Editing Edinburgh (section)

==Education==
===Schools===

There are 18 nursery, 94 primary and 23 secondary [[List of schools in Edinburgh|schools]] administered by the City of Edinburgh Council.<ref name="primaryschools">{{Cite web |date=July 2006 |title=Primary Schools |url=http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/Learning/Schools/CEC_primary_schools |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112184257/http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/Learning/Schools/CEC_primary_schools |archive-date=12 January 2008 |access-date=26 May 2008 |publisher=City of Edinburgh Council}}</ref>
Edinburgh is home to [[Royal High School, Edinburgh|The Royal High School]], one of the [[List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom|oldest schools in the country]] and [[List of the oldest schools in the world|the world]]. The city also has several [[Independent school (UK)#Independent schools in Scotland|independent, fee-paying schools]] including [[Edinburgh Academy]], [[Fettes College]], [[George Heriot's School]], [[George Watson's College]], [[Merchiston Castle School]], [[Stewart's Melville College]] and [[The Mary Erskine School]]. In 2009, the proportion of pupils attending independent schools was 24.2%, far above the Scottish national average of just over 7% and higher than in any other region of Scotland.<ref name="SCISstats">{{Cite web |last=Scottish Council of Independent Schools |year=2009 |title=SCIS Pupil Statistics 2009 |url=http://www.scis.org.uk/assets/Uploads/Facts-and-Statistics/Extended-2009-Fact-Card-nos-by-LA1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916073459/http://www.scis.org.uk/assets/Uploads/Facts-and-Statistics/Extended-2009-Fact-Card-nos-by-LA1.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 |access-date=12 February 2012}}</ref> In August 2013, the City of Edinburgh Council opened the city's first stand-alone Gaelic primary school, [[Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iomairt Ghàidhlig Dhùn Èideann |url=http://www.duneideann.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517063034/http://duneideann.org/ |archive-date=17 May 2014 |access-date=2 May 2014 |publisher=duneideann.org}}</ref>

===College and university===
[[File:Edinburgh New College (8594473141).jpg|thumb|[[New College, Edinburgh|New College]] of the University of Edinburgh]]
There are three universities in Edinburgh: the [[University of Edinburgh]], [[Heriot-Watt University]], and [[Edinburgh Napier University]].

Established by royal charter in 1583, the University of Edinburgh is one of Scotland's [[ancient universities of Scotland|ancient universities]] and is the fourth oldest in the country after [[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]], [[University of Glasgow|Glasgow]] and [[University of Aberdeen|Aberdeen]].<ref name="Universityhistory">{{Cite book |last=Lynch |first=Michael |title=The Oxford Companion to Scottish History |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-19-211696-3 |pages=610–615}}</ref> Originally centred on [[Old College, University of Edinburgh|Old College]] the university expanded to premises on The Mound, the Royal Mile and George Square.<ref name="Universityhistory" /> Today, the [[King's Buildings]] in the south of the city contain most of the schools within the College of Science and Engineering. In 2002, the [[University of Edinburgh Medical School|medical school]] moved to purpose-built accommodation adjacent to the new [[Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh]] at [[Little France]]. The university is placed 16th in the QS World University Rankings for 2022.<ref name="University Rankings">{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=QS World University Rankings 2022 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2022 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Heriot-Watt University is based at the [[Riccarton, Edinburgh|Riccarton]] campus in the west of Edinburgh. Originally established in 1821 as the world's first [[Mechanics' Institutes|mechanics' institute]], it was granted university status by royal charter in 1966. It has other campuses in the Scottish Borders, Orkney, the United Arab Emirates and Putrajaya in Malaysia. It takes the name ''Heriot-Watt'' from Scottish inventor [[James Watt]] and Scottish philanthropist and goldsmith [[George Heriot]]. Heriot-Watt University has been named International University of the Year by ''The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018''. In the latest Research Excellence Framework, it was ranked overall in the Top 25% of UK universities and 1st in Scotland for research impact.

Edinburgh Napier University was originally founded as Napier College, which was renamed Napier Polytechnic in 1986 and gained university status in 1992.<ref name="Napierhistory">{{Cite news |last=Lytton |first=Charlotte |date=20 June 2011 |title=Edinburgh Napier University guide |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/universities-and-colleges/8523495/Edinburgh-Napier-University-guide.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826090317/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/universities-and-colleges/8523495/Edinburgh-Napier-University-guide.html |archive-date=26 August 2012}}</ref> Edinburgh Napier University has campuses in the south and west of the city, including the former [[Merchiston Tower]] and [[Craiglockhart Hydropathic]].<ref name="Napierhistory" /> It is home to the [[Screen Academy Scotland]].

[[Queen Margaret University]] was located in Edinburgh before it moved outside the city boundary to a new campus in the county of [[East Lothian]] on the outskirts of [[Musselburgh]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/20080704-the-queen-officially-opens-queen-margaret-s-new-campus/ |title=The Queen officially opens Queen Margaret's new campus &#124; News and Events &#124; Queen Margaret University |website=www.qmu.ac.uk}}</ref> Until 2012, further education colleges in the city included [[Jewel and Esk College]] (incorporating [[Leith Nautical College]] founded in 1903), [[Edinburgh's Telford College|Telford College]], opened in 1968, and [[Stevenson College (Edinburgh)|Stevenson College]], opened in 1970. These have now been amalgamated to form [[Edinburgh College]]. [[Scotland's Rural College]] also has a campus in South Edinburgh. Other institutions include the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]] and the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]], which were established by royal charter in 1506 and 1681, respectively. The [[Trustees' Academy]] of Edinburgh, founded in 1760, became the [[Edinburgh College of Art]] in 1907.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 July 2012 |title=Edinburgh College of Art |work=The Independent |location=UK |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/edinburgh-college-of-art-2295119.html |url-status=live |access-date=9 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221100/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/edinburgh-college-of-art-2295119.html |archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>