in 1949 and gaining independent faculty status in 1969.[1] In 2010 it became a constituent school of the new College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences. It ranked second in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2016[2] and in 2015, QS World University Rankings ranked the veterinary school seventh in the world for veterinary medicine.[3]