2024

Celebrating the incredible work of College of Science and Engineering staff at our very first Staff Awards. The Celebration Event was held at The Nucleus Building, on 5 December 2024.

Leading scientists and industry experts have joined forces to develop existing and emerging research to accelerate Scotland’s offshore wind sector.

Underwater robots that can predict waves in real-time could reduce the cost of producing offshore renewable energy, a study suggests.

Professor Geoffrey Hinton, who graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence in 1978 has been awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on machine learning. He shares the 2024 award with Professor John Hopfield of Princeton University.

An initiative that aims to significantly reduce carbon emissions from densely packed buildings in UK cities and towns has won a £4.5 million funding boost from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

A partnership to help tackle the growing challenges of infections and inflammation has been allocated a £27.6 million funding boost.

A company that grows nutrient-rich algae from whisky waste to help preserve wild fish populations has been announced as a finalist for the prestigious Earthshot Prize 2024.

Come along and explore The King’s Buildings Campus and discover the science that happens here - Saturday 28 September 2024 between 10:00 and 16:00!

Six colleagues from the College have been honoured with a fellowship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

A group of outstanding early career researchers have been awarded one of the University of Edinburgh’s most prestigious fellowships.

Our first ever end of exam celebration for students 'King's Fest' will take place on 24 and 25 of May 2024.

The University mourns the loss of renowned physicist Professor Peter Higgs, who has died after a short illness. 

Six training centres are to develop the next generation of highly skilled graduates in areas of critical importance, including clean energy and future computing.

The University is to establish a new research and innovation hub focused on developing gene therapies to help treat or cure disease.

This week UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) announced an investment in 12 new CDTs in AI, three of which will be led, or co-led by the School of Informatics.

Professor Kia Nazarpour, Chair in Digital Health at the School of Informatics will lead a new partnership with Tunstall Healthcare, industrial pioneers in tele-care. The University of Edinburgh and Tunstall Healthcare Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding at an event in Edinburgh City Chambers earlier this month.