The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4^th in the UK for research power (Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions), with 83% of our research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.

Explore the work of our world-class researchers across a range of cross-disciplinary areas.

Edinburgh Research Explorer

Research areas

A-Z of research centres and institutes

Animal research

University research strategy

Edinburgh Innovations provides research and commercialisation expertise to industry, funders, licensees and investors. Our consultancy services make it easy to access the University's academic expertise and state-of-the-art facilities.

Edinburgh Innovations

• Male fish can thank genes for colourful looks
• Supercomputer sheds light on how droplets merge
• Philosophy hub is good for thought, experts say
• Test centre to bring tidal technology on stream
• Centres spread word on bilingualism benefits
• Scientists shed light on make-up of Earth’s core
• Records prompt rethink of evolution milestone

Research in a nutshell videos

The Big Idea podcast