Glasgow Caledonian University is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland.
The university was constituted by an Act of Parliament on 1 April 1993 as a result of a merger between Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow.
The current Principal and Vice Chancellor is Professor Pamela Gillies, who has been in post since March 2006.
Since 2012, Muhammad Yunus has been the university's Chancellor. Previously it was Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, since October 2007.
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