The University of Edinburgh

Founded in 1582, the University of Edinburgh is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland’s ancient universities. The university has the third largest endowment of any university in the United Kingdom, after the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Its alumni, faculty members and researchers include 19 Nobel laureates, three Turing Award laureates, an Abel Prize winner and Fields Medalist, two Pulitzer Prize winners, two currently sitting UK Supreme Court Justices, and several Olympic gold medallists. The University of Edinburgh receives approximately 60.000 applications every year, making it the second most popular university in the UK by volume of applications. The institution is ranked as the 20^th best university in the world by QS World University Rankings and 30^th by Times Higher Education World University Rankings.