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Robert Gordon's College is a co-educational private school for day pupils in Aberdeen, Scotland. The school caters for pupils from Nursery through to S6. History. Robert Gordon, an Aberdeen merchant, made his fortune in 18th century Poland trading from the Baltic port of Danzig, (Gdansk).
Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Raibeart Ghòrdain), is a public university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland.
History of Gordon's. Robert Gordon was a merchant from Aberdeen who spent much of his life based in Poland. On retiring to Aberdeen, he decided to leave his considerable fortune to found a ‘Hospital’ for boys’ accommodation and education. The school was built on the site of the old Dominican (Black) Friars building.
- The Birth of The University
- The 1800s
- The 20th Century
- The Growth Continues
The first 100 years and beyond
1668: The birth of Robert Gordon, future founder of Robert Gordon's Hospital. 1684: He is elected a Burgess of Guild, enabling him to trade as a merchant in the city. 1689: Robert Gordon graduates from Marischal College and establishes business as a merchant trader in Danzig in the Baltic. 1729: He founds Robert Gordon's Hospital, to educate the young sons and grandsons of Burgesses of the Guild who were too poor to maintain them at school. 1731: Robert Gordon dies. 1750: Robert Gordon's Hosp...
The College matures and grows
1824: Aberdeen Mechanics' Institution opens - the beginnings of an adult education programme. 1881: Robert Gordon's Hospital is transformed into Robert Gordon's College with a secondary day school and separate adult education college. 1884: Educational work of the Aberdeen Mechanics' Institute is transferred to the College. 1885 : Gray's School of Science and Art opens on Schoolhill, funded by John Gray, head of the firm of William McKinnon, Engineers and Iron Founders. 1898: Aberdeen Pharmac...
Higher levels of teaching and learning are reached
1903: Scottish Education Department designates the vocational courses work of the College as a ‘Central Institution for Specialised Instruction'. 1910: Robert Gordon's Technical College is formed. 1955: Local architect and businessman Tom Scott Sutherland gifts the Garthdee Estate. 1957: Scott Sutherland School of Architecture opens. 1965: College becomes known as Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology (RGIT) to reflect higher levels of teaching and its new role as a centre of excellence in...
Garthdee campus grows and key facilities move to new surroundings
1998: At the end of the 20th Century the Aberdeen Business School moved to the Garthdee campus. 2002: The Faculty of Health & Social Care building was opened in the summer of 2002 and is home to Applied Social Studies, the School of Health Sciences and the School of Nursing & Midwifery. Present day: Campus development continues in parallel with growth in RGU's reputation. All teaching is delivered at our Garthdee Campus in state-of-the-art facilities on the banks of the River Dee. Both phases...
Robert Gordon's College is at the cutting edge of international education. We have a strong sense of our local identity and our place in the wider world. Our community is highly diverse and philanthropy is a constant thread throughout our history.
In the Archive we have an extensive collection of anything to do with the history of Robert Gordon's College, such as artefacts, documents and photographs. We aim to answer every type of query from members of the Gordonian community, within the College and beyond.
Gray's School of Art is the Robert Gordon University's art school, located in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is one of the oldest established fine art institutions in Scotland and one of Scotland's five art schools today, and ranked among the Top 20 Schools of Art and Design in the United Kingdom. [2]
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