The University’s mission is the creation, dissemination and curation of knowledge.

As a world-leading centre of academic excellence they aim to:

• Enhance their position as one of the world’s leading research and teaching universities and to measure their performance against the highest international standards
• Provide the highest quality learning and teaching environment for the greater wellbeing of their 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.

The University of Edinburgh is one of the world's top universities, consistently ranked in the world top 50, and ranked 19th in the QS World University Rankings. Their entrepreneurial and cross-disciplinary culture attracts not only students but also staff from some 137 countries, which creates a unique Edinburgh experience.They provide a stimulating working, learning and teaching environment with access to excellent facilities and attract the world's best, from Nobel Prize winning laureates to future explorers, pioneers and inventors.

As host to more than 35,000 students, the University of Edinburgh continues to attract the world’s greatest minds. They offer a range of ways to study, from on-campus taught programmes to online part-time study. They are the largest provider of online distance learning in the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities, and offer more than 60 online programmes.