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's REF power ratings), with 90% of our research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
Discover our research
Explore the work of our world-class researchers across a range of cross-disciplinary areas.
Edinburgh Innovations provides research and commercialisation expertise to industry, funders, licensees and investors.
- Test aids emergency diagnosis of heart conditions
- LinkedIn triggers feelings of imposter syndrome
- Hands-on artwork grapples with ideas of beauty
- Gene-edited chickens in fight against bird flu
- Smart scalpel could help doctors hone surgical skills
- Welfare supporters better informed than sceptics, study suggests
- Global surge in cancer cases among under-50s
How the University community is making its mark upon the world through its research, innovation, ideas and actions.
