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The Department of Electrical Engineering had its origins in 1886 with the appointment of a Professor of Engineering with responsibility for day class instruction in Electrical Engineering. In 1892, an independent Chair of Electrical Engineering was established.

In 1982, the Department of Electrical Engineering amalgamated with the Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications to form the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering was formed in 1982 from the amalgamation of the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications.

In 1967, a new Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications separated from the original single Department of Electrical Engineering in recognition of the growing importance of these specialisations.

In 1982, the Department of Electronic Science and Telecommunications merged with the Department of Electrical Engineering to form the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

The Department of English Studies was founded in 1964.

The Department of Environmental Engineering opened in 1972. It was closed in 1980 and the course transferred to the management of the Department of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.

In 1987, the Centre for Planning was formed at the University of Strathclyde by the merger of the University's Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the planning schools of the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art. In 1995, the Centre was renamed the Department of Environmental Planning.

In 1982, the Department of Food Science and Nutrition merged with the Departments of Applied Microbiology, Biology, and Biochemistry, as well as the Biotechnology Unit to from the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology.

The Department of Geography was established in 1964. In August 2004, it merged with the Division of Sociology in the Department of Government to form a new Department of Geography and Sociology.

The Department of Government had its origins in the Department of Politics, which was established in 1965. In 1989, the Department of Politics was restructured and expanded to include both a Sociology and a Politics division, the new grouping becoming known as the Department of Government. In August 2004, the Division of Sociology merged with the Department of Geography to form a new Department of Geography and Sociology.

The Department of History at Strathclyde came into being in the 1960s and rapidly developed throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

In 1959, the Department of Industrial Administration in the Royal College of Science and Technology was beginning to build up an inter-disciplinary team. By 1960 seven academics brought their individual specialisations to the staff: General Studies, Philosophy, History, Geography and Urban Planning and Literature. These staff members were: I.F. Clarke, Christopher Macrae, John Butt, Donald Gordon, Peter Green, Christopher Wiseman and Michael Gregory.

These members of staff, alongside others in the Royal College of Science and Technology, joined the campaign for university status and with it the inclusion of Arts and Social Studies. In 1961 Sir Keith Murray and the University Grants Committee (UGC) accepted the College for university status. The following year, March 1962, the Royal College saw further development, with five new departments created: Economics, Politics, Psychology, Administration and Economic History.

In 1962 Samuel George Edgar Lythe became the founding Professor of Economic History at the Royal College of Science and Technology. In 1963 five members of staff made up the Economic History department: Lythe, John Ward, Richard Wilson, Michael Sanderson, and John Moore. In 1964 the Royal College merged with the Scottish College of Commerce and became the University of Strathclyde. Two members of staff joined the Economic History Department from the College of Commerce: Tom McAloon and Barbara Thatcher. Gordon Jackson also joined in 1964, as did John Butt who introduced American Economic History to the department.

In 1974 the Senate and Court approved Lythe’s request for a new degree course: Modern History was founded in the university. The History department was then able to teach two-degree courses. John T. Ward was appointed as the first Professor of Modern History at Strathclyde. Lythe was also granted approval in 1974 to rename the department. It was no longer Economic History, but the Department of History.

In October 1988, the Department of Organisation, Management and Employment Relations was formed from the merger of the Department of Administration and the Department of Industrial Relations. In 1990, the department was renamed the Department of Human Resource Management.

The Department of Industrial Administration was established in 1947. It was closely involved in the Glasgow School of Management and was also the parent department to a Technical (later Industrial) Liaison Service. It was absorbed by the Department of Administration in 1971.

In 1981, the Industrial Relations section of the Department of Economics was granted independent departmental status and the first Professor of Industrial Relations was appointed. On 1 October 1988, the Department merged with the Department of Administration to form the Department of Organisation, Management and Employment Relations.

The Department of Information Science was formed in 1985 from the amalgamation of the Department of Librarianship and the Department of Office Organisation. Both of these had their origins in the Scottish College of Commerce (an antecedent of the University of Strathclyde). In August 2001, the Department of Information Science merged with the Department of Computer Science to form the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.