University of Edinburgh, referred to as the University of Edinburgh, is located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is the world's top universities established in 1583, the world's top 20 prestigious schools in the UK and the world has enjoyed a high reputation, but also the sixth old British synthesis Research university. University of Edinburgh is also one of the most popular British universities in China. The University of Edinburgh has produced 18 Nobel Prize winners and three British Prime Ministers and is a member of the Russell Group, the Coimbra Group and the European Research Universities Alliance. Edinburgh University in the European Enlightenment era has a very important leadership position, so that Edinburgh became one of the enlightenment center, enjoy the "North Athens" reputation. His notable graduates include Charles Darwin, a naturalist, physicist James Clark Maxwell, philosopher David Hume, mathematician Thomas Bayes, writer Arthur Conan Doyle, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the United States Declaration of Independence, John Witherspoon and Benjamin Rush. Gu Hongming, Zhong Nanshan have studied at the University of Edinburgh. University of Edinburgh has produced 16 Nobel Prize winners, an Abel Prize winner. His relationship with the British royal family, Prince Philip in 1953 to 2010 as Supervisor (Honorary President), since 2010 by the long princess Princess Anne took office. According to the 2014/5 QS World University Rankings, University of Edinburgh is ranked first in Scotland, sixth in the UK, the world's seventeenth, the British higher education sector recognized as "G5 Super Elite University" (Oxford, The University of Cambridge, University College London, Imperial College and London School of Economics); December 18, 2014, the UK only by the official once every 7 years published REF UK university research strength (the original RAE) The University of Edinburgh is the fourth highest in the UK, only at Oxford, University College London and Cambridge. As of the end of 2014, the University of Edinburgh has more than 32,000 students enrolled in more than 900 degree programs, including more than 12,000 students from more than 130 countries were studying undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs and postdoctoral research, and The proportion of international students has exceeded 37.5%. This ratio shows that the University of Edinburgh is a truly international university, is also one of the few British universities in the scale of more than 30,000 college students. Nevertheless, the University of Edinburgh has a very strict admission system, the annual enrollment ratio of only 10% -11%, is the UK university competition in the most intense, the most difficult to apply for one of the universities.
The Edinburgh College of Art which is a department within the University of Edinburgh, is a vibrant and creative community of students and academics: a place of experimentation, exploration, intellectual stimulation and exciting collaborations.
We enjoy an international reputation for the quality of our teaching and research across the disciplines of art, design, architecture and landscape architecture, history of art and music. Tracing our history back to the 1770s, we remain at the forefront of teaching and research, ideally placed to engage with the challenges of the future.
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