University of Edinburgh
Consistently ranked among the world’s top universities, The University was ranked 5th in Britain by the Times Good Universities Guide and is frequently ranked among the world’s top 20 universities by various international league tables. Its Arts and Humanities and Biomedicine, in particular, were ranked 13th and 14th in the world. The University has the 3rd largest financial endowment after Oxbridge and is the only British university apart from Oxbridge to have produced a UK Prime Minister – Gordon Brown. Notably, two of the Top Ten Canadian Universities – McGill and Queen’s – and the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school (the top US University) were modelled on the curriculum of this ancient university.
The University was at the heart of the European Enlightenment in the 18th century as well as the leading science and engineering center several decades later. Edinburgh Universities’ alumni include many who have made outstanding contributions across a range of disciplines:-
• Adam Smith: The Father of Modern Economics (Graduated from Glasgow; Taught at Edinburgh)
• James Clerk Maxwell: The Father of Electromagnetic Theory
• Charles Darwin: The Father of the Theory of Evolution
• James Hutton: The Father of Geology
• MacQuorn Rankine: One of the Founders of Thermodynamics (Graduated from Edinburgh; Taught at Glasgow)
• David Hume: The world famous Philosopher
• Joseph Black: Discovered Carbon Dioxide (Studied at both Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Joseph Lister: The Influential Contributor to Modern Surgery (Taught at Edinburgh and Glasgow)
• Sir James Young Simpson: Discovered anesthetic properties of chloroform
• Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor of the Telephone Inventor
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Author of Sherlock Holmes
• Robert Louis Stevenson: The Author of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Robert Brown: The Origin of Brownian motion
The reputation of the University in the fields of medicine and science remains pre-eminent. It is recognised as a pioneering university, for example having established the first Department of Artificial Intelligence. The University of Edinburgh’s Management School is consistently ranked amongst the world’s top business schools by the Financial Times.
Degree/ Qualification offered – Certificate, Bachelor, Master, PhD
