Research excellence
The science and technology community
across Edinburgh City Region spans many disciplines and leads its
field in chemistry, physics, computer science, electrical and
electronic engineering, biological sciences, veterinary science and
linguistics.
Edinburgh’s higher education institutions have a combined
research income of over £242m a year, with more than 13,000 staff
generating world-leading research. According to the most
recent UK Higher Education Research
Assessment Exercise, 66% of science, engineering and medical
related-research staff in Edinburgh work is rated five or five-star
research - the maximum achievable in terms of quality of research -
compared with a UK average of 55%.
The
University of Edinburgh ranks highly in the Times Higher
Education Supplement list of top 100 global universities for
biomedicine,science and
technology.
