爱丁堡大学是英国苏格兰一所世界顶尖的科研与教学大学，在最新QS世界大学排名中排在世界第23位。下面请看出国留学网为大家整理的爱丁堡大学基本概况信息。
At a glance
The University’s mission is the creation, dissemination and curation of knowledge.
As a world-leading centre of academic excellence we aim to:
Enhance our position as one of the world’s leading research and teaching universities and to measure our performance against the highest international standards
Provide the highest quality learning and teaching environment for the greater wellbeing of our students
Produce graduates fully equipped to achieve the highest personal and professional standards
Make a significant, sustainable and socially responsible contribution to Scotland, the UK and the world, promoting health and economic and cultural wellbeing.
As a great civic university, Edinburgh especially values its intellectual and economic relationship with the Scottish community that forms its base and provides the foundation from which it will continue to look to the widest international horizons, enriching both itself and Scotland.
爱丁堡大学的简介
爱丁堡大学的使命是知识的创造、传播和分享。
作为世界顶尖的优秀学术中心，我们的目标是：
提高我们作为世界顶尖的科研与教学大学的地位，以最高国际标准衡量我们的表现;
为学生的更大福利创造最高质量的学习和研究环境;
培养有能力在最高层面上达到个人和职业标准的毕业生;
为苏格兰、英国和世界持续做出重大的有社会责任感的贡献，促进卫生、经济和文化福利。
作为一所了不起的城市大学，爱丁堡大学格外注重自身与苏格兰的知识联系和经济联系，而苏格兰则构成了爱丁堡大学的基础。正是在这个基础上，爱丁堡大学得以继续获得最宽广的国际视野，得以丰富自身丰富苏格兰。
Our history
With our rich history, noted alumni and distinguished scholars, we have much to be proud of in our many centuries as a world-renowned university.
From Nobel laureates and Olympic champions to space explorers and prime ministers, the University of Edinburgh has been influencing history since it opened the gates to its first students in 1583.
Following the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, the University was positioned at the forefront of academia and critical thinking.
Due to the determination and perseverance of a group of Edinburgh intellectuals, established facts about the world were being boldly and consistently challenged.
Amid this group was David Hume, philosopher, economist and essayist known for his philosophical skepticism and empiricism; Joseph Black, the chemist behind the discovery of latent heat and carbon dioxide; and James Hutton, the ‘Father of Modern Geology’.
We are the home of Britain’s oldest literary awards, the James Tait Black Prizes and Dolly the sheep, the first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell.
It was also here at the University of Edinburgh that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired to create his notorious character, Sherlock Holmes and James Young Simpson pioneered anaethetics through his discovery of the properties of chloroform.
More recently, theoretical physicist and Professor Emeritus Peter Higgs was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his 1964 prediction of the Higgs Boson.
Through the many achievements of its staff and students, the University has continued to present cutting-edge research, inspirational teaching and innovative thinking as its central ethos, attracting some of the greatest minds from around the globe.
爱丁堡大学的历史
爱丁堡大学有丰富的历史、著名的校友和杰出的学者，在过去许多个世纪里，作为一所世界著名的大学，我们有许多值得自豪的。
自从1583年向它第一批学生敞开大门以来，爱丁堡大学一直在影响着历史，诺贝尔奖得主、奥运会冠军、太空探索者和首相都在这里诞生。
在18世界苏格兰启蒙运动之后，爱丁堡大学走在了学术和批判性思考的前沿。
在爱丁堡知识分子团体的决心和坚持不懈下，一些关于世界的权威事实受到了大胆而持续地挑战。
在这群知识分子中间，哲学家、经济学家兼散文家的大卫休谟哲学怀疑论和经验论著称，化学家约瑟夫·布拉克以潜热和二氧化碳的发现著称，詹姆斯·哈顿则被称为“现代地质学之父”。
爱丁堡大学是英国最古老的文学奖詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念奖的发源地，也是世界上第一只从正常体细胞中克隆出来的绵阳多利的诞生地。
也正是在这里阿瑟·柯南道尔获得了创造臭名昭著的人物夏洛克·福尔摩斯的灵感，詹姆斯杨格辛普森通过发现氯仿的属性发明了麻药。
最近，理论物理学家 Emeritus Peter Higgs 教授因对希格斯玻色子的预测联合获得了1964年诺贝尔物理学奖。
作为员工和学生的诸多成就，爱丁堡大学持续推出了高端研究，启发式的教学和创新性的思想(这些也是它的核心理念)，吸引了世界各地的最了不起的人才。
Timeline
1583: The University of Edinburgh officially opens
1620: The roles of Principal and Professor of Divinity are separated
1707: The Faculty of Law is founded
1708: The Faculty of Arts is founded
1726: The Faculty of Medicine is founded
1745: Classes are suspended as Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite army marches on the city
1789: The foundation stone is laid at the site of Old College
1847: James Young Simpson, Professor of Midwifery, discovers anaesthetic use of chloroform in childbirth
1858: The Universities (Scotland) Act grants the University full control of its own affairs
1859: W E Gladstone becomes the first Rector to be elected by the student body
1893: The University’s first female students graduate
1897: The University’s graduating hall, McEwan Hall opens
1914-1918: Nearly 8,000 students and graduates enlist in the armed forces during WWI
1920: The foundation stone is laid at the site of the King’s Buildings campus
1924: Student Eric Liddell wins 400 metres at the Paris Olympics
1958: The University appoints its first female Professor, Elizabeth Wiskemann
1973: Edinburgh University Students’ Association is founded
1996: Dolly the Sheep is cloned at the Roslin Institute
2002: A new Medical School is opened at Little France
2011: The University merges with Edinburgh College of Art
2013: Emeritus Professor Peter Higgs is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
爱丁堡大学大事年表
1583——爱丁堡大学正式开放。
1620——神学院院长和教授角色分离。
1707——法学院成立。
1708——文学院成立。
1726——医学院成立。
1745——邦尼王子查理军队入侵，导致停课。
1789——老学院开始修建。
1847——助产学教授詹姆斯杨格辛普森在接生时发现了氯仿的麻醉使用。
1858——《苏格兰大学法案》准予大学全面管理内部事务。
1859——格拉德斯通成为第一位由学生选举出的校长。
1893——爱丁堡大学第一位女学生毕业。
1897——爱丁堡大学的毕业会堂McEwan Hall 开放。
1914-1918——一战期间将近8千名学生和毕业生应征入伍。
1920——国王大楼校区开始修建。
1924——学生Eric Liddell在巴黎奥运会400米中获奖。
1958——Elizabeth Wiskemann被任命为第一位女性教授。
1973——爱丁堡大学学生会成立。
1996——罗斯林研究所克隆出绵阳多利。
2002——新的医学院在“小法兰西”开放。
2011——爱丁堡大学与爱丁堡艺术学院合并。
2013——名誉教授彼得·希格斯荣获诺贝尔物理学奖。
Colleges and schools
The University of Edinburgh's academic structure is based on three Colleges containing a total of 20 Schools.
1.College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The College offers first-class teaching and research across a very wide range of academic disciplines.
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest of the three Colleges in the University of Edinburgh. It has 11 Schools, 16,300 students and 1,460 staff. An advantage of its size is the very wide range of subjects and research specialisms you can choose from. There are over 300 undergraduate and 200 taught postgraduate programmes.
In the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, we are proud of the breadth of our research, and the high grades we gained in the REF2014. We have built on this strength to attract international researchers, and now have over 1200 researchers and many major research centres based in our schools.
The College is also an important focus in the University for Continuing Professional Development courses for professional graduates, and for Continuing Personal Education, delivered mainly to people living locally. The Centre for Open Learning provides these part-time and short courses, during the day and in the evenings.
The College Office, located at 55 George Square, provides administrative support to the Vice-Principal, Deans and Associate Deans on academic matters and financial management.
There are also central admission and administrative offices for the College's undergraduate and postgraduate students.
爱丁堡大学的院系设置
爱丁堡大学的学术结构以三个学院为基础，包含20个系。
1.艺术、人文与社会科学学院
艺术、人文与社会科学学院提供一流教学和研究，涵盖众多学科领域。
艺术、人文与社会科学学院是爱丁堡大学三个学院中最大的一个。学院有11个系，16300位学生和1460名员工。学院的规模上的一个优势就是它有非常广泛的学科和研究领域供你选。学院的本科生课程超过300门，授课型研究生课程超过200门。
在艺术、人文与社会科学学院，我们以研究的广度为骄傲，以我们在2014年《优秀研究框架》中的优秀成绩为自豪。在此优势的基础上，我们吸引了国际研究人员。截至目前，我们已有1200多名研究员，我们的各个系已有许多重要的研究中心。
艺术、人文与社会科学学院也是爱丁堡大学继续职业发展课程和继续个人教育的重要基地。继续职业发展课程针对职业研究生，继续个人教育则主要提供给当地人士。继续职业发展课程和继续个人教育课程有在职提供的，也有短期的。它们均由开放学习中心提供，白天和夜间都有课。
学院的办公室位于乔治广场55号，为副校长、院长、副校长提供管理层面的支持，以及学术事务和财务管理方面的支持。
除此以外，也有针对学院和研究生的入学办公室和行政办公室。
2.COLLEGE OF MEDICINE & VETERINARY MEDICINE
The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is comprised of two schools. These are the Edinburgh Medical School and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
Together we form a unique grouping in the UK where vets, medics and biomedical scientists work together and study the common causes of disease that affect our populations. Our campuses, our structure, and the organisation of our degrees ensures that we have people from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Edinburgh Medical School breathing the same air, designing projects together, and teaching in their specialist areas.
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
The highest ranked veterinary school in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework 2014, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is a world leader in veterinary education, research and practice. We provide outstanding veterinary education using an award-winning curriculum, innovative teaching methods and an interdisciplinary environment.
Edinburgh Medical School
Edinburgh Medical School hosts three Deaneries. These are Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, and Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences.
Teaching for the MBChB program and other biomedical undergraduate and postgraduate programs takes place across the three Deaneries. By bringing the right individuals together, both clinical and non-clinical, we catalyse and create the opportunities to develop exciting work that makes a difference to people’s lives. Edinburgh Medical School delivers a first class education in first class facilities by excited people who are at the cutting edge.
3.COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Our vision
We deliver impact for society.
As part of a truly global university, rooted in Scotland’s capital city, we make a significant, sustainable and socially responsible contribution to the world.
Our mission
We discover, develop and share knowledge.
As a centre of academic excellence we aim to:
provide the highest-quality research-led teaching and learning;
challenge the boundaries of knowledge, research and disciplines;
enable our graduates and staff to be exceptional individuals equipped to address global challenges;
promote good health, economic growth, cultural understanding and social well-being.
2.医学与兽医科学学院
医学与兽医科学学院由两个系组成，分别是爱丁堡医学系和皇家(迪克)兽医研究系。
这两个系共同组成了英国独特的团体：在这里，兽医、医师和生物医学科学家协作，研究影响人类的疾病产生的共同原因。我们的校园、结构和学位机制确保皇家(迪克)兽医研究系和爱丁堡医学系的工作人员呼吸到同一片空气，让他们可以一起设计课题，从事各自领域的教学。
皇家(迪克)兽医研究系
皇家(迪克)兽医研究系是2014年《研究优秀框架》英国排名最高的兽医系，是兽医教育、研究和实践的世界引领者。我们借助备受称赞的课程、创新性的教学方法和跨学科环境提供优质的兽医专业教育。
爱丁堡医学系
爱丁堡医学系旗下分三个部门，分别是生物医学科学、临床科学以及分子、基因与人口卫生科学。
MBChB课程和其他生物医学本科生研究生课程的教学在这三个部门展开。通过汇集正确的个体，包括临床和非临床人员，我们促成和创造了从事令人振奋的工作的机会，正是这样的工作深刻影响着人们的生活。爱丁堡医学系有一流的设施和令人振奋的顶尖的专业人员，在此基础上爱丁堡医学系提供一流的教育。
3.科学与工程学院
学院的视野——对社会发生影响。
作为名副其实的全球性大学的一部分，科学与工程学院扎根于苏格兰首都城市爱丁堡，并为世界做着重大的、持续的和对社会负责的贡献。
学院的使命——发现知识、培育知识和分享知识。
作为优秀学术中心，我们的目标是提供最高质量的研究导向型教学和学习;
挑战知识的边界、研究的边界和学科边界;
确保我们的毕业生和员工成为优秀人才，有能力解决全球性挑战;
促进身体健康、经济增长，增进文化理解和社会福利。
4.爱丁堡大学三大学院旗下的系：
生物科学系、商学系、化学系、神学系、经济学系、爱丁堡医学系、教育系、工程系、地球科学系、社会科学卫生系、历史古典与考古学系、信息学系、法学系、文学语言与文化系、数学系、哲学心理学与语言科学系、物理学与天文学系、社会与政治科学系以及皇家迪克兽医研究系。
Centre for Research Collections
A dedicated space to use and research our historic collections.
The Centre for Research Collections (CRC) oversees the University's Special Collections and Museums, which include rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and historic musical instruments.
The Centre offers a single point of access to these collections and the staff who manage them.
Opening times
The Centre for Research Collections opening times vary based on the academic year structure, find latest opening times on the the Centre for Research Collections website.
爱丁堡大学的校园设施
研究资料馆藏中心
这里是专门使用和研究历史馆藏的场所。
研究资料馆藏中心旗下有爱丁堡大学特殊馆藏和博物馆，有珍贵的书籍、手稿、档案文件、艺术品和历史悠久的乐器。
研究资料馆藏中心提供单一的准入点，通过准入点可以接触到这些收藏和负责管理的工作人员。
开放时间
研究资料馆藏中心开放时间不固定，具体开放时间以学年结构为基础。你可以在研究资料馆藏中心网站查看最新的开放时间。
Talbot Rice Gallery
One of Scotland’s leading public galleries of contemporary visual art.
An outstanding centre for art and ideas, Talbot Rice Gallery presents original and relevant exhibitions within a unique historical context.
The exhibitions exemplify creativity and ambition, seen through a distinctive programme of Scottish and international artists, with informed interpretation and lively educational events.
Opening times
Admission is free.
Gallery opening times vary according to exhibition schedules, find latest opening times on the Talbot Rice Gallery website.
Anatomical Museum
Home to an impressive collection of historical and anatomical specimens.
Founded and developed by the Monro dynasty, the museum flourished under Sir William Turner who was both Professor of Anatomy from 1867 to 1903 and Principal of the University from 1903 to 1917.
Today, the museum houses new items and old exhibits from the original museum including life and death masks, anatomy teaching models and the skeleton of notorious murderer William Burke.
Opening times
The museum is open to the public on the last Saturday of each month from 10am to 4pm (last admission 3.30pm). The Anatomical Museum can be subject to closure at short notice, please check the Anatomy website for details of the next day the museum is open.
Please note that the museum is closed throughout June and July.
At other times the museum is a study space for medical students and there is no visitor access.
塔尔伯特莱斯画廊
塔尔伯特莱斯画廊是当代苏格兰最顶尖的视觉艺术公共画廊之一。
作为卓越的艺术和思想中心，塔尔伯特莱斯画廊在独特的历史语境中提供原始的和相关的展览会。
这里的展览会是创造力和抱负的典范，这一点可以从一个独特的苏格兰艺术家和国际艺术家计划中看出来。这里的展览会提供专业、内行的解说和现场教育活动。
开放时间
可以免费入场。
画廊的开放时间不固定，具体根据展览日程表来定。你可以在塔尔伯特莱斯画廊网站上查看最新的开放时间。
解剖学博物馆
解剖学博物馆收藏有令人印象深刻的历史样本和解剖学样本。
解剖学博物馆由门罗王朝建立并发展。解剖学博物馆在威廉-特纳的领导下取得繁荣，后者兼任解剖学教授(1867-1903)和爱丁堡大学校长(1903-1917)。
如今，解剖学博物馆不仅有从原来的博物馆继承而来的古旧展览品，也有新的展览品。包括活人脸模塑像、死尸面膜、解剖学教学模型以及臭名昭著的杀人犯犯威廉-伯克的骸骨。
开放时间
解剖学博物馆每逢每月的最后一个周六向公共开放，开放时间从早上十点到下午四点。最后入馆时间为下午三点三十分。
爱丁堡大学的著名校友
爱丁堡大学共有九名诺贝尔奖获奖人，一名阿贝尔奖获奖人。著名毕业生包括：
自然学家查尔斯·达尔文(Charles Darwin);
物理学家詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦(Charles Darwin);
哲学家大卫·休谟(David Hume);
数学家托马斯·贝叶斯(Thomas Bayes);
作家阿瑟·柯南·道尔(Arthur Conan Doyle);
发明家亚历山大·格拉汉姆·贝尔(Alexander Graham Bell);
英国前首相戈登·布朗(Gordon Brown);
美国独立宣言签署人约翰·威瑟斯庞及本杰明-拉什。
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