Đại học Stirling được thành lập năm 1967 và được coi là một trong những đại học đẹp nhất châu Âu. Các ngành thế mạnh của trường Stirling là Truyền thông, Tài chính – Ngân hàng, Kế toán, Kinh doanh, Kinh tế và Khoa học máy tính.

- Top 2.5% of global higher education institutions (QS World University Rankings, 2013)

- Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for ground-breaking social marketing research (2013)

- Top 12 in the UK for graduate employability with 94% of our graduates in employment, or further study, within six months of graduating. (Telegraph / Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education 2011/12)

- The University of Stirling is ranked second in Scotland and sixth in the UK in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world’s best 100 universities under 50 years old.

- Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 (The Sunday Times University Guide, 2010)

- 1st  for a 'good place to be' (International Student Barometer, 2012)

- 1^st for Campus environment (International Student Barometer, 2012)

- 1^st for Sports facilities (International Student Barometer, 2012)

- Best Student Living Experience in the UK (City of Stirling: National Student Housing Survey 2010 awards)

- Top 5 in UK for best value University (Telegraph, 2012)

- 1st in Scotland for Education (The Times Good University Guide 2015 and The Guardian University Guide2014)

- 1st in Scotland for Communications & Media (The Complete University Guide 2015, The Guardian University Guide , The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014)

- Top 10 in the UK for Sport (The Complete University Guide 2015)

- 1st in Scotland for Social Work (The Complete University Guide 2015) 

- 1st in Scotland for Social Policy (The Times Good University Guide 2014)

- 2nd in Scotland for Maths (The Guardian University Guide 2014)

- Top 3 in Scotland for Computer Science (The Guardian University Guide 2014)

- 87% student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2013)