University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science
The School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh is a department within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Its member subject areas conduct research and teaching in the following disciplines:
In addition to these core subjects, the school has a number of centres and institutes, such as the Europa Institute, Centre for Security Research, Innogen Institute and the Centres of African Studies, Canadian Studies and South Asian Studies.
The School is primarily based in the Chrystal Macmillan Building on George Square, named after the suffragist and first female science graduate of the university. It is the University of Edinburgh's only building named after a woman.
The School employes over 400 full-time and part-time academics and almost 100 professional services staff. Its current dean is sociologist Professor Linda McKie.
The School's subject areas are consistently placed in the top 100 departments globally in academic rankings, such as the Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the QS World University Rankings.Academy of Government
The Academy of Government at the University of Edinburgh was a public policy and public administration school from 2012 to 2018. It offered master's degrees in public policy and, from 2012, public administration. The Academy's Director was Charlie Jeffery, who was also Professor of Politics and Head of the School of Social and Political Science. In 2018 some of its activities were merged into the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and the academy ceased functioning.
