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International collaboration
We have a long and proud history of international collaboration and partnership across our teaching and research activity.
The University is involved with more than 1,180 international research collaborations.
As an internationally renowned centre for academic excellence, the University is also the site of many world-class research centres.
Our postgraduate students are crucial to our continued success and development and, along with our staff, they forge research links through regular travel and overseas exchanges.
International partnerships
We take pride in our partnerships with other institutions, such as:
- California Institute of Technology and Stanford University in the United States.
- The British University in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
- The University of Melbourne in Australia.
- McGill University in Canada.
In China we have links with Peking University and the Beijing Film Academy.
Memberships and affiliations
The University is a member of a number of prestigious national and international organisations.
This includes the Russell Group of leading UK research-intensive universities and Universitas 21, an international network of research-intensive universities.
Edinburgh is the only UK institution, aside from Oxford University, to be a member of both the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and COIMBRA, a network of leading academic institutions.
This article was published on Sep 23, 2010