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The University of Edinburgh is
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The University of Edinburgh founded in 1582, is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland, making it one of the ancient universities of the United Kingdom. The university is consistently placed amongst the best in the world, ranking 20th in the current THES - QS World University Rankings, as well as 17th in the current Global University Ranking. THES - QS World University Rankings has consistently ranked
The University of Edinburgh as the best university in Scotland, and one of the five best universities in UK. The university played an important role leading the city of Edinburgh to its reputation as a chief intellectual centre during the Age of Enlightenment, and helped give the city the nickname of the Athens of the north. Alumni of the university include some of the major figures of modern history.
The founding of
The University of Edinburgh is attributed to Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirrkwall, Orknrey, who left the funds on his death in 1558 that ultimately provided the University's endowment. The University was established by a Royal Charter granted by James VI in 1582, becoming the fourth Scottish university at a time when more populous neighbor England had only two.
By the 18th century Edinburgh was a leading centre of the European Enlightenment (see Scottish Enlightenment) and became one of the continent's principal universities.Students at the university are represented by Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA), which consists of the Students' Representative Council (SRC), founded in 1884 by Robert Fitzroy Bell, the Edinburgh University Union (EUU) which was founded in 1889. They are also represented by the Edinburgh University Sports Union (EUSU) which was founded in 1866.In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, an approximately 5 yearly audit of the research quality of British higher education establishments,
The University of Edinburgh was placed 10th overall, a rise of 4 places from 14th in the 2001 RAE. The University was also placed 5th in the UK in terms of the power of its research departments. 63% of the University’s research activity was in the highest categories, of which one third is recognized as “world-leading”. It was rated top in the UK for Computer Science studies, a category in which
The University of Edinburgh School of Informatics made every eligible research submission whereas other universities submitted selectively. It was rated top in the UK for medical research submitted to the Hospital-based clinical subjects panel. The University was also placed 3rd in the UK for both Engineering and Chemistry (3rd equal with a joint submission with the University of St Andrews). Notable positions - among others - include 3rd in English, joint 5th in Pure Mathematics and 6th in Physics. The results for each of the 39 subject areas subjected for quality assessment can be retrieved at Guardian Education or the official RAE website.
In 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked
The University of Edinburgh as 23rd in the world in the same pool as Oxbridge, University College London, and Imperial College London. U.S. News and World Report also ranked
The University of Edinburgh as 6th in Europe.There have been many notable alumni and faculty of the university, including economist Adam Smith, signatories to the US Declaration of Independence James Wilson and John Witherspoon, Prime Ministers Gordon Brown, Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell (the latter matriculated at Edinburgh, but did not graduate), engineers Alexander Graham Bell and William Rankine, naturalist Charles Darwin and biologist Ian Wilmut, physicists James Clerk Maxwell, Max Born, Sir David Brewster, Tom Kibble, Peter Guthrie Tait and Peter Higgs, writers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, J.M. Barrie, and Sir Walter Scott, actor Ian Charleson, composers Kenneth Leighton, James MacMillan, and William Wordsworth, chemists Joseph Black and Daniel Rutherford, botanist Robert Brown, medical pioneers Joseph Lister and James Simpson, mathematician Colin Maclaurin, cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, philosopher David Hume, geologist James Hutton, chemist and two-time recipient of Alexander von Humboldt research prize for senior scientists Narayan Hosmane, Dr. Valentin Fuster, the only cardiologist to receive all four major research awards from the world's four major cardiovascular organizations, and mathematician and president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Sir Michael Atiyah. At graduation ceremonies, the Vice-Chancellor caps graduates with the Geneva Bonnet, a hat which legend says was originally made from cloth taken from the breeches of John Knox or George Buchanan. The hat was last restored in 2000, when a note from 1849 was discovered in the fabric. In 2006, a University emblem taken into space by Piers Sellers was incorporated into the Geneva Bonnet.
The University of Edinburgh Students' Association consists of the unions and the Student Representative Council. The Unions include Teviot Row House, Potter row, Kings Buildings House, the Pleasance, and a number of shops, cafés and refectories around the various campuses. Teviot Row House is said to be the oldest purpose-built student union building in the world. The Student Representative Council represents students to the University and the outside world. It is also responsible for Edinburgh's 222 student societies. The Association has four sabbatical office bearers – a President and three Vice Presidents. Turnout in elections for these positions has, in recent years, been among the highest in the UK. The Association is affiliated to the National Union of Students.
The University of Edinburgh is one of Britain's most successful sporting universities. Student sport consists of 67 clubs from the traditional Football and Rugby to the more unconventional Korfball or Gliding. Run by the Edinburgh University Sports Union, these 67 clubs have seen Edinburgh rise to 4th place in the British Universities' Sports Association rankings in 2006-07 and have been in the British Top 5 sporting Universities since 2005. It continues to be the most successful Scottish University for sport. During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,
The University of Edinburghalumni and students secured four medals - three gold and a silver.The three gold medals were won by the cyclist Chris Hoy and the silver was won by Katherine Grainger in female rowing. There are a number of campaigning societies at the university. The largest of these is environment and poverty campaigning group People & Planet, which is affiliated to the national People & Planet net. International development organisations include Edinburgh Global Partnerships, which was established as a student-led charity in 1990.
The University of Edinburgh Address
The address of The University of Edinburgh is Old College, South Bridge Edinburgh EH8 9YL.
The University of Edinburgh Email Address
The email address of The University of Edinburgh is
communications.office@ed.ac.uk.
The University of Edinburgh Website
The Website of The University of Edinburgh is
www.ed.ac.uk.
The University of Edinburgh Customer Support Service Phone Number
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