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Teaching quality and research excellence
We continually strive for excellence in teaching, research, knowledge transfer and commercialisation.
The University of Edinburgh is committed to giving you the very best educational experience possible.
Superior teaching quality
The most recent Quality Assurance Agency Subject Reviews confirm our reputation for teaching quality.
We also have internal reviews of teaching to ensure that high standards are maintained and courses stay up to date.
Reviews also help us facilitate change, improve and create new teaching methods, and enhance the student experience.
In 2005 the University was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for The Virtual Hospital Online, a web-based learning support environment, developed in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
World-famous research
The University is the site of many world-class research achievements in the fields of genetics, education and computer science, among others.
We lead universities in Scotland in research, and have been recognised for international-standard research.
We develop and maintain close links with the industrial and commercial sectors, and have established the University as a force in commercial research and innovation.
Edinburgh consistently receives 5 and 5-star ratings in internationally recognised Research Assessment Exercises and in the most recent assessment we placed fifth out of 120 UK universities.
This article was published on Mar 28, 2008