University of the West of Scotland

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higher education institution public university research university

The University of the West of Scotland is a modern Scottish public university offering a wide range of vocational and research-focused degree programs across multiple campuses in western Scotland.

Aliases (7)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	higher education institution → public university → research university →
country	Scotland → United Kingdom →
dateOfEstablishment	2007 →
focusesOn	applied research → vocational education →
formedByMergerOf	Bell College → University of Paisley →
formerlyKnownAs	Bell College (through merger) → University of Paisley →
fundingType	publicly funded →
governedBy	Court of the University of the West of Scotland →
hasCampusIn	Ayr → Dumfries → Hamilton → Lanarkshire → London → Paisley →
hasFaculty	School of Business and Creative Industries → School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences → School of Education and Social Sciences → School of Health and Life Sciences → School of Media, Culture and Society →
hasMotto	Dreaming, Believing, Achieving →
hasPrincipal	principal and vice-chancellor →
hasRector	elected rector →
hasSpecialisation	business → computing → creative industries → education → engineering → health and nursing → life sciences → social sciences →
languageOfInstruction	English →
locatedIn	Paisley →
offers	online learning programmes → postgraduate degree programmes → professional development courses → research degrees → undergraduate degree programmes → vocational programmes →
participatesIn	Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework →
partOf	Scottish higher education system →
regionServed	west of Scotland →
sector	tertiary education →
type	public →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Glasgow ("University of the West of Scotland (Glasgow campus)") → Glasgow City ("University of the West of Scotland (Glasgow campus)") →	hasUniversity
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland →	beneficiary
Paisley ("University of the West of Scotland main campus") →	contains
University of the West of Scotland ("University of Paisley") →	formedByMergerOf
University of the West of Scotland ("University of Paisley") →	formerlyKnownAs
Ayr ("Ayr campus of University of the West of Scotland") →	hasEducationalInstitution
Hamilton ("University of the West of Scotland Hamilton campus (historical/relocated)") →	hasFacility
Greater Glasgow →	hasHigherEducationInstitution
Renfrewshire ("University of the West of Scotland (Paisley campus)") →	hasUniversityCampus
Hamilton West railway station ("University of the West of Scotland Hamilton campus") →	serves