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We’re consistently ranked one of the top 50 universities in the Top th world. We’re 20 in the “You are now in a place where the best 2021 QS World University Rankings. courses upon earth are within your 50 reach… such an opportunity you will ND TH never again have.” Thomas Jefferson American Founding Father and President, speaking to his son-in-law Thomas Mann Randolph as he began 2 4 his studies here in 1786 Edinburgh is ranked We’re ranked the second best fourth in the UK for student city in research power, the UK and 7th based on the 2014 in Europe.* Research Excellence Framework.† £10m Our students accessed undergraduate financial support totalling more than £10 million in 2019/20. 96.5 18 TH More than 96 per cent We’re ranked of our students are in 18th in the world’s work or postgraduate most international study 15 months after universities‡. graduating.§ 0 by 2040 We’re committed to becoming a net zero carbon University by 2040.

* QS Best Student Cities 2019 † Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions § Graduate Outcomes Survey data ‡ Times Higher Education, The World’s Most International Universities 2021 02 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees Undergraduate Guide 2022 The 03 Open to a world of possibilities

We live in a complex, fast-changing world and we’re honest about the significant challenges facing us all. As a leading global university, we know education will play a vital role solving those challenges and relish our shared responsibility to respond to them.

As the world comes to terms with the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re committed to being open to everyone. We will widen access to higher education and bring people together from a range of backgrounds and experiences. We welcome people with new outlooks and perspectives into an international community that values each individual and the contribution they make. Together, we will be open to change. We will adapt and work in new ways that disrupt the status quo and overturn established ways of thinking. We will do this without boundaries, in facilities where our students, academics and researchers come together with the public and private sectors to learn from each other and work in tandem to create new solutions. For more than 400 years, we’ve seen the benefits such collaborations bring. Being open to the world today brings greater potential and possibilities for tomorrow. 04 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 05

For you, those possibilities start with the 58 subjects and almost 400 degrees we offer. Many of these are joint honours degrees, offering innovative cross-disciplinary subject combinations. Some of our degrees let you study a single subject in depth, developing a deep understanding of one area. Others feature an open and flexible structure with options to tailor your own studies. This lets you choose whether to experience a wide range of topics before you specialise, or sample multiple subjects in a broader degree. Our global links offer you possibilities for fieldwork, industry placements and study abroad opportunities, and our research-led, industry-informed teaching incorporates the latest developments in your field.

“My programme is preparing me for my future career by addressing issues from many different perspectives, which is necessary in our globalised world, as well as presenting me with opportunities to volunteer and go abroad.”

Manisha Thill MA (Hons) Health, Science & Society 06 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 07

As one of ’s four ‘ancient’ universities, many of our full-time degrees in the humanities and social sciences are undergraduate masters qualifications that require four years of study. In science and engineering we offer four-year bachelors degrees or five-year integrated masters. We also offer a smaller number of other qualifications including LLB, as well as a few degrees with shorter or longer full-time study durations. These range from three to five or even six years (MBChB Medicine). If you have excelled at your studies so far, you may have the option to start in the second year of some of our science, engineering and art and design degrees. We also offer an expanding range of options for students on a Higher National Certificate or Diploma. Alternatively, if you’re considering a year out before you go to university, you may be able to apply for deferred entry.*

*Applications for BVM&S Veterinary Medicine or international applications for MBChB Medicine will not be considered for deferred entry. Please contact us to check before you apply. 08 www.ed.ac.uk/access-edinburgh Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 09

Myth busting Your University community: Only straight A students get into Total students (2019/20) Undergraduates (UG) the University of Edinburgh. 44,510 26,785 Open and We offer places based on a range of grades, depending on the context in which your results were achieved.

If I get in with minimum grades, Part-time UG inclusive I will struggle to catch up. 3,835 (14%) Full-time UG Our grades are set at the academic level 22,950 (86%) you need to succeed. When you get in, it will be because we believe you have the ability to do well and we will give you the Male UG time and support you need to settle in. 10,250 (38%) I’m too old to go to university. We welcome learners of all ages. If you have already left school you can still apply. Other UG We believe everyone deserves an equal Adults returning after a break of at least 25 (<1%) Female UG opportunity to study at the University of three years in their formal education 16,510 (62%) need to have undertaken some recent Edinburgh. We welcome students from academic study. Find out more at: all over the world, who represent diverse www.ed.ac.uk/studying/mature It’s impossible to go to university Undergraduates studying in: Undergraduates experiences, backgrounds and cultures. if you have kids. coming from: Lots of people juggle university life with raising a family and we offer excellent Medicine & The University is committed to widening access to higher childcare services, support and advice. Veterinary

education, and admitting the very best students, who Medicine Scotland Edinburgh isn’t for me. I’m not going 3,250 (12%) 7,630 (28%) demonstrate the potential to benefit from, and contribute to, to fit in. the academic experience we offer. This means that no student You will. We have a multicultural student is admitted on the basis of grades alone. Science & body who join us from a wide range of Engineering Arts, Humanities & backgrounds. They are roughly one third What qualifications and grades do I need? 7,165 (27%) Social Sciences Scottish, one third international and one Other UK* The qualifications and grades you need vary according to the 16,370 (61%) third from elsewhere in the UK. 8,260 (31%) degree you apply for and may also depend on whether you are eligible for a widening access offer. Please check the specific subjects and grades we require for entry to the degree you are interested in online: www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees My story 7,600 Will I be eligible for a widening access offer? “I was given the opportunity to visit the Academic staff University and talk to students because You will be considered for a widening access offer if you are More than 7,600 academic members of International I attended a LEAPS [Lothians Equal Access in the UK and: staff are employed across our 21 Schools. 10,895 (41%) Programme for Schools] high school. • live in a target postcode area, or This piqued my interest in the University and helped set a goal in mind. I began to attend • attend a target school or college, or events organised by the University’s widening 180 • are studying on the Scottish Wider Access Programme access team. I was able to interact with students, Countries Undergraduate entrants aged: or the University of Edinburgh Access Programme, or learn about the University and facilities, and Students from 180 different countries visit the law library. These events allowed me • are care experienced, or have studied here in the last 10 years. 17 or under 2,515 (9%) to form a better picture of what life would be • have refugee status or are an asylum seeker. like at university. The staff and students were 18 to 20 20,350 (76%) friendly. They made me feel welcome but were You can find out more about all of these terms at: 21 to 24 2,815 (11%) also realistic and honest.” 290+ 1,105 (4%) www.ed.ac.uk/access-edinburgh Societies 25 or over You can check your widening access eligibility using our online Anais Banag More than 290 societies and groups checker: https://admission-checker.is.ed.ac.uk LLB (Hons) Law you can join. Or start one of your own! * Includes Channel Islands and Isle of Man 10 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/degree-structure Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 11

My story “Coming to the University has been to travel to Israel and Jordan to visit one of the defining moments of my historical sites in the Middle East – Study in breadth life. The four-year degrees allow trips that I would not have been able a great deal of flexibility and I have to afford otherwise. been able to fully explore my interests “Edinburgh has opened up many doors in different subjects. to me and although it is undoubtedly and in depth “I applied to study MA (Hons) French & a huge learning curve, it is well worth the Classics and took a linguistics option in journey. Through the flexibility of the Year 1, alongside other history courses, four-year system, I have gained knowledge then economics in Year 2. This offered in areas that a shorter structure would me the opportunity to study courses not have allowed. This has given me a that weren’t available at school and, in grounding in a variety of fields which, in When you choose to study with us, you’ll find that particular, to explore periods of history turn, gives me transferable skills I can take many degrees take four years to complete. This is to a greater extent. That led to my change into my career.” in programme to MA (Hons) Ancient & an approach that’s common not just to Scotland Medieval History. Since then I have been Tabitha James but across Europe and in the US. lucky enough to receive a scholarship MA (Hons) Ancient & Medieval History

Studying a four-year degree allows you As you move into Year 3, you’ll have the to benefit from greater flexibility and confidence to say with certainty which choice during your studies than might be area you want to specialise in for your offered in a shorter degree elsewhere. final degree. You’ll also take up any possible You’ll usually have the time to try different option to study abroad, or any industrial subjects before you concentrate your placement offered on your degree, usually studies for your final degree. Some during Year 3 before returning to the students find these experiences change University for your final year. You’ll then their mind about the degree or specialism focus on the in-depth studies required they want to qualify in and allow them to for your degree across a series of Year 4 take advantage of the flexibility to refocus. compulsory courses and a final project or dissertation. This will allow you to How it works graduate with a versatile combination On most of our degrees in the arts, coveted by prospective employers – a humanities, engineering, science, and specialist focus built on a broad base of social sciences, you’ll be able to study a interdisciplinary experience. range of subjects in Years 1 and 2 before you decide which area to specialise in Benefits at a glance for your final degree. You’ll study the • Enhance your career prospects, compulsory courses that are required for gaining a broad education that is your degree and in addition will be able to attractive to employers. choose a number of option courses either from areas related to your degree or from • Experience new subjects without the different parts of the University. need to commit long-term – discover “Edinburgh is one of the top new passions, take your career in a campuses that we target for Using your option course choice, you’ll new direction or enhance your CV. be able to choose to study up to three recruitment. If you are looking subjects in Year 1, then continue those • Discover where your strengths lie and for a university that will give subjects or swap some out as you tailor your degree accordingly. you the skills and experiences move into Year 2. It’s flexible, letting • Nurture your talents, develop a broad to have a successful career, you try subjects without committing range of skills and grow intellectually to them long term, and personal. You’ll over a longer period of time. then Edinburgh is a good develop academically and intellectually, place to start.” discovering which subjects suit your • Develop a global outlook – interests and aptitudes and which are opportunities to study abroad are Proctor & Gamble the best fit for your career aspirations. usually possible on most of our degrees. 12 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/teaching Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 13

Research-led teaching Our world-class academics are leaders in their fields, conducting groundbreaking research that directly informs the teaching you “Getting taught by lecturers receive. Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Higgs, for example, New proposed the Higgs boson while he was still a lecturer here. who were carrying out their The principle of research-led teaching means your lecturers will own research and would incorporate their latest research in the teaching you receive, allow you to work alongside allowing them to share their discoveries with students. You may ways of have the opportunity to get involved in research that will allow them was a dream come you to delve more deeply into your chosen subject. This will true to me.” not only develop your analytical skills, but will help you prepare for the next steps in your career whether that’s in industry or learning Brenda Mionki postgraduate study. BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) Industry placements A number of our degrees usually offer you the opportunity to get involved in and sample life on the front line of your future career with an industry placement. These can be short placements or in Choosing to study with us means more some cases a full year out. They offer an unrivalled opportunity to hone your skills and put theory into practice under genuine than choosing to sit in our lecture theatres. working conditions, tackling live projects side by side with your peers. In some cases, you will be required to find and secure your own placement and in others you will be recruited competitively For many of you, it will mean adopting a whole new approach to by the companies offering the positions. Industry placements your own education that differs from what you experienced at offer you an opportunity to broaden your horizons, gain valuable school or college. insights into the professional application of your chosen degree, You will become an independent learner, working collaboratively and enhance your future career prospects. with us to enhance and enrich your own education. You’ll need to be proactive, seeking out and seizing the opportunities we offer Study abroad while managing your own time, learning new ways of studying We’re one of the world leaders in international student exchanges, and developing independent learning skills to meet the demands offering more than 1,400 opportunities to study abroad across of your degree. We’ll work with you, of course, providing help 300 different destinations. Exchanges are possible on most of our and guidance on how to study most effectively and how best to degrees and the exact options open to you depend on what you’re succeed in this new environment. We’ll nurture and support your studying. Our exchange partners include a broad geographical development as a confident learner with the attributes required spread of institutions such as CalTech (the California Institute of for success at the University and beyond. Technology), the National University of Singapore, Seoul National University, FU Berlin, KU Leuven, ETH Zurich, the Sorbonne, and Our approach the Universities of Auckland, Amsterdam, Vienna, Salamanca, In addition to lectures and tutorials, you’ll experience a range of Bologna, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Pennsylvania, and other ways of learning when you study with us. Toronto. You’ll gain career-boosting international experiences, broaden your network of friends, and develop new perspectives During the Covid-19 pandemic we’ve adopted online and hybrid on your subject and insights into another culture. Securing a place teaching to provide an ongoing education until travel and social can be competitive – you’ll usually apply during Year 2 then study distancing restrictions are lifted. When students are back on abroad in Year 3 – and most of our students go abroad for the full campus, practical and lab sessions are common in many of our year but shorter semester-only options may also be available in science, engineering and health-related degrees. These let you some subject areas. put what you’ve learned into practice and conduct your own live experiments and other bench work. Fieldwork is a feature of our degrees in areas such as geography and Earth sciences. It will take “The freedom you’re given with projects to you away from the University, bringing theory to life in the field as interpret briefs and tailor them to your own you study the natural world both here in Scotland and overseas. style, concept and imagination is one of the Art and design students usually spend a lot of time in the things I’ve enjoyed most.” studio where you will be expected to develop your own skills, responding to creative briefs through project-based learning. Callum Miller You will also have opportunities to exhibit. BA (Hons) Performance Costume 14 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 15 Degree index Degree A Molecular Genetics Chinese E Plant Science Chinese Accounting Zoology Chinese & French Earth Sciences Accounting & Business Biomedical Sciences Chinese & German Environmental Geoscience Decisions, Chinese & History Accounting & Finance Anatomy & Development Geology Chinese & Linguistics Biomedical Informatics* Geology & Physical Geography Arabic & Persian Chinese & Russian Studies Arabic & Ancient Greek Biomedical Sciences Geophysics Chinese & Spanish Arabic & Business Infectious Diseases Geophysics & Geology decisions… Integrative Biomedical Sciences* Arabic & French Classics Geophysics & Geology with Arabic & History Neuroscience Ancient & Medieval History Professional Placement Pharmacology Arabic & Persian Ancient History Geophysics & Meteorology Physiology Ancient History & Greek Arabic & Politics Geophysics & Meteorology with Arabic & Social Anthropology Reproductive Biology Ancient History & Latin Professional Placement Arabic & Spanish Classical Archaeology & Ancient History Business Geophysics with Professional Arabic with Islamic & Middle Eastern Classical Archaeology & Greek The following list shows you the wide range of degrees Business & Economics Placement Studies Business & Geography Classical Archaeology & Latin we currently offer. Open your mind to the hundreds of Persian & English Literature Business & Law Classical Studies Ecological & Environmental options available and find a degree that’s perfectly suited Persian & Middle Eastern Studies Business Management Classics Sciences Persian & Social Anthropology Business with Decision Analytics Classics & English Language Ecological & Environmental Sciences to your personal interests and career aspirations. If you’re Classics & Linguistics Persian Studies Business with Enterprise & Innovation Ecological & Environmental Sciences Greek Studies still nailing down exactly what you want to study, you Business with Human Resource with Management Archaeology Latin Studies may prefer to start with the subjects we offer, which are Ancient Mediterranean Civilisations Management Economics Archaeology Business with Marketing Cognitive Science (Humanities) highlighted in bold. 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Visit: www.ed.ac.uk/biomedical-sciences 16 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 17 Degree index Degree English Language German & Linguistics L O Russian Studies & Politics Sociology English Language German & Philosophy Russian Studies & Scandinavian Studies Sociology English Language & Literature German & Politics Landscape Architecture Oral Health Sciences Russian Studies & Social Policy Sociology & Politics German & Portuguese Russian Studies & Spanish Sociology & Psychology English Literature & Landscape Architecture Oral Health Sciences German & Russian Studies Sociology & Social Anthropology Scottish Literature German & Scandinavian Studies Law P S Sociology with Quantitative Methods English & Scottish Literature German & Social Policy Law (Graduate Entry) English Literature German & Spanish Law (Ordinary and Honours) Philosophy Scandinavian Studies Spanish, Portuguese & Latin English Literature & Classics Law & Accountancy 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Studies & Linguistics French & Francophone Studies History & Classics Law & Social Policy Philosophy & Scottish Literature Scandinavian Studies & Philosophy Spanish & Classics French History & Economics Law & Sociology Scandinavian Studies & Politics Spanish & English Literature French & Business History & History of Art Physics & Astronomy Law & Spanish Scandinavian Studies & Social Policy Spanish & History French & Classics History & Politics Astrophysics Scandinavian Studies & Spanish Spanish & History of Art French & English Language History & Scottish History Linguistics Computational Physics Spanish & Linguistics Linguistics Scottish Ethnology French & English Literature History of Art Mathematical Physics Spanish & Philosophy Linguistics & English Language Scottish Ethnology French & German History of Art Physics Spanish & Politics Linguistics & Social Anthropology Scottish Ethnology & Archaeology French & History History of Art & Architectural History Physics with a Year Abroad 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Making an application Open What you need to do and where to to you find out more. ntat u i u need re e How to apply What you need to apply Please also see the information on page 8 ere hy to suort you t ny oint You should apply for full-time You’ll need your qualifications, a personal for widening access applicants. during your ition ee ge undergraduate study at the University statement and a reference to apply. For for our ontt detis via UCAS. You can find out more about some of our degrees you may also need to: International foundation ind ut re aut how to apply online: www.ed.ac.uk/ programme • attend an interview, for medicine, ur degree undergraduate/apply If you’re from a country whose national veterinary medicine, nursing, teacher school-leaving qualifications are at a lower he ht nd here education, or oral health sciences; When to apply level than we require for admission, we you i study ho you You can submit your application for • submit a digital mini portfolio, for art, offer a one-year foundation programme i ern your reer oortunities nd ore 2022 study from 1 September 2021. design and fine art; to develop your academic skills and 1 We recommend you apply as soon as English language proficiency. If successful, • sit an admissions test, such as the possible. You must apply before the you’ll be eligible for entry to many of our University Clinical Aptitude Test relevant deadline: degrees in our College of Arts, Humanities isit edauundergraduatedegree (UCAT) for medicine; e at & Social Sciences. • 15 October 2021 – deadline for all uaiiatin u • provide evidence of relevant work applications to study medicine or i need t get in or voluntary experience, and meet Immigration veterinary medicine. fitness to practice standards, for EU and other international students ind the seifi subet • 15 January 2022 – deadline for all professional programmes. normally need a visa to study in the UK. nd grde reuireents other UK and Irish applicants. We offer online guidance to help explain for your degree You’ll also need to provide evidence of 2 which immigration permission you need: • 30 June 2022 – deadline for all your English language skills. We accept a ind ut t a www.ed.ac.uk/immigration/ other international applicants. range of qualifications that demonstrate do-i-need-a-visa ed our dvie on We recommend you apply by 15 your English language competency isit edauundergraduatedegree everything you need to January 2022 if possible, as our including SQA National 5, GCSE, and IB Our terms and conditions no inuding erson most popular degrees often Standard Level English. For international If you apply to the University and are stteents referenes close for applications before this applications, we will also accept: IELTS; offered a place to study here, please read nd dedines final deadline. TOEFL – iBT (including TOEFL Home our Terms and Conditions of Admission 3 Edition); IGCSE English, First or Second online before you accept our offer: Language; Cambridge CAE or CPE; Trinity www.ed.ac.uk/terms-conditions ISE; and others: isit edauundergraduatea r e undertanding www.ed.ac.uk/english-requirements ur entr reuireent Our privacy statement r i u ant ind ur Before you apply, you can read our uaiiatin Our entry requirements Privacy Statement online for information Please check the specific subjects and about how we will use your personal data 2 ed our guidne on the ide grades we require for entry to the degree from your application and who we will rnge of U nd interntion you are interested in. You can look at the share it with: www.ed.ac.uk/studying/ uifitions e et detailed entry requirements online: admissions/privacy-statement ae ur aiatin www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/ degrees ou i y onine isit edauundergraduate Contact us vi U entrreuireent We accept lots of different qualifications If you would like to speak to someone from around the world. Again, full details about admission to a specific degree are available online: www.ed.ac.uk/ and how to apply, you’ll find our contact undergraduate/entry-requirements information on page 48. 4

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Examples of Financial peace available funding Access Edinburgh The Access Edinburgh scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students who live in the UK. Awards are worth up to £5,000 of mind depending on your circumstances and household income. Any student from a lower income household or who is care experienced or estranged will receive an Access Edinburgh scholarship. Your award will be automatically assessed, based on your household income when you We appreciate that studying here is a significant financial apply for SAAS or Student Finance England, commitment and are dedicated to helping students of Wales or Northern Ireland funding. all ages and social backgrounds enter higher education, Andrea Levy Scholarship regardless of your financial situation. Scholarship packages covering any applicable tuition fee support and up to £8,000 for living costs are available We offer one of the most generous Working while you study Fees at a glance for eligible UK-domiciled Black African financial support packages in the UK Working while studying is a great way What you pay and the assistance you may or Caribbean heritage students facing for students from the lowest household to earn extra money, take time out of receive depend on where you live. The socio-economic challenges. incomes, as well as a number of university to meet others and learn new following information offers an overview scholarships awarded on the basis of skills. However, it is important that you of indicative fee levels and funding in Coca-Cola Scholarships academic merit. only take on work that will not interfere 2021. Please check online for up-to-date Three scholarships to assist with tuition with your academic priorities. As a thriving information for 2022: After fees, living costs will be your main fee costs, available for eligible students capital city with a year-round tourist expenditure so it’s important to know you • Scotland – for eligible students, fees from Bulgaria, Poland and Romania. season, Edinburgh offers a wide range of can afford a life outside the lecture theatre will be paid by Awards job opportunities for our students. enjoying Scotland’s inspiring capital city. Agency Scotland (SAAS). Mathematics Scholarships Our award-winning Careers Service offers The School of Mathematics provides If you’re a student from the UK, you may • England, Wales, Northern Ireland an online portal that includes part-time a number of scholarships worth be eligible for living costs support from and the Republic of Ireland – £9,250 job opportunities. As an outward looking, £5,000 per annum to maths students your regional funding body in the form of a year reviewed on an annual basis. global institution with a well-resourced of outstanding ability. loans, bursaries or grants. When preparing Eligible students receive a government- careers service, we are also well placed to a budget for starting at university, it is funded loan for fees that isn’t repaid support our community of international Robertson International important to understand what you expect until they are in work and reach an students. If you have a Student Visa Scholarships the cost of your necessities to be and earnings threshold. to study in the UK, you may be able to There are five scholarships, each of ensure you will have enough money to work – how much depends on what • – £1,000 tenable for one year. You must be pay for them. Use our online budget International (including EU) you’re studying and whether or not you’re International students pay a fixed a national of a country outside the UK and planner and money-saving tips to help working during term-time. Please check annual fee starting at £22,000 a be liable to pay the overseas rate of tuition you plan ahead: your visa conditions. year. Laboratory- and studio-based fees, commencing a degree in the School www.ed.ac.uk/students/living-costs degrees cost £28,950 a year, veterinary of History, Classics & Archaeology. medicine fees are £32,850 a year, and medicine fees are £33,700 in Years 1–3, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary then £49,900 in Years 4–6. EU students Studies International Scholarship currently living in the UK should refer to: There are two scholarships, each of £5,000 www.ed.ac.uk/tuition-fees/ a year, available to international students fee-status/work-out/eu studying BVM&S Veterinary Medicine. Check your fee status online: www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/ Use our online tool to search for more fee-status funding opportunities available to you: www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding 22 www.ed.ac.uk/about Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 23

Stand on the For more than 400 years, shoulders of giants our students and staff Our notable alumni include: have been influencing and Adam Smith changing the world for the David Hume Dugald Stewart better. Now it’s your turn. Gordon Brown Ian Rankin Sir J.M. Barrie Chrystal MacMillan Julia Sebutinde Eduardo Paolozzi Viscount Palmerston Peter Mark Roget JK Rowling Robert Louis Stevenson Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Chris Hoy Sir Walter Scott Sir Winston Churchill Kirsty Wark Charles Darwin Joseph Black Joseph Lister Anneila Sargent Zhong Nanshan Sir James Young Simpson The work done at the University is Our community has long enjoyed a spirit Sophia Jex-Blake constantly expanding the depth of of innovation and continues to do so Alexander Graham Bell human knowledge and improving the today. Working with our partners and Daniel Rutherford lives of ordinary people. building on our strengths in data science, Sir Ian Wilmut we’ve set out to establish our region as The University has laid the foundations James Clark Maxwell the data capital of Europe. We’re also of modern economics and sociology, James Hutton working towards other historic firsts the Scottish Enlightenment, geology, Max Born including new treatments for major English literature, quantum mechanics, Dame Elizabeth Blackadder diseases such as multiple sclerosis, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, Peter Higgs motor neurone disease and cancer; antiseptic surgery, nephrology and the Piers Sellers and doing innovative work to tackle theory of evolution. Sir Michael Atiyah climate change. William Rankine It has led to the discovery of carbon Join us and you’ll do more than follow Dame Katherine Grainger dioxide, latent and specific heat, in the footsteps of Nobel laureates, chloroform anaesthesia, SARS (Severe Pulitzer prizewinners, Olympic Acute Respiratory Syndrome), and medallists, revolutionary thinkers and Academic prizes the Higgs boson particle, and it has scientific pioneers. You’ll have the Pulitzer developed the Hepatitis B vaccine, the Play opportunity to lead – to transform your One Pulitzer Prize winner hypodermic syringe, the kaleidoscope, education here into your own mark on the vacuum flask, the ATM, the diving Turing our shared history, forging your path chamber and in-vitro fertilisation. Three Turing Award winners to the groundbreaking discoveries and It has advanced the public innovative research that will influence Nobel your understanding of how our behaviours tomorrow’s world. There are 19 Nobel Prize winners who affect ageing, protected forest are alumni of the University or have been ecosystems, and helped bring members of academic staff here. part broadband to remote communities. 24 www.ed.ac.uk/about Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 25

1687 1754 Acquisition of Sir Alumnus and Isaac Newton’s lecturer Joseph 1500 Principia for the Black first discovers 1900 University library. ‘fixed air’, which This great work is still we now know as 1996 held in our Centre for Carbon Dioxide. 1964 Sir Ian Wilmut clones Research Collections Theoretical to this day. O Dolly the Sheep, the physicist Peter world’s first mammal Higgs first cloned from an adult C proposes the O O somatic cell. 1583 existence of the University founded. The sixth oldest CC Higgs boson. university in the UK. O O O 1600 1960 1980 1969 Sir Michael Woodruff, Sir Ken Murray, Head of Chair of Surgical Molecular Biology, develops a 1776 1750–1800 Stephen Salter and Donald Michie, Science at the genetically engineered vaccine US Declaration of The Scottish Enlightenment. Edinburgh in the University’s Department University, performs against Hepatitis B. Independence. alumni including Adam Smith, James Hutton, of Artificial Intelligence, develop the UK’s first Alumni James David Hume, Joseph Black and William Cullen the first automated industrial successful kidney Wilson and John lead an era of radical thought and invention assembly robot. transplant. Witherspoon are making the city a ‘hotbed of genius’. signatories. 1700 1999 1958 Graduation of Sir Journalist 1707–1726 1813 Chris Hoy (Applied and war hero Sport Science) who Elizabeth First founding of the faculties of law (’07), Our first goes on to become Wiskemann arts (’08) and medicine (’26). black the UK’s second most made the graduate, 2003 1800 decorated Olympic first female Caribbean medallist. professor at the Alumnus Zhong Nanshan student University. discovers the SARS 1876 William Coronavirus. Alumnus Alexander Graham Bell Fergusson makes the first telephone call, telling gains his his assistant: “Mr Watson. Come here. MD. I want to see you.” 2017 2019 Ambitious plans to Work begins to install £79m supercomputer ARCHER2 1869 make Edinburgh the at the University, boosting the UK’s capacity to run 1855 2000 data capital of Europe massive research simulations and remain at the The become the first female students announced. forefront of science and technology innovation. Wong allowed to matriculate at any UK university. Fun gains his MD, believed to be the first 1884 Chinese Alumnus Sir John Murray, 1865 graduate the father of modern 2018 Alumnus and lecturer Joseph Lister first of any oceanography, establishes the In a world first, Professor Evelyn Telfer uses an antiseptic treatment of carbolic European UK’s first marine laboratory in grows human eggs in the lab paving 2026 and beyond acid to prevent infection. university. Granton, Edinburgh. the way for new fertility treatments. Over to you to play your part and write the next chapter. 26 www.ed.ac.uk/news Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 27

The University has been influencing the world In the news In the lab since 1583. We have a As the UK went into lockdown in March 2020, our A sustainable method of making one of the world’s most University community mobilised to contribute to valuable industrial chemicals has been created. long history of making the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Scientists grew genetically modified E. coli bacteria in a difference but it isn’t While teaching continued online, some students a solution containing guaiacol, a naturally occurring one we take for granted. graduated early to join the frontlines. Others compound. After 24 hours incubation, the modified found innovative ways to also support the NHS. bacteria had transformed the guaiacol into adipic acid. Student startup Augment Bionics, co-founded by To this day, we strive Adipic acid is a key component in the manufacture of chemistry graduate Elisabeth Feldstein and staffed Nylon. More than two million tonnes of the versatile to deliver excellence by students and alumni, pivoted from prosthetic fabric are made worldwide each year, for products such limb development, scaling up to produce more than and help address as clothing, furniture and parachutes, with a market 120,000 face shields for frontline staff and carers. value of around £5 billion. tomorrow’s greatest Across the University, staff converted workshops Conventional production of adipic acid relies on fossil and other facilities to manufacture thousands of face challenges, as these fuels and produces large amounts of nitrous oxide – a shields and other Personal Protective Equipment. greenhouse gas three hundred times more potent than recent highlights show. The School of Engineering’s Scottish Microelectronics carbon dioxide. The new approach does not produce Centre helped manufacture specialist sensors for nitrous oxide or emit greenhouse gases. If scaled up, the ventilators and Covid-19 testing kits and core gas method could revolutionise Nylon manufacture and may sensors used to monitor patients’ respiratory gasses. have wider applications. University experts including Professors Devi Sridhar, “If bacteria can be programmed to help make nylon Linda Bauld, Rowland Kao, Francisca Mutapi, from plant waste – something that cannot be achieved Eleanor Riley and Mark Woolhouse and Dr Christine using traditional chemical methods – we must ask Tait-Burkard became prominent and prolific ourselves what else they could do, and where the expert commentators on the pandemic, advising limits lie. The possibilities of this approach to create governments, bodies such as the World Health a sustainable future are staggering.” Organization and the world media to guide the public through the crisis. Dr Stephen Wallace In our labs, researchers discovered the five genes Principal Investigator associated with the most severe form of Covid-19 – helping identify potential treatments, save lives and increase protection for the most vulnerable worldwide. They led the world’s largest study of Covid-19 hospital patients, tested existing and experimental drugs contributing to the search for treatment, demonstrated the efficacy of even single layer In culture cotton masks in helping prevent viral transmission and trialled wastewater sampling to track the virus Accounting & Finance student Peter Sawkins, aged 20, spreading in the population. became the youngest winner of The Great British Bake Off before returning to university for Year 3 of his degree. Our Covid-19 Partnerships Fund raised more than £1 million for people affected by the pandemic. Peter faced stiff competition in a close-fought finale but his The donations supported drug treatment research signature cranachan custard slices and tiered dessert tower and provided emergency food supplies, carer showstopper saw him crowned Britain’s best amateur support and vital IT resources for families in need. baker and the show’s first Scottish winner. To “I hope I’ve made Scotland proud being the first Scottish Find out more about our response to the pandemic online: www.ed.ac.uk/covid-19-response winner – I enjoyed using Scottish flavours and themes throughout the competition. There will be opportunities that arise from this and it would be amazing to try and this explore them, but at the same time I am going to keep on going with my degree.”

Peter Sawkins day… Great British Bake Off winner 2020 CREDIT LEAD RANGER

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Environmental entrepreneur Charlotte While individual contributions are small Horler has launched Nula Carbon, a and affordable, the aim is to build a carbon offsetting scheme that lets you collective with the power to make a big estimate and mitigate the impact of your difference. Money from Nula subscriptions own lifestyle. is invested in partner projects in the Kasigau Corridor. These prevent the After graduating in 2015, Charlotte worked deforestation of older trees, which are for an ethical manufacturer in the Rukinga most effective at storing carbon, and Wildlife Sanctuary in south eastern Kenya, support the people and animals that rely a section of the Kasigau Corridor strip of In sports on the forest. forest that connects two national parks. “For a project to be truly sustainable World-class swimmer Monique Olivier is “It’s hard to put into words what my time at “In Kenya, I realised there was a real long term, it is vital we partner local hoping to perform at the next Olympics, the University has meant to me. The swim disconnect between the concept of communities invested in keeping having featured regularly at world and team helped me rediscover my passion carbon offsetting and the consumer,” the forests standing. We see our European championship events since for swimming and have become my family Charlotte says. “I set up Nula to bridge the credits as having triple the impact: 2013. She made her international debut away from home. My coach, Mat Trodden, divide and bring forest protection into the positively affecting climate, at Herning, in Denmark, in 2013 then told me on my first visit to Edinburgh mainstream. I want to show people they community and biodiversity.” represented Luxembourg at the Nanjing that once I move here, I will never want can be climate advocates without being 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China. to leave… and he might be right!” activists and shift the narrative from Charlotte Horler South African born but with dual- offsetting guilt into investing in people Monique Olivier MA (Hons) Politics nationality, Monique currently holds seven to protect the planet.” Year 4 BSc (Hons) Applied Sports Science Founder of Nula Carbon: www.nulacarbon.com Luxembourg National Records. She has broken sixteen individual records since coming to study at Edinburgh in 2016.

In business

Startup software company Yaldi Games aims to become a leading educational game developer. Their debut title, Wholesome, is set in a forest featuring real-world plants. It blends the best elements of videogames with digital learning, developing traditional outdoor skills including foraging, nature awareness, sustainability, healthy cooking and crafting. Supported by Edinburgh Innovations, Yaldi Games has won multiple awards, including the Creative prize in Scotland’s prestigious Converge Challenge and an Innovate UK Young Innovators Award. “Yaldi is Scottish slang for excitement – it’s my tribute to Scotland and it’s the emotion we want to create with our games. Our vision is to turn Wholesome into the first gamified wiki and create a whole new genre of meaningful games.”

Elena Höge MSc Design & Digital Media Founder of Yaldi Games: www.yaldigames.com 30 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 31

Our worldwide reputation for teaching Edinburgh Imaging is one of Europe’s “Edinburgh is renowned for biomedical and research helps attract some of the foremost clinical research imaging international research community’s facilities. It sits alongside one of the UK’s research and I like that lecturers incorporate sharpest minds, which in turn means largest state-of-the-art teaching hospitals the latest developments into their teaching world-class teaching for you. and the world-leading MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, where we’re You’ll learn from people who are leaders in studying stem cells and developing new material. It keeps you up to date with what their fields, who conduct groundbreaking treatments for cancer, heart disease, research with global implications and issues are facing scientists today.” liver failure, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, use it to directly inform the teaching Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease. Lewis Green you receive. Join us and be part of our BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences enthusiastic community of pioneers, Our new Bayes Centre brings visionaries and scholars, studying the together world-leading mathematical, latest developments in your subject with computational, engineering and natural the prospect of working on life-changing sciences expertise in a data science and research yourself. artificial intelligence innovation hub to work across disciplines applying data Your studies will take place in our technology to solve real-world problems. cutting-edge facilities and remarkable historic buildings – an invigorating Facilities at a glance environment in which ideas can be • State-of-the-art laboratories and researched, tested, developed and world-leading analytical facilities refined. Here are a few highlights: including a 1.5km deep subsurface Our Main Library is one of the largest biology laboratory and an Eco and most important academic libraries Diamond HK36 small aircraft for in the world and is open to you 24 hours measuring trace gases at 3,000 metres. a day, seven days a week. In total, our 10 • £100m invested over the last five years libraries hold more than two million printed on our Easter Bush campus, creating volumes and provide access to almost a European centre of excellence in 700,000 electronic journals and databases. animal services and food security. Our Centre for Research Collections • The and is unique, bringing together more than Tent Gallery, which host public 400,000 rare books, from Shakespearean contemporary art exhibitions first editions to oriental manuscripts, throughout the year. as well as six kilometres of archives, and museum-standard collections of • Small animal, large animal and equine art and artefacts. hospital facilities at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary studies, which Our unique FloWave Ocean Energy was founded in 1823. Inspiring Research Facility is the world’s most sophisticated simulator of wave and tidal • Our Institute for Astronomy, based current interactions. Its 25-metre diameter at Edinburgh’s historic Royal circular tank holds 2.4 million litres of water. Observatory, is one of the UK’s major centres of astronomical research, with minds St Cecilia’s Hall, built in 1762, is special strengths in survey astronomy, Scotland’s oldest purpose-built concert cosmology, active galaxies and the hall. It now houses our Collection of formation of stars and planets. You can’t plan on changing the world without Historical Musical Instruments – one of the world’s most important collections • The University’s Anatomy Museum, starting small. It takes inquisitive minds and of musical heritage with 5,000 objects first opened in 1884, has a wealth of curious natures. It takes stimulating teachers spanning 500 years. unique anatomical objects. • One of the UK’s 10 Wellcome Trust who have the passion and enthusiasm to light clinical research facilities. the fire of a subject in your mind. It takes the confidence to challenge and be challenged instead of just accepting the status quo. 32 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/employability Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 33

95/100 If you consider yourself something of an entrepreneur, you’ll High score be interested to know this is an entrepreneurial city, home to Our employer reputation rating in the Shape QS World University Rankings 2021. two of the UK’s $1 billion-valued unicorn companies. We’re proud to have one of the most entrepreneurial student bodies in the UK and have helped students launch nearly 100 startups in the last two years. One in five of those startups was a social th your enterprise. Edinburgh Innovations (EI), our commercialisation 13 service, embodies our strong enterprise culture providing free, Targeted confidential advice and a programme of support during your High Fliers research ranked us the 13th studies and for up to two years after graduation: most targeted UK university by top career www.edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk employers’ graduate recruiters. All this combines to form an approach that has seen us ranked in the top 10 in the UK for the employability of our graduates*. Employers from all sectors have the confidence to consider the University an excellent training ground for graduates with the 96.5% Employment intellectual ability and high level attributes needed to succeed Graduate Outcomes Survey data shows and thrive in the global job market. 96.5 per cent of our students are in employment or postgraduate study 15 Open to the world months after graduating. We collaborate with partners worldwide in fields as diverse as e-science, engineering, life and medical sciences, and arts and culture. Our global engagement plan ensures world-class Our graduates are highly employable and experiences are available as you study while our partnerships “I’d recommend students get we can help you stand out in a competitive ensure our teaching and research benefits communities globally. involved with Edinburgh Our current partnerships with leading universities include: job market. Innovations. They offer practical • University of Amsterdam support to make your business a You’ll need to take full advantage of the development • California Institute of Technology reality. My sound design software, • University of Copenhagen opportunities open to you, both academically and beyond the Dehumaniser, is now used by University. Your future employers will look for more than just • University of Delhi a qualification – they’ll expect you to have the skills, personal • University College Dublin industry professionals, including qualities and mindset to thrive in the working environment. • ETH Zurich Hollywood film studios.” That means studying here is about laying the foundations for • Fudan University your future success, whatever shape that takes. • Heidelberg University Orfeas Boteas • University of Helsinki MSc Sound Design graduate We offer career-enhancing opportunities for you to develop new • KU Leuven EI supported the development of his company skills and abilities, learn more about yourself and your working • Leiden University Krotos: www.krotosaudio.com practices, and boost your confidence. We invest in your future • University of Melbourne beyond the end of your degree, helping you to develop a unique • National University of Singapore set of graduate attributes that will be fundamental to your • Peking University My story development and long-term success: • University of Pennsylvania “The Careers Service supported each “This self-belief gave me the confidence www.ed.ac.uk/graduate-attributes • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile stage of my development, provided me to pursue my masters with institutions Our award-winning Careers Service provides tailored advice, • University of Toronto with confidence when I needed it, and that I was interested in. When it came to individual guidance and personal assistance, internships and We’re a member of the global research network Universitas 21 facilitated a change in career. By helping applying for graduate jobs, the Careers networking opportunities with employers from local SMEs to top and of the European networks COIMBRA group, UNICA and LERU. me understand what employers are Service and the resources provided were multinationals, and access to the knowledge and experience of We’re also a member of the Una Europa Alliance, with seven other looking for and decode job descriptions, invaluable. They continued to help me our worldwide alumni network: www.ed.ac.uk/careers leading European universities, which is committed to creating I was able to tailor my CVs and cover letters refine my CV and I was able to secure a job to particular roles. A key skill they helped straight after graduating! I recommended A lot of what you do outside university also contributes to your joint degrees and increased exchange opportunities to build the me develop was self-reflection – to draw the Careers Service to friends who also development as a more rounded individual. This might include European university of the future: www.una-europa.eu from my past experiences and apply it to received invaluable help. I would advise extra-curricular activities such as running a club or society night, Our regional centres for Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle future roles. Through this I was able to gain students to go and try it out.” volunteering or part-time work. The Edinburgh Award is our way East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, North America and East Asia two internships. of recognising, certifying and demonstrating to employers the support engagement with students, academics and alumni. Olivia Sweeney skills and attributes you’ve gained from your extra-curricular MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering activities: www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-award *Times Higher Education Global Employability University ranking 2020 34 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/student-life Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 35

Open your heart to “It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful places in the world.” Sporting5 firsts The birthplace of modern golf in the 15th JK Rowling century, Scotland also hosted the world’s Scotland Best-selling author and alumna first international association football match, against England, in 1872. From its highlands and islands to its lowland borders, Scotland is a country of breathtaking natural beauty.

For a country of its size, there is great variety Diaspora4 in Scotland’s terrain from towering mountains Scotland’s population is 5.2 million. to dense woodland glens. Even if you’ve lived There are as many people of Scottish here all your life, it may surprise you to learn heritage living in North America as that Scotland has more than 6,000 miles of there are in Scotland. coastline, almost 800 offshore islands and more than 31,000 freshwater lochs. This is a country steeped in history yet firmly focused on the future – a modern, dynamic, European nation where the life sciences, creative industries, digital technology, energy and renewables, financial and business services, and, yes, tourism now drive our economy. World3 ranking Rough Guides readers voted the UK third in the world’s most beautiful countries 2020 (Scotland was first in the world when the UK’s countries were ranked separately in 2019).

Famous2 beasts Nessie grabs all the attention but Scotland’s national animal is the Unicorn.

Climate Scotland’s climate is temperate 1Water and oceanic with variable weather. Loch Ness alone contains more Average temperatures range from water than all the lakes of England 5oC in January to 19oC in August. and Wales combined. 36 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/student-life Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 37

Ranked second in the UK Sometimes known as ‘the Athens of Open your heart to the North’ because of its stunning, historic and seventh in Europe in the architecture, Edinburgh is home to two QS Best Student Cities 2019. UNESCO World Heritage Sites and was the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. Edinburgh Large enough to offer something for everyone, but small enough to feel like home, Edinburgh is a modern, sophisticated and beautiful European city Scotland’s inspiring capital will with a diverse multicultural community. be the backdrop to your studies. Well known for its friendly people, its safe, green environment and its compact size, One of Europe’s great cultural hubs Edinburgh is easy to get around and get out of – wherever you are in the city you and a stimulating place to study, are never far from open countryside. Edinburgh is an irresistible blend Edinburgh’s location is perfect for of history, natural beauty and adventurers with diverse and readily accessible opportunities from modern city life. snowboarding to surfing. A single day could see you hillwalking in the morning, lazing on the beach in the afternoon, and enjoying the treasures of the medieval lanes and Georgian streets by night.

“Edinburgh is one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, draped across a series of rocky hills overlooking the sea.”

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A student city Around 100,000 students call Edinburgh home, giving the city a unique buzz and ensuring you’ll be in good company. The friends you meet, places you discover and the lasting memories you create will contribute as much to your university experience as your formal learning. In the summer months the pace of city life usually accelerates as Edinburgh’s world-famous annual festivals get under way. The city hosts 30 festivals each year, which attract almost four million visitors to the city, and many of them take place either on campus or near to the University making for a vibrant addition to Edinburgh’s student life. In 2022, the city will mark the festivals include: 75th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival International Science Festival and although the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic led to their cancellation in 2020, International Film Festival we look forward to seeing all the festivals reinstated and welcoming back the Jazz and Blues Festival world soon. International Festival and Festival Fringe Getting here. Getting around Edinburgh’s International Airport puts the Art Festival city within reach of the rest of the world The Royal Edinburgh thanks to direct flights from most major cities in Europe – Paris is just an hour and Military Tattoo a half away – and a host of destinations International Book Festival worldwide. Edinburgh Mela Within the UK, Edinburgh is easy to reach and makes an ideal location from which Edinburgh’s Hogmanay to explore. London is just four hours away by train while a two-hour jaunt north puts you at the heart of the Scottish Highlands. Within the city limits, Edinburgh is one of the UK’s greenest cities with an extensive cycle route network (and bikes for hire) plus reliable bus and tram services. Its compact size makes Edinburgh ideal for exploring on foot too!

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Your student union As soon as you join the University, you’ll be welcomed into the Edinburgh University Students’ Association, which works on your behalf to ensure you have the best possible experience during your time here. The Students’ Association is led by five elected student sabbatical officers and supports a Student Council which all students can participate in. You will be represented by elected school and programme representatives, and by black and minority ethnic, disabled students’, LGBT+, trans and non-binary, and women’s officers. The Students’ Association supports more than 290 student-led societies and volunteering groups, from the A Cappella and Business societies, to the Yoga and Zoology societies. Their facilities include a thriving centre for student activities at the iconic Pleasance complex, which includes dance studios, a multipurpose performance space, TV and radio production facilities and a cafe and bar. Students’ Association venues deliver award-winning food and drink and hundreds of events throughout the year; from language cafes to silent discos and from ceilidhs to food fairs. , opened in 1889, is the oldest purpose-built students’ union in the world. It sits in the Central Area, next to the unique, domed, Potterrow venue. On the King’s Buildings campus, King’s Buildings House offers shops, study and meeting spaces, a cafe, a bar and a gym. 42 www.eusa.ed.ac.uk — www.ed.ac.uk/sport-exercise — www.eusu.ed.ac.uk Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 43

Open to getting active: Train: something for everybody Perform: compete at the Play. Train. Perform We have some of the UK’s best sport and highest level Whether you’re a recreational gym- fitness facilities: Our Performance Sport Programme user or a performance athlete going for is one of the most highly regarded in Sporting success • Sport Complex and gold, our world-class sport and fitness the UK. It enables athletes to achieve Gym, our main indoor sport and Our students and alumni have claimed: offer caters for you. We’ve long been a world-class degree and perform to fitness hub, offers more than 20 recognised as one of the UK’s leading the best of their sporting ability. gym and sport spaces including a sporting universities, consistently finishing Our top-class coaches, facilities and 102-station cardiovascular gym, in the top four of the British Universities services are currently supporting more cycling, rowing and class studios, and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rankings. We than 350 students. We offer exceptional extensive free and fixed weights areas, were awarded ‘Facility of the Year’ in the team-specific programmes in rowing, sports halls and dedicated spaces & Education category at the 2019 National swimming, hockey, women’s fencing, 22 45 for squash, dance, boxing, grappling, Fitness Awards. orienteering, rugby and women’s Olympic Commonwealth archery and shooting, as well as basketball. These are led by dedicated medals Games medals indoor climbing and bouldering. Play: club and performance coaches, with specialist recreational sport • The Easter Bush Gym is our first conditioning, medical and advisory back- With more than 60 sports clubs made satellite gym offering the opportunity up. Support is also offered to athletes “The best gym up of more than 200 teams, we offer to stay active in a safe, fun and competing in other sports through our something for everyone. Our clubs offer welcoming environment. Serving Individual Performance Programme. regular coaching, training, tips and the students and staff of the Easter we’ve ever used.” Performance athletes have access to competition, both locally and nationally, Bush campus it provides a range of our state-of-the-art facilities, including Dr Nick Gill with opportunities to participate cardiovascular, conditioning and free our dedicated Performance Gym Head of Strength and Conditioning, and/or compete most days of the week. and fixed weights equipment. for sports-specific and strength and New Zealand All Blacks Rugby We run Scotland’s largest intramural • A 25-metre, six-lane pool, free weights conditioning coaching. We also offer elite sports programme, offering informal gym and multi-activity sports halls at sports accommodation for first-year leagues, tournaments and fun events, St Leonards Land. students, sports science and flexible alongside a pioneering ‘EDex’ come and try studying, mentoring and academic programme in an array of sports. We also • Peffermill Playing Fields, one of support, lifestyle and nutritional advice, deliver sports-related volunteering and Scotland’s leading outdoor sports and access to the world-renowned FASIC skills development opportunities through facilities, with international-standard, Sport & Exercise Medicine Clinic. There our Coaching and Volunteering Academy. floodlit, water-based artificial hockey is also access to funding opportunities pitches, 3G football/rugby facilities, through the Winning Students network. 3G five-a-side pitches, artificial We now boast an elite athlete access and cricket nets, a 100-metre training scholarship policy to support applications track and a Scottish Football to study at the University from talented Association-approved football arena. sports performers. • Firbush Outdoor Centre, on the banks of Loch Tay in the Highlands, offers tailored activities and services, from windsurfing to mountain leadership training, with fully-accredited, experienced instructors and all specialist equipment. “If I hadn’t gone We also offer one of the country’s best fitness and wellness programmes, with to Edinburgh I’d flexible and affordable membership never have taken up packages, a year-round programme of more than 100 weekly exercise classes, rowing. I’d never fitness challenges and sports participation events. Our Active Lives programme helps have had the life I’m you get started on your fitness journey currently living.” and stay active, offering one-to-one support, beginners’ groups and advice for Katherine Grainger a healthy active life. Olympic champion rower and Edinburgh law graduate 44 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accommodation Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 45

Pollock Halls provides catered accommodation for around 2,000 students. You will typically live in a single study-bedroom, more than half of which are en suite, with shared common rooms. The meal plan included in your rent provides breakfast and dinner every weekday, with brunch and dinner at weekends, in our award-winning restaurant. We were the first university in Scotland to win the Food for Life and Food for the Brain awards. Our range of self-catering flats and houses is a convenient alternative that costs less than catered options and still delivers a sociable and supportive environment. Most residents have a single study-bedroom with an en suite or shared bathroom and shared kitchen facilities. Flats are typically shared with four to six other students. All our students have access to our Residence Life team, Residents’ Assistants and Wardens who live with you in your accommodation. They offer a full range of events and activities to help you settle in to life in Edinburgh and to create a supportive and inclusive community in A home away which to live. from home...

We realise you need more than just a place to live. The University is an integral part of the “It can be hard to fit in at first city. You’ll be learning, and living, just a but people here are so friendly. You need an environment in which you can thrive. short walk or bus ride from the city centre of one of Europe’s most vibrant capitals. They are literally from all over That’s why we guarantee accommodation for as Our undergraduate accommodation the world – I’ve met someone many new undergraduates as possible. If you’re typically includes: from all six inhabited continents from outside Edinburgh, intending to study for • all heating, hot water and electricity at Edinburgh – and from all walks costs; the full academic year, and apply by the deadline, of life. You learn a lot outside the • wi-fi in your study-bedroom and in classroom about where people are our accommodation guarantee is open to you. We common areas; from and their home cultures. also aim to provide accommodation for as many • contents insurance; I can’t even begin to describe how it students as possible who are studying for just part • secure bike storage; and feels to wake up in such a beautiful • laundry facilities. city surrounded by people from so of the year with us. many different cultures.”

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Individual support “University life in Edinburgh is We appreciate that coming to University, not just about lectures; every often living away from home for the first moment becomes an avenue for time, can seem overwhelming and we’re committed to helping you and making self-motivation to learn more, it easy for you to access consistent do more, inspire more and information, guidance, care and support whenever and wherever you need it. discover the best of yourself.” Our Health and Wellbeing Centre in brings together our essential Omar Kanyi BEng (Hons) Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Student Counselling and Disability Services with the University Medical Centre and Pharmacy in a single, central hub. The Centre includes the Wellbeing Lounge, a quiet, relaxing space where you can take time out of your busy schedule or participate in events promoting good mental health and mindfulness. We’re currently reviewing exactly how we provide student support to you to ensure we offer the best service possible. You’ll find up to date information online: www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/support The School in which you study will be your first point of contact for your teaching and academic advice and guidance. You will be supported by a combination of academic and professional student experience and administration staff, who will provide you with academic and wellbeing guidance and support. You will also have access to a variety of student societies and peer learning and support activities to benefit from peer to peer networks. On campus and online, EdHelp provides straightforward access to key services where you can find answers to common support questions and raise any issues with the team. They will work with areas across the University - including student administration, finance, the libraries and information services (IT) – to resolve these. In addition, Edinburgh University Students’ Association supports numerous student-led peer learning and support schemes across the University to help you settle in to your studies. The Association provides professional, independent and confidential advisory support to students on money matters, accommodation, academic issues and much more through the Advice Place. 48 www.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate Undergraduate Guide 2022 The University of Edinburgh 49

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