The University of Edinburgh is globally recognised for its research, development and innovation and has been providing students with world-class teaching for more than 425 years (ranked 20th best university in the World, 5th in UK, 1st in Scotland). The School of Engineering was ranked third in the last Research Assessment Exercise (HEFCE) in terms of quality and volume of research activities among Engineering Schools in the United Kingdom, after the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
The EPSRC Industrial Centre for Doctoral Training for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) is a partnership of the Universities of Edinburgh, Exeter, Strathclyde and Swansea, and Scottish Association for Marine Science. IDCORE has been previously funded, in 2018 by EPSRC and NERC (EP/S023933/1) and in 2012 by EPSRC and ETI (EP/J500847/1).
