Advantages: Beautiful scenery, lots of culture
Disadvantages: weather, cost

...and support from the city of Edinburgh council www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/tour/edintour.html Take a tour of Edinburgh. Made by the geography department at the university of edinburgh www.edfringe.com All about the edinburgh festival www.edinburghguide.com www.aboutedinburgh.com www.edinburgh-hotels.ws www.edinburgh-accomodation.co.uk Will help you find accomodation etc in Edinburgh... Read review

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Advantages: great city
Disadvantages: a little pricey

...As with all universities, Edinburgh has strengths and weaknesses, the city is great, with Arthurs seat and the meadows it has lots of park space. The shops are good, although Princes St is usually overrun with tourists, christmas shoppers and well everyone. The unis is rated highly in a huge variety of subjects, and most people will get a lot out of it as long as they want to put something in. There are good opportunities to get involved with societies, the student union and pretty much anything. Beware though beer, accomodation and, well most things, are quite expensive, ( £2-£2.50 a pint!! ) Edinburgh is a very pleasant place to live and it's great to spend 4 years 'studying' here.... Read review

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Advantages: Friendly. Snuggled into the heart of Edinburgh.
Disadvantages: Poor Rep.

...If you have your sights set on furthering your artistic abilities then, certainly, Napier is probably not the University for you. Don’t get me wrong, Napier is the most friendly University I have ever been to (and I’ve been to a few) and a pleasant atmosphere is important when you are a young student looking to get settled in. Whether you are an artist or a scientist you will benefit from the non-cliquey nature of Napier students. The title of this opinion is ‘Common Sense Approach’ and that is for a reason. Napier, the person, was a mathematician and Napier was once a technical college. It should not take much to work out that Napier’s strength lies in mathematics and in science. Let us consider the two Edinburgh Universities. Yes, two universities as I can honestly rule out considering Heriot-Watt as a valid Edinburgh uni... Read review

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Advantages: Location location location
Disadvantages: Maths!

...Edinburgh University is currently ranked top in Scotland league tables, with over 20,000 students this is no easy task. The university is not only appealing on its diverse range of subject options open to student, but the location is arguably one of the best in the UK. A typical year in Edinburgh will see the world famous Fringe festival, the world famous Hogmanay, a diverse range of bands playing in both small and large venues such as the corn exchange, or my personal favourite Whistle Binkies - where they have live music most nights and open mic nights on Monday and Tuesdays – they also serve a mean pint of Guinness, a rarity in Scotland. If Edinburgh doesn’t hold all the live music necessary then a quick train journey down to Glasgow will easily satisfy that need for live music – recently staring there were Muse, supported by Elbow... Read review

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