The University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh offers more than 500 undergraduate programmes across a wide range of disciplines. 89% of graduates leave the university with a 1st or 2:1 degree classification. Edinburgh is a beautiful, historic city that is regularly voted as one of the most desirable places to live in the world.

• An award-winning Careers Service supports students while at the university and beyond graduation, with professionally trained and experienced careers consultants linked to and working in partnership with every school.
• An online portal – MyCareerHub – gives access to news, information resources, events, appointments, and vacancies which range from taster weeks to internships and graduate roles.
• An extensive range of on-campus fairs and events attracts employers and alumni, from big multinationals through to non-profit organisations, start-ups and local SMEs.
• A bespoke internship scheme, Employ.ed, offers internships on campus, with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the third sector, and overseas.
• The sector-leading Edinburgh Award gives students a chance to gain recognition for the skills developed from work experience and wider student life.

• The university has its own Health Centre, which is an independent NHS partnership. Students living within the catchment area must register to use its services – which include comprehensive medical care, contraceptive advice, antenatal services, child welfare services and nursing services.
• Vitality, the university's dentist and optician service based in the Potterrow Student Union building, welcomes all students for free registrations and free NHS optical and dental examinations.

• A free, confidential counselling service provides professional short-term help for any personal concerns, whether or not they are related to study. All counsellors are experienced and professionally trained.
• Counselling is offered to help students work through their difficulty, understand themselves better and find ways of managing their situation; email counselling is available for those for whom face-to-face counselling is not an option.
• There is also a range of self-help workshops and literature.

• Almost 5,000 students at the University of Edinburgh disclosed a disability in 2017/18.
• The Student Disability Service supports students with a range of disabilities, learning differences and health conditions which affect their studies. Support is tailored to individual needs.
• Please refer to the university website for further information about the range of support available.

• Edinburgh University Students' Association supports over 290 student societies and volunteering groups.
• One of its venues, Teviot Row House, is the oldest purpose-built Student Union in the UK – it looks like Hogwarts! There are 13 bars and two nightclubs across the campus, and the Students' Association hosts Edinburgh's biggest student club night every Saturday.
• The Students' Association runs the Advice Place, a professional advice service offering students free, impartial and confidential support on anything and everything – be it their studies, health and well-being, accommodation or finances.

• Founded in 1583, the University of Edinburgh is one of the world's top universities, placed 18th in the 2019 QS World University Rankings.
• For more than 400 years the university has played host to scientists, philosophers and politicians who have shaped the modern world.
• Associated with 21 Nobel Prize winners, university academics have advanced the public understanding of how our behaviour affects aging, helped protect forest ecosystems, and helped bring broadband to remote communities.