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One of the world’s top research-intensive universities
The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4th 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.
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Edinburgh Innovations provides research and commercialisation expertise to industry, funders, licensees and investors.
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- Digital survey puts skills claims to the test
- £3.8m bid to ease despair of eating disorders
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- Comet strike may have sparked civilisation shift
- Running to music helps combat mental fatigue
- Delta variant impact on hospitalisation and vaccines
How the University community is making its mark upon the world through its research, innovation, ideas and actions.
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