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Robert Gordon University is a university in Aberdeen.

Robert Gordon University is a relatively recent addition to the Scottish educational spectrum, as a university. It only received a full university title in 1992, previous to this the facility was named the Robert Gordon Institute of Technology and Robert Gordon’s College in its first incarnation.

Currently the Robert Gordon University has a student populace of roughly 12,800. Of these the split between undergraduate and post-graduate students is estimated to be 4000 post-graduates and the rest as undergraduate students. There are currently 145 different courses, in both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, these also include full and part time courses. The Robert Gordon University is the United Kingdom’s highest rated university in terms students finding employment within six month of graduating. According to the Guardian newspaper, the Robert Gordon University is also the third best university for further education.

The history of the Robert Gordon University began with the death of Robert Gordon in 1731. Originally the money that Robert Gordon left for the building of a school for boys was used to build Robert Gordon’s Hospital, in 1950. In 1881, this was converted to Robert Gordon’s College, a day school for boys. The Robert Gordon’s Institute of Technology was penned in 1965 as a name to the institution. In 1992 along with its change of name, the Robert Gordon University received a University status and its first vice-chancellor.

In recent times the Robert Gordon University has spent in excess of sixty million pounds in campus renovations. These included a new Business School building and a new building for the faculty of Health and Social Care.