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The University of Edinburgh (Scots: University o Edinburgh, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's
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In 1557, Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral on Orkney made a will containing an endowment of 8,000 merks to build a college in Edinburgh. Unusually for his time, Reid's vision...
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In common with the other ancient universities of Scotland, and in contrast to nearly all other pre-1992 universities which are established by...
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Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) consists of the students' union and the students' representative council. EUSA's buildings include...
See moreThe University of Edinburgh has appeared in a number of works of popular culture:
• In the 1959 science fiction movie Journey to the Center of the Earth, the main character is a Professor of Geology at the university, and an early scene is set in the central quadrangle of...
See moreThe university has five main sites in Edinburgh:
• Central Area
• King's Buildings
• BioQuarter...
See moreThe university is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities, and the Sutton 13 group of top-ranked universities in the UK. It is the only British university to be a member of both the Coimbra Group and the League of European Research Universities
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See moreThe university is associated with some of the most significant intellectual and scientific contributions in human history, which includes: the
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