The origins of The Queen's College, Glasgow date back as far as 1875 when the Glasgow School of Cookery was established. In 1908, the Glasgow School of Cookery merged with the West End School of Cookery, which had been established in 1878, to form the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science.
Glasgow Polytechnic was originally two separate colleges: the College of Science and Technology and the College of Commerce. These colleges merged, and in 1971 the newly formed College of Technology opened to students as a Central Institution, offering Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) degree courses.
The formal opening of the College took place in 1972. The College was under the governance of Glasgow Corporation until 1975 when the newly created Starthclyde Regional Council became the funding body and a new constitution was put in place. In 1985, ownership passed from the Regional Council to an independent board of governors who received their funds directly from the Scottish Education Department. In subsequent years, the instituition changed its name three times for promotional purposes: Glasgow College (1987); 'Glasgow College - A Scottish Polytechnic; and Glasgow Polytechnic (1991). Finally in 1993 Queen’s College and Glasgow College of Technology merged to form the university.
