Glasgow Vet School

The Veterinary College, Glasgow

Glasgow Veterinary College

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow

The Glasgow Vet School grew out of the Veterinary College, Glasgow which was formally established in 1863 by Royal Warrant, although its origins date back to 1859 when James McCall, FRCVS, an Ayrshire graduate of the Dick Veterinary College in Edinburgh started a practice in Hope Street, Glasgow, acting as veterinary surgeon to the largest railway contractors. He began giving classes for Edinburgh students who lived in Glasgow. Formal classes began in 1862 with ten students. In 1909 the College was incorporated as Glasgow Veterinary College. In October 1949 it was handed over to the University of Glasgow, following the University's willingness to undertake responsibility for veterinary education under the recommendations of the Loveday Committee. The College then became the University's Veterinary School, commonly known as the Glasgow Vet School, within the Medical Faculty, but in 1968 a separate Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was created. The School continues to be known commonly as the Glasgow Vet School.

In 1909 Glasgow Veterinary College had purchased premises in Buccleuch Street. After the hand-over of the College to the University of Glasgow, the Buccleuch Street site continued to be used until 1969. A new veterinary hospital for clinical and research facilities had been built in 1950 on the Garscube Estate, Glasgow, a veterinary field station had been established on the Cochno Estate, Glasgow in 1954, and new teaching buildings for the pre- and para-clinical departments were built at Garscube in the 1960s.

In 1909, Glasgow Veterinary College was recognised by the Scottish Education Department as a Central Institution and received limited funds from that source. The College was without a Government grant from 1925-1945, during which time it was financed by student fees, grants from local authorities and private individuals. The grant was reinstated following the formal hand over of the College to the University of Glasgow in October 1949.

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