Edinburgh Humanities among world's best

The University of Edinburgh has once again secured its place as one of the world's best places to study the arts and humanities. For the second year running the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012/2013, rated the University 11th in the world for the humanities, 4th in the UK and Europe. The poll, announced this month, saw the University rise four places overall, to 32nd in the world. This year's rankings indicate a widening gap between a "super-elite” group of UK universities, which includes Edinburgh, and the rest of the country's institutions, according to the Times Higher. The survey is based on performance indicators that examine teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. At subject level we only rank the world's very, very best institutions, in a global top 50, so it is a real achievement to be listed at all. So to make 11th place is outstanding.