Glasgow Caledonian University (informally GCU or Caledonian) is a public university in the City of Glasgow, Scotland. With a history traceable to 1875, the University was formally instituted in 1993 by an Act of Parliament that created Glasgow’s third university, and what would become one of Scotland’s largest universities with more than 18,000 students.

GCU is regularly ranked among the UK's top 10 modern universities, and is widely regarded as one of the UK's most dynamic and innovative universities. In 2010, less than 20 years after its formation, Caledonian was ranked among the world’s top 400 universities, the first and only modern Scottish university to achieve this global standing. In 2013, the UK's Higher Education Statistics Agency ranked Caledonian as Scotland's 2nd best university in terms of employability among graduates and 11th best in the UK. Also that year, the University was ranked 2nd in the UK for international student satisfaction. At GCU 96.2% of our graduates are in employment or further study within 6 months (DLHE 2012).

Noble Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was installed Chancellor of the University in 2012, as the first non-British international figure to hold the office of University Chancellor in Scottish history. Professor Pamela Gillies has been the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University since 2006.

Independent research carried out in 2012 revealed that the University contributes over £444m to Scotland’s economy each year with the quantifiable lifetime premium of a one-year class of graduates estimated at around £375m, bringing the University's total annual economic impact to around £820m in Scotland alone.

The University is a member of the University Alliance, the UK league of business-oriented universities. It is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities UK, Universities Scotland, the Florence Network, the Talloires Network, and the Santander Universities Network.