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The University of Edinburgh ( Scots: University o Edinburgh, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of ...
Euclid University. EUCLID, also called Pôle Universitaire Euclide or Euclid University, is an international intergovernmental organization with a university charter established in 2008. It has official headquarters in The Gambia and in the Central African Republic, but also maintains an executive office in Washington, D.C.
Guy Lloyd-Jones, Forbes Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh (2012–) Francis Robert Japp, discoverer of Japp-Klingemann reaction. Christina Miller, synthesized phosphorus trioxide. Peter D. Mitchell, discoverer of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis, Nobel laureates in Chemistry in 1978.
Euclid (/ ˈ j uː k l ɪ d /; Greek: Εὐκλείδης; fl. 300 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. [2] Considered the "father of geometry", [3] he is chiefly known for the Elements treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely dominated the field until the early 19th century.
Established professorships at the University of Edinburgh. The title of the professorship is followed by the date of foundation. Dates in italics indicate the year of foundation of lectureships on which chairs were based. As of June 2019, the list appears incomplete. Chair of Divinity (1620)
The School is engaged in teaching and research in the three disciplines of history, classics and archaeology. It consists of three research centres: [1] The school has more than 150 academic and administrative staff and about 600 graduate students. The undergraduate population is close to 1,500, about a quarter of which are international students.
Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. [5] Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, history of art, and music disciplines for over three thousand students and is at the forefront of research and research-led teaching in the creative arts ...
Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) is the students' union at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Association's aim is the advancement of education of Edinburgh students by representing and supporting them, and by promoting their interests, health and welfare within the community. [ 6 ]