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The ancient universities of Scotland are medieval and renaissance universities which continue to exist until the present day. The majority of the ancient universities of the British Isles are located within Scotland, and have a number of distinctive features in common, being governed by a series of measures laid down in the Universities (Scotland) Acts 1858–1966. The Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 uses the term 'older universities' to refer to St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh.〔s.16〕 The same act provided for the independence from St Andrews of Dundee, which was then granted a similar form of governance under its royal charter. In common with the other ancient universities of the United Kingdom, the Scottish ancients find themselves administered in a quite different fashion from these new universities (of which there are now fifteen in Scotland) and are granted a number of privileges as a result of their different status. ==Order of foundation== The currently existing ancient universities of Scotland are, in order of foundation: * University of St Andrews – founded 1413 (incorporating the University of Dundee for most of its history until 1967) * University of Glasgow – founded 1451 * University of Aberdeen – founded 1495 (see below) * University of Edinburgh – founded 1583 Following the creation of the ancient universities before the end of the 16th century, no other universities were formed in Scotland until the twentieth century. The first 'new university' of the era was the University of Strathclyde which received its royal charter in 1964, although it traces its origins back to the Andersonian Institute (also known at various times as Anderson's College and Anderson's University) founded in 1796.〔(The History Of Strathclyde – University of Strathclyde )〕〔http://www.technicaleducationmatters.org/node/144〕〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/r1qlNATTRHunExoP5vxkMA〕〔http://strathclyde.ica-atom.org/andersons-college-glasgow〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ancient universities of Scotland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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