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.
Những thành tích mà trường Đại học Stirling đã đạt được:
- 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)
- 1st for Campus
environment (International Student
Barometer, 2012)
- 1st 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)