爱丁堡大学创建于1583年，是英国六所最古老、最大的大学之一，也是在各种全球大学排行榜上多次名列全球前20强的着名大学。爱丁堡大学与牛津、剑桥一起，是最早名列罗素教育集团的多科性综合大学。爱丁堡大学是罗素大学集团、科英布拉集团（The Coimbra Group）和Universitas 21（大学的国际性协会）的创建成员之一，也是欧洲研究型大学联盟（LERU）成员，它在教学和科研方面都享有国际声誉。
爱丁堡大学（The University of Edinburgh）一直是中国学生最喜欢申请的英国院校之一，每年的申请人数都非常多！由于申请人数衆多，从2018 年学年开始，下面这些专业需要缴纳50磅不可退申请费：
MFA Design Informatics - 21 Months (Full-time)
MA (eca) Design Informatics - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Design and Digital Media - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Design and Digital Media - 2 Years (Part-time)
MSc Material Practice - 1 Year (Full-time)
MFA Art, Space and Nature - 21 Months (Full-time)
MA (eca) Art, Space and Nature - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Architectural History and Theory - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Architectural and Urban Design - 1 Year (Full-time)
MFA Animation - 21 Months (Full-time)
MSc Advanced Sustainable Design (On Campus) - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Cultural Studies
MSc Cultural Landscapes - 1 Year (Full-time)
MFA Fashion - 21 Months (Full-time)
MFA Film Directing - 21 Months (Full-time)
MA (eca) Film Directing - 1 Year (Full-time)
MFA Glass - 21 Months (Full-time)
MA (eca) Glass - 1 Year (Full-time)
MFA Graphic Design - 21 Months (Full-time)
MA (eca) Graphic Design - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc History of Art, Theory and Display - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc History of Art, Theory and Display - 2 Years (Part-time)
MFA Illustration - 21 Months (Full-time)
MA (eca) Illustration - 1 Year (Full-time)
MA (eca) Interior Design - 1 Year (Full-time)
MFA Jewellery - 21 Months (Full-time)
MSc Landscape and Wellbeing - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Landscape and Wellbeing - 2 Years (Part-time) (Part-time)
MLA Landscape Architecture - 21 Months (Full-time)
MSc Material Practice - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating, Criticism - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating, Criticism - 2 Years (Part-time)
MFA Performance Costume - 21 Months (Full-time)
Renaissance & Early Modern Studies
MFA Textiles - 21 Months (Full-time)
MSc Urban Strategies and Design - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc Urban Strategies and Design - 2 Years (Part-time)
