We offer students the optimum balance of theoretical and practical education to prepare them for successful careers, in a friendly and supportive learning environment. Renowned for relevant research and knowledge exchange work which focuses on making a positive impact on society, we have widely recognised expertise in health & rehabilitation, sustainable business, and creativity & culture.
Relevant courses and placements, top ranking graduate employment statistics, and a great location and campus are just a few of the many reasons to choose QMU, ranked top modern university in Scotland in the Times Good University Guide 2020.
Real students, past and present, share their QMU experience from Year One to Graduation and everything in between.
Our research at QMU is rated world-leading and internationally excellent. Find out more about how our research is improving lives.
Our campus offers a friendly and supportive learning environment, with easy access to Edinburgh life. Discover more about what our beautiful campus has to offer.
Nurses from Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, have been shortlisted in three separate cate read more
14 February 2020Two students from Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, will have the opportunity to live, wor read more
13 February 2020UCU’s national higher education committee has called for a further 14 days of strike action over pay read more
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03 - 04 March 2020Media graduates need practical skills, but they also need to see media in a new social context. In read more
29 January 2020It perhaps seems counter-intuitive to celebrate our failures. Who, after all, wants to draw attentio read more
28 January 2020The GHI Research Team shares impressions from exploratory fieldwork on a neglected issue. read more
10 January 2020 More Blogsof our undergraduate leavers are in employment or further study six months after graduation.
(HESA, July 2018)
We were established in 1875 to address pressing social needs and hold true to that vision today.
We are the first and only Scottish university to host a Business Gateway on campus.
We have created 40+ graduate start-ups through our Business Innovation Zone.
of our research is ranked as world leading or internationally excellent.
of our students are from outside the UK.
There are students studying for our degrees with partner organisations in India, Singapore, Nepal, Greece and Egypt.
We are the highest ranked ‘post ’92’ university in Scotland in the Complete University Guide 2020.
('post ’92' refers to institutions granted university status since 1992.)
We are ranked top modern university in Scotland in the Times Good University Guide 2020.
