School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh School of Informatics
The Informatics Forum, home to the School of Informatics since 2008
Established1998 (1998)
Parent institution
University of Edinburgh
Head of SchoolHelen Hastie[1]
Academic staff
370[2]
Administrative staff
96[2]
Students1717[3]
Undergraduates1020[3]
Postgraduates697[3]
Location
Edinburgh
,
Scotland
,
UK
Websitewww.ed.ac.uk/informatics

The School of Informatics is an academic unit of the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, responsible for research, teaching, outreach and commercialisation in informatics. It was created in 1998 from the former department of artificial intelligence, the Centre for Cognitive Science and the department of computer science, along with the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute (AIAI) and the Human Communication Research Centre.[citation needed]

Research in the School of Informatics draws on multiple disciplines. The school is particularly known for research in the areas of artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, systems biology, mathematical logic and theoretical computer science; but also contributes to many other areas of informatics.

The School of Informatics is ranked 20th in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2023. As of 2022, the school is ranked 1st in the UK according to CSRankings,[4] 1st in the UK in the latest 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) by research power,[5] and 1st in the world for natural language processing (NLP).[6]

  1. ^ "Contact us". University of Edinburgh School of Informatics. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Staff Headcount & Full Time Equivalent Statistics (FTE) as at Oct 17". Human Resources, The University of Edinburgh. October 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "University of Edinburgh Factsheet 2017/2018" (PDF). Governance & Strategic Planning, The University of Edinburgh. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ Berger, Emery D. (2020). "CSRankings".
  5. ^ "Research rankings confirm Edinburgh as world leader". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  6. ^ Berger, Emery D. (2020). "CSRankings".