Montrose Street - you’ll know it well if you’re a Strathclyde student, or if you’ve ever had to hear a Strathclyde student complain about it. Walks up the hill were a killer, particularly for any hungover student.(Pic: University of Strathclyde)Montrose Street - you’ll know it well if you’re a Strathclyde student, or if you’ve ever had to hear a Strathclyde student complain about it. Walks up the hill were a killer, particularly for any hungover student.(Pic: University of Strathclyde)
Montrose Street - you’ll know it well if you’re a Strathclyde student, or if you’ve ever had to hear a Strathclyde student complain about it. Walks up the hill were a killer, particularly for any hungover student.(Pic: University of Strathclyde) | University of Strathclyde

Were you really a University of Strathclyde student if you didn’t do these 17 things?

Liam Smillie
By Liam Smillie

Digital Reporter

Published 14th Jun 2023, 17:22 BST
Updated 14th Jun 2023, 17:25 BST

There’s many student traditions and things only Strathclyde Uni students will remember!

The University of Strathclyde, a fine Glaswegian institution that has educated the people of Glasgow and beyond for over 320 years.

It’s alumni include the great John Logie Baird, inventor of the television, and Andrew Ure, the inspiration behind Frankenstein.

But we wanted to take a look at more recent history of the university and it’s student traditions - some things that every Strathclyde student in the last 30 or so years could recognise.

Currently a University of Strathclyde student? Here’s one of our reader’s hacks on how to beat the dreaded hill.

Were you really a Univeristy of Strathclyde student if you didn’t...

By all means, this guy should have been pretty naff. But we think he’s actually pretty cool, it must be the sunglasses. He was short-lived, only appearing throughout the 80s, but we think the 2020’s are the perfect time for a come back.

17. Hanging about with Anderson the Alumni Lion

By all means, this guy should have been pretty naff. But we think he’s actually pretty cool, it must be the sunglasses. He was short-lived, only appearing throughout the 80s, but we think the 2020’s are the perfect time for a come back. | Contributed

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