The University of Aberdeen is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexan
King's College, Aberdeen.
An illustration of King's College in 1661.
Christ's College, built in 1850
Marischal College was one of the two universities in Aberdeen between 1593 and 1860, alongside King's College, Aberdeen, with which it merged to form the University of Aberdeen in 1860. Its nineteenth
Panoramic of the building following restoration
Marischal College from the rear, showing Mitchell Tower and Mitchell Hall
Detail of ornately carved granite pinnacles on the facade of Marischal College, following restoration
Statue of king Robert the Bruce in front of Marischal College.