About The University:
The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583, the last of the 4 ancient Scottish universities. It is world renowned and highly respected.
The buildings are in 6 main clusters – Central and George Square, New College (Divinity), Holyrood (Education), King’s Buildings (Science and Engineering), Little France (where the Medical School has facilities in the New Royal Infirmary) and Easter Bush (where the School of Veterinary Studies is based)
There are some
350 first degree programmes (including 200 joint degrees), in over 100 subjects
The University has 22,000 students
including 5,000 from overseas
1,500 from Europe, the rest from 147 other countries
Courses are taught through 21 schools in 3 colleges
Humanities and Social Science
Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Science and Engineering
A recent UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education assessment rated 29 Departments Excellent or Highly Satisfactory.
University staff carry out ground-breaking research
25 subjects gained 5* (the highest) or 5 rating for research
95% of staff were assessed at the highest levels
You can study a range of languages through the Institute of Applied Language Studies.
Some programmes offer the opportunity to spend part of your undergraduate course abroad through
the European schemes, Erasmus and Socrates
exchanges with universities in North and South America, Asia or Australasia
Support for learning
Every student is assigned a Director of Studies (DoS), who is a member of academic staff, normally based in the subject area in which you will be studying. The DoS is a first point of contact for advice on a range of issues such as choice of outside subjects.
Students with Disabilities
We welcome students with a disability and encourage you to contact our Disability Office at an early stage in the application process to discuss your individual needs. The Disability Office can offer advice on a wide range of issues ranging from study support, to queries on the Disabled Students'Allowance scheme.
Child care
The University Day Nursery takes children from 6 weeks to 5 years and the Uni-tots Nursery takes children aged 2.5 to 5.
Mature entrants
We consider alternative qualifications and experience from mature applicants, but recent academic work is normally required:
SQA Highers
a Higher National Certificate or Diploma
an Open University courses
an access course – see below
See the separate Mature Students Guide. Please contact Student Recruitment and Admissions at an early stage for advice on entry routes available.
Access courses
the University recognises Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP) courses
the University Office of Lifelong Learning runs an ‘Open Studies Credit for Entry Certificate’, which can lead to degree study
Part time study
A few degrees can be taken part time during the day
BA Humanities and Social Science
BA Childhood Studies
BD Divinity
BA and MA Religious Studies
BA Community Education
Entry requirements are as for full time students.
Find out more
Open Days
We offer three Open Days, normally one in June and two in the Autumn. All are welcome to attend our Open Days where you can find out more about individual subject areas, choosing and applying, student life and student finance. Post Application Visit Days
Post application visits are by invitation only and are for applicants who are holding an offer of admission with us. These are usually held between January and April. Student-led Guided Tours
We operate student guided tours most Friday afternoons.
To find out about any of our visiting opportunities please call the Student Recruitment & Admissions Office on 0131 650 4360 or alternatively go to www.sra.ed.ac.uk/visiting
Did you know?
The University of Edinburgh
awards sports bursaries for athletes at or near international standard and also a separate golf bursary
awards the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the oldest continuous book award in Britain
is the first ‘Fairtrade University’ in Scotland, serving only fairtrade coffee
will have a new £7 million medical imaging centre, as part of the its new £52 million Research Institute for Medical Cell Biology.
Address
Edinburgh University
Student Recruitment & Admissions
57 George Square
EH8 9JU
