University of Edinburgh

EDINBURGH MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS

These Scholarships are for Graduate Study in any subject at either Masters or Doctoral level at the University of Edinburgh and will be for two years(with a possibility of a third year for doctoral studies). If awarded an Edinburgh Marshall Scholarship candidates would be expected to study at the University of Edinburgh.

The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583, making it one of Scotland's oldest universities. It is the largest university in Scotland and one of the most multicultural attracting more than 24,000 students from 130 different countries.

With 21 Schools in three Colleges: Humanities and Social Science; Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; and Science and Engineering, the University has over 18,000 undergraduate students and over 6,000 postgraduate students. More than 5,800 international students come to Edinburgh every year and the University offers over 500 first degree programmes and over 300 postgraduate programmes.

The excellence of the University of Edinburgh's research and teaching is recognised around the world; leading to collaborations with other key international universities, companies and organisations, including Stanford University and Shanghai's Fudan University.

The University was recently voted one of the top 10 Universities in Europe and one of the top 40 in the world. Edinburgh is also a member of a number of prestigious national and international organisations, including the Russell Group, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and Universitas 21. The RAE 2008 results demonstrated that 63% of the University's research activity is in the highest categories (4* and 3*), of which one third is recognised as "world-leading". These results place the University in the top 5 in the UK and number one in Scotland by volume of 4* "world-leading" research. The results also indicate that the University is home to 37% of Scotland's 4* research.

As an internationally renowned centre for academic excellence, the University of Edinburgh is the site of many world-class research achievements in the fields of genetics, education and computer science, among others. Former students include the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP and Prime Minister, former MI5 director Stella Rimington, astronaut Piers Sellers, and authors Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as nine Nobel Prize winners, including Professor Charles Barkla and Max Born.

Edinburgh is a truly international city with two million people visiting every year, making it the most popular UK tourist destination after London. It is regularly voted one of the most desirable places to live in the world, with its stunning Georgian and Victorian architecture, and winding medieval streets, it is easy to see why Edinburgh has been listed as a World Heritage Site. As well as being well-known for its friendly people and its green environment, it is a safe and prosperous city with a thriving economy, plenty of parks and open public spaces with no-one living more than two miles from open countryside.

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Winners of the Edinburgh Marshall Scholarships:

2008

Ian Clausen

US University: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Ian Clausen, of Wheaton, IL, will graduate Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English and religious studies from the University of Illinois. There he was distinguished as a James, Cohn and Chancellor's scholar and received the Raymond Seng scholarship for English. His research was among the first published for an academic website on ancient Near Eastern material culture. At Illinois, Ian divided his time by co-founding an AIDS organization, instructing freshmen classes, and leading student ministries on campus and in Asia. A former Cross-Country/Track collegiate athlete, he will read Theological Ethics at the University of Edinburgh in the fall.

Lee Pearson
US University: Duke University

Originally from Spokane, Washington, Lee will graduate as Duke University's first dual-major in Civil/Environmental Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. Pursuing interests in the environment and sustainable development, Lee has studied marine population dynamics in the Florida Keys, researched and published on pipeline dynamics in China, spoke at engineering conferences in Washington DC and Bogotá, and established development projects during his summers in Uganda and Peru for Duke Engineers Without Borders. On campus, as engineering senior class president, Lee enjoys organizing events and enabling underclassmen at weekly engineering socials. Next year, he plans to study Ecological Economics at the University of Edinburgh.

Michael Barany

US University: Cornell University

For someone who could not count past 29 when he started school, it is especially appropriate that Michael Barany's areas of mathematical research have included combinatorics, the study of counting, and analysis on infinite-dimensional fractals. Attending closely to the critical underpinnings of his mathematical work, he will continue his study of the history, sociology, and philosophy of mathematics at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. Michael is also secretary on the board of directors of the Telluride Association, an educational non-profit corporation.

2011

Josephine Chambers

US University: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Josie Chambers graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Integrative Biology, and minors in Anthropology and Chemistry. During her four years, Josie researched honeybee genomics, worked on primate conservation projects in Uganda and Costa Rica, and organized environmental lectures and educational programs as co-founder of UIUC Roots & Shoots. Currently working in Peru to conserve endangered primate habitat, Josie aspires to work towards sustainable and equitable management of tropical forests. She plans to study conservation management at Edinburgh and Cambridge. While not in the forest, Josie enjoys video editing, running, singing, and playing guitar.