The University of Edinburgh

Yes, the University of Edinburgh has a Students' Association comprising a rich base of 49,000 members. With the help of various services and facilities such as societies, peer learning and support schemes, volunteering groups, and more, the association enhance student experience at Edin. Some of the best features of the Student Association are as follows:

• Opportunity to make new friends and meet like-minded people;
• Bring a change in the wider community; and
• Participate in range of social spaces, activities and entertainments.

Students' Association has a number of venues in the University's Central Area and nearby, including:

• Potterrow (a café, bar, nightclub and home to the Advice Place hub)
• The Pleasance (the home of societies and volunteering groups)
• King's Buildings House (students' home on the King's Building Campus)
• The Wee Red Bar (an iconic venue at the Edinburgh College of Art)
• Teviot Row (closed for renovation until spring 2026)

Students can attend society and weekly events, online and in-person.

University of Edinburgh faculty members comprise 2,200 faculty members, who are some of the best scholars around the world. With the student-to-faculty ratio of 14:1, students get to interact one-on-one with the world class faculty. Mentioned below are some of the top Edin faculty and their department:

• Samer Abdelnour: Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management and Programme Director MSc Global Strategy & Sustainability
• Kenneth Amaeshi: Chair in Business and Sustainable Development and Director of the Sustainable Business Initiative
• Galina Andreeva: Personal Chair of Societal Aspects of Credit and Head of MSBE Group
• Rasyidy Salman Ab Rasid: Professor of Energy Systems
• Emily Kate Adams: Professor of Integrated Micro and Nano Systems

University of Edinburgh operates on five beautiful campuses spread throughout the vibrant city of Edinburgh. Some of the highlights of the Edin campuses are as follows:

Central Area Campus

• Main campus of the university and home to all the main buildings of the university
• Spread around various squares and streets in Edinburgh's Southside, with a few buildings in Old Town
• Home to the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science, the School of Informatics, etc.
• Most of the buildings are located around George Square

King's Building Campus

• Located in the south of the city
• Home to the university's most of the Science and Engineering college's research and teaching activities

Easter Bush Campus

• Located about 7 miles south of the city
• Home to the Jeanne Marching International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, Roslin Institute, Royal School of Veterinary Studies, and Veterinary Oncology and Imaging Centre

Bioquarter Campus

• Also known as Little France
• Home to the majority of medical facilities of the university alongside the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Western General

• Edin's Western General Hospital
• Home to the Biomedical Research Facility, Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility and Institute of Genetics and Cancer