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Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, 10 May 1813 The Fraser Tytler family vault, Greyfriars Kirkyard. Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee FRSE (15 October 1747 – 5 January 1813) was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer, and historian who was a Professor of Universal History and of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Edinburgh.
The university played an important role in Edinburgh becoming a chief intellectual centre during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the " Athens of the North ". [7] [8] The three main global university rankings ( ARWU, THE, and QS) all place Edinburgh within their respective top 40.
Prior to this, the University was governed by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and town council of Edinburgh. The rector's place in the university was codified by statute of the Westminster Parliament, the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889, which provided for the election of a Rector at all universities then in existence in Scotland.
Website. www.business-school.ed.ac.uk. The University of Edinburgh Business School (abbreviated as UEBS) is the business school of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The university has offered business education since 1919, and the MBA degree since 1980. The business school is tied to the University of Edinburgh, which received its royal ...
Affiliations. University of Edinburgh. Website. www .chem .ed .ac .uk /staff. The School of Chemistry is a school of the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. [1] In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) the school was ranked sixth in the UK. [2]
Old College is a late 18th-century to early 19th-century building of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on South Bridge, and presently houses parts of the University's administration, the University of Edinburgh School of Law, and the Talbot Rice Gallery. Originally called the "New College", it was designed by Robert Adam to ...
Edinburgh University Students' Association ( EUSA) is the students' union at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Association's aim is the advancement of education of Edinburgh students by representing and supporting them, and by promoting their interests, health and welfare within the community. [6] It is led by a team of five elected ...
ed.ac.uk/science-engineering. The College of Science and Engineering is one of the three colleges of the University of Edinburgh. With over 2,000 staff and around 9,000 students, it is one of the largest science and engineering groupings in the UK. The college is largely located at the King's Buildings campus and consists of the separate ...