University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow Counselling & Wellbeing Service provides a range of support to help students manage their mental health and build strategies that will help them successfully complete their course of study.
Support is provided for a range of issues and severity, to ensure that students feel supported in a way that works for them. Learn more about the various support offerings available and how to access them.
What other support is available?
- Wellbeing Matters Programme – these online sessions cover common challenges encountered by students. Students learn practical skills to help them manage their own wellbeing and mental health.
- 24/7 Counselling and Advice Line and app, including online chat – a free, confidential helpline, where students can access in-the-moment support for their mental health.
- Disability Service – students who experience ongoing mental health difficulties that affects their studies can access from support from the Disability Service, including adjustments to teaching and assessment, and 1:1 support.
- Student Listeners – a confidential, student-led service where students can talk and share their problems either online or in person.
Please get in touch if you are experiencing difficulties with your mental health. Drop us an email at studentcounselling@glasgow.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 141 330 4528
If students are unsure what service is right for then, they can use the Support Finder to identify the support service to meet their needs.
The University of Glasgow Student Support Officers (SSOs) provide first line support as a listening ear, encouraging and helping students to resolve issues and difficulties, signposting them to sources of information, advice and guidance, in relation to their studies and their wellbeing.
The SRC Advice Centre offers free and confidential advice on a wide range of issues and concerns, as well as being a third party reporting centre for hate crime. The Advice Centre is located on the ground floor of the McIntyre Building (next to the University Main Gate) and is staffed by professional and experienced advice workers.
The University of Glasgow does not currently take part in the Student Mental Health Agreement project, so does not have a SMHA in place.
