The University of Edinburgh, Aida for short, is a top university in Britain and one of the top 20 universities in the world. The school is located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and enjoys the reputation of "Athens in the North". Founded in 1583, it is the sixth oldest university in English-speaking countries.
Benjamin Franklin once praised: "There are many really great people and professors in Edinburgh University who are engaged in all kinds of knowledge research, which is unprecedented in any era and any country before."
Edinburgh University has trained 23 Nobel Prize winners, 3 British prime ministers, 4 presidents and 2 prime ministers. Many famous artists, such as Darwin, david hume, Adam Smith, Maxwell, Adam Ferguson, James Mirrlees and so on, have studied or engaged in research in Edinburgh.