The School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh is one of the great world centres for the study of the human past. Image The School comprises the three subject areas of History, Classics and Archaeology, together with the Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History, the Edinburgh Centre for Global History and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Information about the history of our subject areas, and about our specialist research centres, may be found under 'Related links' below, together with screencast about the history of the University as a whole. Excellence The School's research quality was shown by the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 where our subjects were in the top five in the UK for breadth and quality of research (THE Research Power rank). You can find out more about the School's REF results, and some of the research projects included in the School's submission, and an overview of the University REF results at the links below. REF 2021 - School-wide REF 2021 - University-wide Our community There are over 150 staff - both academic and administrative (Professional Services) - and approximately 600 graduate students. Our current undergraduate population is nearly 1500 students, of whom around a quarter are international students. Our staff Our building During the summer of 2010 the entire School co-located to an seven-storey 'A' listed building (pictured above), designed by the distinguished Scottish architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in the nineteenth century. The refurbishment, at a cost of £16m, provided state-of-the-art facilities for staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students. More about the William Robertson Wing This article was published on 2024-08-01
