University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh University, one of the largest seats of learning in the country, can look back over a long tradition. It was founded in 1583 although the buildings largely date from the end of the 18th C and beginning of the 19th C Old College with some tastefully furnished rooms in the Upper Library was designed by Robert Adam in Classical style and the huge dome as added in 1883 by Sir Rowand Anderson. Outside stands a memorial to the inventor James Watt. During the 20th C other buildings elsewhere in Edinburgh have become part of the university campus, such as King's Buildings in West Main (1928), Heriot-Watt University (1966) and the university building with library on George Square.