Njengoba kunikezwe lezi zigaba ezikhuluma ngeNyuvesi yaseScotland eyaziwayo, nginikeze imininingwane ethize mayelana nokuthi yasungulwa nini futhi kuphi, yini eyaziwa kakhulu ngayo, nokuthi obani abanye babafundi bayo abadume kakhulu.
Context:I-University of Edinburgh (Scots: University o Edinburgh, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; esifushanisiwe njengoba Edin. e post-nominals) iyinhlangano eyunivesithi yomphakathi ucwaningo ezinze Edinburgh, Scotland. Yasungulwa umkhandlu wedolobha ngaphansi kwegunya lomthetho wasebukhosini weNkosi uJames VI ngo-1582 futhi yavulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1583, ingenye yamanyuvesi amane asendulo aseScotland futhi iyunivesithi yesithupha endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni okhuluma isiNgisi. Le nyuvesi yadlala indima ebalulekile e-Edinburgh yaba isikhungo esiyinhloko sokucabanga ngesikhathi seScottish Enlightenment futhi yaba nesandla ekubizweni kwedolobha ngokuthi "i-Athene laseNyakatho". I-Edinburgh ibalwa phakathi kwamanyuvesi aphezulu e-United Kingdom nasemhlabeni.  I-Edinburgh iyilungu lenhlangano eningi yamanyuvesi enza ucwaningo olunzulu, kufaka phakathi iCoimbra Group, League of European Research Universities, iRussell Group, i-Una Europa, ne-Universitas 21. Ngonyaka wezimali ophela ngomhlaka 31 Julayi 2022, yaba nemali engenayo ephelele engu- £ 1.262 billion, lapho i- £ 331.6 million yayivela ezifundweni zocwaningo kanye nezinkontileka. Inesikhwama sesithathu esikhulu kunazo zonke e-UK, ngemuva kweCambridge ne-Oxford kuphela. Inyuvesi inezikhungo ezinhlanu ezinkulu edolobheni lase-Edinburgh, ezibandakanya izakhiwo eziningi ezibalulekile ngokomlando nangokwakhiwa kwezakhiwo njengalezo eziseDolobheni Elidala.  I-Edinburgh iyunivesithi yesikhombisa ngobukhulu e-UK ngokubhalisa futhi ithola izicelo ezingaphezu kuka-75,000 ze-undergraduate ngonyaka, okwenza kube eyunivesithi yesibili ethandwa kakhulu e-UK ngenani lezicelo. I-Edinburgh yayinamaphuzu ayisishiyagalombili aphakeme kunawo wonke e-UCAS phakathi kwamanyuvesi aseBrithani kwabafundi abasha ngo-2020. Inyuvesi uyaqhubeka ukuba nezixhumanisi umndeni wasebukhosini, kokuba Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh njengoba chancellor yayo kusukela 1953 kuya 2010 futhi Anne, Princess Royal kusukela ngoMashi 2011.  Abafundi basenyuvesi bahlanganisa abanye babantu abavelele emlandweni wanamuhla. Umqambi u-Alexander Graham Bell, isazi semvelo uCharles Darwin, isazi sefilosofi uDavid Hume, nesazi sesayensi uJames Clerk Maxwell bafunda e-Edinburgh, njengoba kwenza nabalobi abanjengoSir J. M. Barrie, uSir Arthur Conan Doyle, uJ. K. Rowling, uSir Walter Scott, noRobert Louis Stevenson. Inyuvesi inezinhloko zezwe nohulumeni eziningana phakathi kwabafundi bayo, kuhlanganise noNdunankulu abathathu baseBrithani. AbaHluleli abathathu beNkantolo Ephakeme yase-UK bafundiswa e-Edinburgh. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2023, abawinile iNobel Prize abangu-19, abane abawinile i-Pulitzer Prize, abathathu abawinile i-Turing Award, kanye nomklomelo we-Abel Prize kanye ne-Fields Medalist baye bahlanganiswa ne-Edinburgh njengabafundi noma abasebenzi bezemfundo. Abafundi base-Edinburgh bathole ingqikithi yezindondo zegolide eziyishumi zama-Olympic.
I-University of Edinburgh isekelwe ngaphandle kwe-Edinburgh, eScotland eyasungulwa yi-charter yasebukhosini yeNkosi uJames 6th ngo-1582, evulwa ngokusemthethweni kubafundi ngo-1583. IYunivesithi yase-Edinburgh idume ngokuba yiYunivesithi yesithupha endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni okhuluma isiNgisi kanye neyesi-7 ngobukhulu ngokubhaliswa e-United Kingdom lapho i-Scotland ihlala khona namuhla. Inyuvesi ephezulu yocwaningo lomphakathi evame ukubizwa ngokuthi "yi-Athene yaseNyakatho" enabathweswe iziqu abadumile ababambe iqhaza elikhulu ekufakweni kweScottish Enlightenment, iNyuvesi yase-Edinburgh yaziwa njengenye yamanyuvesi ahamba phambili e-United Kingdom. Ngezifundiswa ezihlonishwayo ezinjengo-Alexander Graham Bell, uCharles Darwin, noDavid Hume singasaphathwa sezibhali ezidumile ezinjengoSir Arthur Conan Doyle noJ.K. Rowling, ngisho nezinhloko zezwe eziningana ezingoNdunankulu abathathu baseBrithani.