Central Institution - List of Central Institutions

List of Central Institutions

The number of central institutions varied, but in 1988 the list included the following, several of which now have university status.

• Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee (now part of the University of Dundee)

• Dundee Institute of Technology, Dundee (now University of Abertay Dundee)

• East of Scotland College of Agriculture, Edinburgh (now part of the Scottish Agricultural College)

• Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

• Glasgow College of Technology, Glasgow (later Glasgow Polytechnic, now part of Glasgow Caledonian University)

• The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow

• Napier Polytechnic, of Edinburgh (now Edinburgh Napier University).

• North of Scotland College of Agriculture, Aberdeen (now part of the Scottish Agricultural College)

• Paisley College of Technology, Paisley (now University of the West of Scotland)

• Queen Margaret University College, formally Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh (now Queen Margaret University)

• The Queen's College, Glasgow (now part of Glasgow Caledonian University)

• Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Aberdeen (now Robert Gordon University)

• The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow

• Scottish College of Textiles, Galashiels (now part of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)

• The West of Scotland College, Auchincruive (now part of the Scottish Agricultural College)