Queen's College, Dundee

Queen's College was established in 1954 as a direct result of the findings of a Royal Commission. This reported in April 1952 that the incorporation of University College Dundee in the University of St Andrews could not continue as it was and made recommendations regarding the restructuring of the two institutions and altering the constitution of University College Dundee. On 31 July 1953 the University of St Andrews Bill received Royal Assent and the College was renamed in April 1954 to mark the new relationship with St Andrews.

The earlier years of Queen's College saw greatly improved co-operation between the College and the University and the near extinction of opinion in favour of an independent Dundee institution. This was in great part due to the then Principal of the University of St Andrews, Thomas Malcolm Knox, later Sir Malcolm, who was determined that there should be an equal partnership either side of the Tay. Although the co-operation continued, after the Robbins Committee Report of 1963 the institutions were working towards separation rather than integration. In 1964 Knox moved at Court that there should be an independent university in Dundee. This was accepted at St Andrews despite a history of strong opposition to the idea, and in Dundee Court, Senate and Council were all unanimously in favour but for one lay Council member. The new University was established by Royal Charter on 1 August 1967, replacing Queen's College.

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