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		smcl on Jan 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do I need to go to a big-name university? Same thing here in Scotland. However even though we have plenty of good universities, we don't have anything quite like MIT, Harvard or Caltech.

nickbarnwell on Jan 30, 2011 [–]

While it's no comparison for the global recognition that like Harvard, Oxbridge, et. al enjoy, within certain fields the Scottish Unis are quite well known. For example, Edinburgh is widely regarded to be the worldwide leader in AI Research, and St. Andrews has a renowned International Relations division.

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