Edinburgh : Recent accolades and awards
1 st Best city ( UK ) for students to live and study — Liberty Living Survey , 2018
1 st The healthiest high street in the UK — The Royal Society for Public Health , 2018
1 st ‘ Most liveable city in the world ’ — Arcadis ’ 2018 Sustainable Cities Index
1 st Top UK City ( best prospects for economic growth ) — The UK Vitality Index , 2019
1 st ‘ The UK ’ s most attractive city to live and work ’ — Royal Mail , 2018
1 st ‘ Britain ’ s best city to visit ’ - Top 20 travel destinations — Telegraph Travel Awards , 2018
A hop , skip and jump to the wider world
Transport links to Edinburgh are excellent . You can easily head north to spend a weekend skiing or hill-walking . You are only 45 minutes from Glasgow or 4 hours from London by train . In the city centre , the bus services are extensive , providing frequent links in and around the city . Air links are convenient and widespread , it takes just over an hour to get to Paris , Dublin or Amsterdam . You can check out which destinations you can fly to from Edinburgh airport at www . edinburghairport . com / flights / destinations-and-airlines .
For further information on getting to campus , including information on parking , see our website at : www . qmu . ac . uk / location-and-getting-here
1 st ‘ The UK ’ s Best Destination for Young People ’ in British Educational Travel Association ’ s British Youth Travel Awards , 2018 .
1 st ‘ Scotland ’ s Kindest City ’ in a report commissioned by Travelodge , 2018 .
1 st ‘ One of the world ’ s top twenty must-see literary destinations ’ — Expedia . com users , 2018
1 st ‘ The best UK destination for a weekend away ’ for the third year in a row by Which ? readers , 2018
1 st ‘ One of the best places to live in the UK for those aged under 26 ’ — BBC analysis , 2018
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1 st ‘ One of the best cities in the world for students ’ — higher education data analysts QS , 2018
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