Top Universities in Edinburgh

List of pinnacle foremost universities in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK:

University of Edinburgh

- The University is ranked 20th within the worldwide within the THE-QS World University Rankings 2009, confirming its function as a world chief in higher education.

- In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, Edinburgh become ranked inside the Top five within the UK and No. 1 in Scotland via way of quantity of 4* 'international-most important' research. The RAE became achieved jointly with the aid of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland (DEL).

Edinburgh Napier University

- The University has been supplied the Queen?S Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for 2009. This is the number one event within the history of the University that it has received this noticeably prestigious prize, this is presented biennially to reward universities and schools that show art work of a global-elegance massive of excellence.

- It has been ranked due to the fact the exceptional modern-day college in Scotland thru the Guardian University Guide 2009.

Heriot-Watt University

- Ranked 356th maximum of the worldwide's top universities inside the QS World University Rankings 2010.

- In the Guardian University Guide 2010, the University is placed 22nd in the UK out of 118 institutions, and 5th in Scotland. In terms of particular subject rankings, Heriot-Watt is in the top 10 for Modern Languages, the top 15 for Economics and the top 20 for Business & Management.

Queen Margaret University

- The University is highly regarded for innovative, relevant, practice and policy informing research and scholarship across a wide range of disciplines.

- It is ranked 63rd out of 118 institutions in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2011).

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