20. The University of Edinburgh
Admission rate: 10%
World ranking: 23
First on our list is the University of Edinburgh, one of the world’s top schools. Founded back in 1582, this is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Nowadays it offers three colleges – the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and College of Science and Engineering, containing a total of 20 schools.