1.It's home to one of the UK's coolest student unions. Grunge heroes Nirvana are among the bands who have graced the sticky stage of the QM.
2. You will feel as if you are studying at Hogwarts. Built in 1871, the stunning main building has great halls, spiral staircases and its own museum as well as professors as old as Dumbledore (probably) The cloisters have featured in films and TV shows including Cloud Atlas and Outlander.
3.Famous alumni include James Watt, philosopher and economist Adam Smith, physicist Lord Kelvin, surgeon Joseph Lister, seven Nobel laureates, late politician Charles Kennedy, three British Prime Ministers as well as actor Gerard Butler, comedian Susan Calman and Blue Nile's Paul Buchanan
4.If you need a break from the books, Glasgow Uni is home to The Mackintosh House, a rebuilt terraced house designed by, and furnished after one of the city's most famous sons, architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
5. Proximity to Ashton Lane. Although the old Grosvenor cafe is sadly no longer a feature, the lively cobbled street is home to some of the West End's best bars including the Ubiquitous Chip.
6.The 'Stevie' building, the uni's sport centre has recently undergone a full refurb and now boasts Powerfplay, Scotland’s premier conditioning facility a 25m swimming pool and sauna and steam room as well as 80 exercise classes a week.
7.Glasgow Uni is ranked 5th best place in the UK to study law and medicine.
8. In 1837, the university made history when James McCune Smith became the first African American to receive a university medical degree.
9, The 'other' union, the GUU is one of the largest and oldest in the UK as well as being among the most successful university debating institutions in the world, winning the World Universities Debating Championships a record five times.
10. Uni bosses proved they had a sense of humour in 2016 when they announced the uni was erecting a helter skelter, teaming up with the Evening Times' sister title The Herald for an April Fool's Day prank.
11.In spite of the university’s prime location in Glasgow's 'leafy' west end, studying here is relatively cheap compared to other prestigious universities in the UK’s large cities such as London, Birmingham and Leeds.
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