The University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest English speaking university in the world, the main neogothic building is frequently referred to as 'Hogwarts' by most students.

MrCowTipper · 7 months

I go there and I've never once heard it being called Hogwarts. Perhaps evidence that I should start talking to people and make friends.

winterandautumn · 7 months

When you see a post about your uni on the front page, you know you've procrastinated enough. Must be a cosmic sign.

mervis · 7 months

TIL that a ton of other Glasgow uni students are redditors...

drsalby · 7 months

People say the commons room in the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh is Hogwarts-esque.

youpeoplearesick · 7 months

Unfortunately most the buildings actually look like this http://imgur.com/l0ts7 or http://imgur.com/G0Oqp

specofdust · 7 months

Aberdeen had this (post wash) - but we leased it to the council for 100 years and now we've only got this and this fucking monstrosity which I have to practically live in.

buggles123456789 · 7 months

The freshman dining hall at Harvard has a similar reputation. I've called it and have heard it called Hogwarts or "The Great Hall" now and again.

RoamingBadger11 · 7 months

I want to go to there.

rmeechan · 7 months

You want an angle that includes the James Watt South building, that'll shock your eyes!

ramsay_baggins · 7 months

I'm in third year at Glasgow at the moment and I love it here. All my classes are in the main building as well, and walking up spiral staircases to get to classes is pretty awesome. Such a stunning building.

janemfraser · 7 months

Check out this gate. "The Memorial Gates were presented to the University by the General Council on 18 June 1952, to honour the twenty-nine outstanding figures of the University's first 500 years."

Esayar_Ayitch · 7 months

Studying engineering I rarely spend time in the main building. However most people I know to refer to it as the 'Hogwartsy bit' when asking where the exams are being held. Also, after two years I have only just noticed some of the random doors on the side of buildings a good 6ft off the ground. Magic indeed...

GaryXBF · 7 months

the rather intimidating front view of the uni showing the main gate in all its glory

the cloisters in the main building

here is a wide view, showing the uni library, the huge building on the far left, also visible is the joseph black building on the far right, and if you look really closely you can see the glasgow tower, science center and armadillo in the distance on the right hand side of the photo. and in the foreground center, the ugly brutalist maths building which is my place of study.

and no, ive never heard anyone call it hogwarts either, but i can see where they get it from

lionbologna · 7 months

Bitch please, they filmed HP at my uni (well the cathedral technically) but I live across the road. Link

sensors · 7 months

Love seeing this as I walk up university avenue every day. Very soon I'll take my last exam ever in that building.

REDDIT- · 7 months

What's the first oldest English speaking university in the world?

johnny_come_lately99 · 7 months

Wait! When did they start speaking English in Glasgow? I thought Glaswegian was the language of instruction used there.

RadioactiveHam · 7 months

The main building looks really awesome but all of the ones I have lectures in are big grey cuboids :(

Gueld · 7 months

I went to Stirling. Ugly new buildings but we do have a kick ass loch with ducks n stuff...

rab777hp · 7 months

I'm pretty sure UChicago is the institution often referred to as "Hogwarts."

ImproperRageFace · 7 months

The Bapst Library at Boston College has some very Harry Potter-esque architecture, along with a lot of the older buildings on campus. However the Tip O'Neill Library is pretty fugly, especially since it sticks out like a sore thumb surrounded by the older buildings.

Schaftenheimen · 7 months

For my money, it looks even cooler from down around Kelvingrove.

hivaidsislethal · 7 months

I go to Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and the top floor of one of our libraries is known as the harry potter room. http://i.imgur.com/AXmKW.jpg

BaronVonWeiss · 7 months

I went there for a year a half before the economy crashed. Amazing place.

iainhasaface · 7 months

Having went there for half of last decade I can happily state that I never once heard of it being referenced as Hogwarts.

I did bloody love that building though.

floatinabox · 7 months

The campus was actually moved to its current location relatively recently, in 1870, so most of the buildings date from then or much later. Spent a fantastic four years roaming those halls.

charlestonjigger · 7 months

This building was built around 1870. The original site was near high street in the city centre.

DoesACatHaveEyes · 7 months

That's the same name as the school in harry potter ... spooky coincidence? :-) ;-)

lucidlife · 7 months

What separates neogothic from gothic?

enosprologue · 7 months

Impressive but buildings like this aren't quite the real deal. This building is only 140 years old. Look at it this way: this building was built 20 years after The Crystal Palace, one of the first steel and glass buildings and only 30 years before the Flatiron Building, considered one of the first skyscrapers. The Gothic buildings it's imitating existed 500 years before this one was built.

I know I'm being annoying but backwards and conservative buildings bug me.

Bagsy99 · 7 months

View from my office window, http://i.imgur.com/LV0RQ.jpg

NorthernSpirit · 7 months

Oh my god i wish i could teach there, let alone be a student there!

7zark77 · 7 months

What's crazy is that Glasgow university was founded in the mid 15th century... and that's still nearly 400 YEARS after the first university was founded in Italy.

BlueThundah · 7 months

and to think, people call my school hogwarts

photo_touchup · 7 months

Levels and a bit of fill light

navalpain · 7 months

I absolutely loved going to school here, then I made the mistake of coming back to the states for law school.

scout-finch · 7 months

I'm proud to have been the thousandth upvote.

thecommando · 7 months

Screw UNO Im going to this place.

grumpygrin · 7 months

Im in Third year at Glasgow and although I dont refer to it as Hogwarts I have heard it called Hogwarts quite a lot. I also know so many people who said they choose Glasgow because it looks like Hogwarts.

I did also hear a rumour that when the first Harry Potter movie was to be filmed, the producers wanted to film many of the Hogwarts scenes at the University of Glasgow, but the University turned them down for some reason.

I did lectures in the old building for one semester- it was pretty awesome but then it was back to the concreate buildings.

tgillespiee · 7 months

maybe its time to visit the homeland of my ancestors !

rockon1700 · 7 months

Let's be honest though, anyone who went to Glasgow uni, doesn't care about the main building. They care about the student unions :)

salsaheaven · 7 months

"The fourth oldes English speaking university" sounds like someone just needed ANY way to make up a title for his university.

Does the 3rd lithunian Speaking university the same?

beenman500 · 7 months

the university of durham is actually hogwarts. I went to a few of the places were they filmed stuff for the film

voltic · 7 months

I went to UBC and we had the Harry Potter Room: all 3 story book shelves, plush leather chairs, and stained glass

aeliustehman · 7 months

The story is a bit the same with Edinburgh University. Beautiful Georgian Architecture and then the Brutalist shit. I went on a tour a few weeks ago and one of the buildings shown was so bloody ugly.

whileinchina · 7 months

what does the oldest one look like?

sharperguy · 7 months

And yet we spend most of our time in buildings similar to this monstrosity: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1416249.jpg

I've literally only had a few exams in the main building.

Willzay · 7 months

My brother is getting married in a few weeks in oxford at the cathedral where they filmed parts of Hogwarts. Had a brief visit yesterday and it blew my mind, its like behind the scenes.

myballsshrunk · 7 months

For an ugly university I give you the University of Surrey in Guildford http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Education/Pix/pictures/2008/08/20/surrey2.jpg

thepainteddoor · 7 months

It's so crenellated, it's gnarly!

clevername37 · 7 months

The University was founded in 1451, but the campus pictured was built in 1870. And like many others in this thread, I never heard it referred to as Hogwarts. Culturally, we wouldn't do that—it's stupid. Other than that, spot on.

CaptInsane · 7 months

A lot of shots, I think especially ones in the great hall, were done at the church in Gloucester, England

FlaviusValerius · 7 months

Honorary PhD from Hogwarts... I bet EVERYONE there speaks like her.

BeowulfsBro · 7 months

I wish that you had posted with about 6 months ago. I would have applied.

johnjhayes · 7 months

cool, my bro-in-law has a doctorate from there, I visited back a few years ago and got this shot of some folks rappelling off the main tower, you have to look very close :)

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