Year Of Estabishment
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Acceptance Crireria
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College Address
College website
College Contact
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Overview
University of Edinburgh
established in year 1582. University main campus is located in an urban area of
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Edinburgh is a Public university and it is
one of the ancient universities in English-speaking world in Scotland. This
university is internationally renowned teaching and research centre and is
included in UNESCO World Heritage site.
Academic Ranking of
World Universities has ranked University of Edinburgh on #6 nationally and on
#45 globally in year 2014. QS World Rankings has ranked the university on #5
nationally and on #17 globally in year 2014/15. Times Higher Education World
University Rankings has ranked University of Edinburgh nationally on #6
nationally and on #36 worldwide in year 2014/15. The University has been ranked
by The Guardian #20, Complete ranked on #20 and Times/Sunday Times on #22
nationally in year 2015/16.
University of Edinburgh
is affiliated to Russel Group, Coimbra Group, League of European Research Universities,
Universitas 21, European University Association, Universities United Kingdom
and Universities Scotland. Chancellor of this university is Princess Anne,
principal is Sir Timothy O?Shea and rector is Steve Morrison.
Campus
The unique selling
proposition of the university is its campus as its campus is included in UNESCO
World Heritage Site and has many iconic buildings. University has its six main
sites the Central Area, King?s Buildings, Pollock Halls, Little France, Easter
Bush, Moray House and National Performance Centre.
The Central Area is the
oldest region of this university homing Humanities, Law, Computing, Social
Science, Biomedical and the university library. The King?s Building homes
Science, engineering and teaching activities take place at this building.
Pollock halls are for students? accommodation. Little France is home for
Medical researches. Easter Bush is home for Biotechnology and Biological
Sciences researches. Moray House houses Leisure Management, Sports Science and Physical
Education.
Schools
University of Edinburgh
has various schools and colleges, some of them are:
Departments
University?s departments
are:
Teaching
Standards
Academic integration is
the primary motive of the university?s faculty members. Regular meeting and
seminars are conducted at the campus for improving and enhancing the teaching
quality for the students. QS World Rankings has ranked the university on #5
nationally and on #17 globally in year 2014/15. Times Higher Education World
University Rankings has ranked University of Edinburgh nationally on #6
nationally.
Courses
University of Edinburgh
offers undergraduate and graduate programs in various subjects. University has
been ranked on 12th in world for arts and humanities by Times Higher
Education Ranking in year 2014-15. It has also ranked on 4th for
research programs in United Kingdom by Research Excellence Framework in year
2014-15. Some of the university?s
courses are:
Student
Facilities
Edinburgh University
Students? Association has over 250 student societies including the buildings
cafes, shops, Teviot Row House, Kings Building House, the Pleasance and
Potterrow. A weekly Scottish newspaper is published by university?s students,
named ?The Student? which is for the students and by the student. University
also has its own publication named The Journal; it is one of the largest publications
in Scotland with 14,000 copies all across the city. There are over 67 sports
clubs which consists of Judo, rugby, rowing and football. Students of this
university have secured four medals during Olympics 2008. Edinburgh University
Library has over 2.8 million volumes and it is one of the largest libraries in
Scotland.
Accommodation
University of Edinburgh
has Pollock Halls of residence for student?s accommodation. Various buildings
are present at the campus for offering on campus housing some of them are:
University currently
accommodates over 19,000 student?s full time.
Notable
Alumni
The university has over
9 Nobel Prize winners as their alumni. Some of the notable alumni are:
Scholarship
University offers over
29 various programs of scholarship. Scholarships are provided to national and
overseas students based on merits. Students must meet the eligibility criteria
before applying for the scholarships.