At a glance
- Address
- Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, United Kingdom
- City
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom — process, visa & costs
- Website
- ed.ac.uk
- Type
- Public
- Founded
- 1583
- Students
- 26,138
- Map
- Open the campus on a map ↗
Where it ranks
#37 in the world — ShanghaiRanking ARWU 2025.
Strongest subjects (GRAS 2025)
| Public Administration | #15 |
| Veterinary Sciences | #18 |
| Biotechnology | #19 |
| Physics | #25 |
| Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences | #25 |
| Human Biological Sciences | #26 |
How to get in
read on the university's own pages, 28 September 2026Bachelor's (after Class 12)
- Apply via
- UCAS — application page ↗
- Cycle
- 2027 entry
- Intake
- September
- Tests
- UCAT required for Medicine (Edinburgh Medical School)
- English
- Requirement is set per degree programme in the online degree finder; must be met in a single test sitting, valid 2 years
Deadlines
| Round | Apply by | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine / Veterinary Medicine (15 Oct deadline) | 15 October 2026 | |
| Equal consideration deadline (most other courses) | 13 January 2027 |
For Indian applicants: CBSE (AISSE) / CISCE (ISC) Standard XII, by college: Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences overall 80% with 3 subjects at 75%; Science and Engineering overall 80% (85% for direct Year 2 entry) with 80%/85% in required subjects; Biomedical Sciences overall 80% with 85% in Biology & Chemistry; Medicine overall 85% with 85%+ in English, Chemistry plus two of Biology/Maths/Physics; Veterinary Medicine overall 85% with 85% in Chemistry, Biology and one other subject. 85%+ CBSE/CISCE Standard XII scorers may be exempt from separate English tests for some programmes.
What you send
- Edinburgh Global Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarships and Global Talent Fund BIG Scholarships (for International Olympiad medallists) are open to international applicants generally, not India-specific
Master's / PhD (after graduation)
- Apply via
- direct — application page ↗
- Intake
- September
- Deadlines
- Deadlines are set per degree programme in the online degree finder; no single university-wide postgraduate deadline
- English
- Requirement set per programme via the degree finder
Scholarships
- Edinburgh Global Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarships — international UG
Studying in United Kingdom
The UK offers short, focused degrees (3-year bachelor's, 1-year master's) and a single centralised undergraduate application system (UCAS). Indian students go for shorter, cheaper-in-time degrees, globally ranked universities, and the post-study Graduate Route, though visa and healthcare-surcharge costs have risen and postgraduate dependant visas are now restricted.
- Visa
- Student visa (Student Route, formerly Tier 4) — GBP 558 · about ₹70,812
- After graduating
- Graduate Route: 2 years of post-study work permission for bachelor's/master's graduates who apply on or before 31 December 2026, dropping to 18 months for applications made on or after 1 January 2027; PhD/doctoral graduates get 3 years (gov.uk).
Every subject ranking
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Admission facts on this page were read from: ed.ac.uk/studying/international/country/asia/south-asia/india · ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry-requirements · study.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry-requirements/english-language · ed.ac.uk/studying/international/english · study.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding · study.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/fees-costs/international-eu-eea · study.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/applying · ed.ac.uk/about/contact · registryservices.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/undergraduate/international · ucas.com/events/2027-entry-deadline-for-all-undergraduate-courses-except-those-with-a-15-october-deadline-475546 — checked 28 September 2026.