Reconstitution of Faculties into Colleges, 2002

In 2002, Edinburgh University underwent a major structural change. Its nine Faculties were reconstituted as three Colleges, while Departments were reorganised and replaced by Schools.

Colleges

• The College of Humanities and Social Science replaced the Faculties of Arts, Divinity, Education, Law, Music, and Social Sciences.
• The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine replaced the Faculties of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
• The College of Science and Engineering replaced the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Twenty-two schools were created within these colleges, as follows:

Humanities and Social Science

• Arts, Culture and Environment
• Business School
• Divinity
• Economics
• Health in Social Science
• History, Classics and Archaeology
• Law
• Literatures, Languages and Cultures
• Moray House School of Education
• Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
• Social and Political Science

Following merger between Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University in 2011, the School of Arts, Culture and Environment was subsumed within an enlarged Edinburgh College of Art.

Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

• Biomedical Sciences
• Clinical Sciences
• Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences
• Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

Science and Engineering

• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Engineering
• GeoSciences
• Informatics
• Mathematics
• Physics and Astronomy

Other University Events in 2002

• Opening of New Medical School
• Fire Damage to School of Informatics