Information Session May 2015 MASTER
Mhairi Leask presented the university. Contact her for a feel for how competitive the course is – mhairi.leask@ed.ac.uk
- Founded 1583
- 32k students
- 1-3 international
- 17th in QS world rankings
- Variously ranked according to the criteria
- CERN link – Professor Higgs – Nobel-prize winner
- Fringe – largest Arts Festival in world in August
- Very high demand – 30k applications for 3.3k places – College of Arts
- Medical School
- College of Science and Engineering
- 4 year degrees
- Normal study week – c40 hours.
- Contact hours – 12-25 hours per week.
- Exchange partners – Autralia, McGill – Toronto – China – N Zealand – Singapore – Barnard, CalTech, UC, Chicago, Georgetown etc
- For subject information see http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergraduate/degrees
- Free for EU but not UK. Switzerland not considered part of EU.
- Scholarships – available for those holding offers to apply to.
- 51k applications – c5.5k places. ie 10% admit rate!
- 18th in world for employability
- Lots of student societies and sports club. Top 5 in sports in UK.