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St Salvator's College of the University of St Andrews, built in 1450. There are fifteen universities based in Scotland, the Open University, and three other institutions of higher education. [1] [2] The first university in Scotland was St John's College, St Andrews, founded in 1418. [3] St Salvator's College was added to St. Andrews in 1450.
There are fifteen universities in Scotland and three other institutions of higher education that have the authority to award academic degrees. The first university college in Scotland was founded at St John's College, St Andrews in 1418 by Henry Wardlaw, bishop of St Andrews. St Salvator's College was added to St Andrews in 1450.
Universities Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthighean na h-Alba) was formed in 1992 as the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals (COSHEP) adopting its current name in 2000, when Universities UK was also formed. [1]
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It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world. St Andrews was founded in 1413 when the Avignon Antipope Benedict XIII issued a papal bull to a small founding group of Augustinian clergy.
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English universities increased the numbers of students registered between 1924 and 1927 by 19 per cent, but in Scotland the number of full-time students fell from 10,400 in 1924 to 9,900 in 1937. In the same period, while expenditure in English universities rose by 90 per cent, in Scotland the increase was less than a third of that figure. [48]
This category contains articles about universities and colleges in Scotland. For institutions with full university status see the subcategory Category:Universities in Scotland. Institutions that hold degree awarding powers in the United Kingdom include universities, university colleges, and higher education colleges.