Aberdeen

:This article is about the Scottish city. For other uses see Aberdeen (disambiguation)

Education

The first of Aberdeen's two universities, the University of Aberdeen, was founded in 1495 by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland. The University of Aberdeen is Scotland's third oldest, and the UK's fifth oldest University.

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University of Aberdeen - 1495 - William Elphinstone - Bishop of Aberdeen

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Robert Gordon's College (originally Robert Gordon's Hospital) was founded in 1729 by the merchant Robert Gordon, grandson of the map maker Robert Gordon of Straloch, and was further endowed in 1816 by Alexander Simpson of Collyhill. Originally devoted to the instruction and maintenance of the sons of poor burgesses of guild and trade in the city, it was reorganized in 1881 as a day and night school for secondary and technical education, and in the 1990s became co-educational and a day-only school. It also produced the Robert Gordon Institute of Technology, which became Robert Gordon University in 1992.

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1729 - Robert Gordon - 1816 - 1881 - Robert Gordon University - 1992

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Gray's School of Art, founded in 1886, is one of the oldest established colleges of art in the UK. It is situated in beautiful grounds at Garthdee on the edge of the city. It is now incorporated into Robert Gordon University.

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Gray's School of Art - 1886

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Aberdeen College has several campuses in Aberdeen and offers a wide variety of part-time and full-time courses leading to several different qualifications. It the largest further education institution in Scotland.

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Northern College was a teacher training college with campuses in Aberdeen and Dundee. In 2000, the Aberdeen campus of Northern College became the University of Aberdeen School of Education.

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Northern College - Teacher - 2000

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Aberdeen Grammar School, (now comprehensive, despite its name) founded in 1263 and one of the oldest schools in Britain, was removed in 1861-1863 from its old quarters in Schoolhill to a large new building, in the Scottish baronial style, off Skene Street. A famous alumni of the Grammar School is Lord Byron.

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Aberdeen Grammar School - 1263 - 1861 - 1863 - Scottish baronial style - Lord Byron

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There are 12 secondary schools and 54 primary schools which are run by the city council in the city. There are also a small number of private schools.

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At Blairs, in Kincardineshire, five miles (8 km) S.W. of Aberdeen, is the abandoned St Mary's Roman Catholic College, for the training of young men intended for the priesthood, with plans to turn it into a hotel.

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Blairs - Kincardineshire

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