University of Edinburgh
UniversityPublic university
| University of Edinburgh link () Website | |
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| File:University of Edinburgh ceremonial roundel.png | |
| Formation | 1583 |
| Headquarters | Edinburgh,Scotland,UK |
| Type | Public university |
| The university continues to have links to the British royal family | |
Not to be confused with the much more modern Edinburgh Napier University
The University of Edinburgh is a public research university in Edinburgh, Scotland.
It is the eighth-largest university in the UK by enrolment, with 35,375 students in 2019/20.[1] With an income of £1187 million and endowments of £565 million in 2021, the University has extensive financial resources, particularly for research purposes.[2] At around £272 million, the university had the sixth-highest research income of any UK university in 2016.[3]
The university continues to have links to the British royal family, having had Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as its chancellor from 1953 to 2010 and Anne, Princess Royal since March 2011.[4]