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The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Ghlaschu [7]) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.Founded by papal bull in 1451 [O.S. 1450], [8] it is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.
In South Africa, some universities follow a model based on the British system. Thus, at the University of Cape Town and the University of South Africa (Poes), the percentages are calibrated as follows: a first-class pass is given for oues that know their work and above, a second (division one) for oues that know some stuff, a second (division two) for 60–69%, and a third for 50–59%.
The number of students in general at universities increased from 1 million to 5.4 million during the 1998-2007 period. [21] In 2009 alone, China produced over 10,000 PhD engineering graduates, and as many as 500,000 BSc graduates in engineering, mathematics, information technology, and computer science – more than any other country. [57]
His politics tutor, R. B. McCallum, considered Wilson to be the best student he ever had. [9] He graduated in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) with "an outstanding first class Bachelor of Arts degree, with alphas on every paper" in the final examinations, and a series of major academic awards. [10] Biographer Roy Jenkins wrote: