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    University of Edinburgh with more than 18,000 students, is the largest university in Scotland. Though junior to Glasgow, it is more than 400 years old and sees itself as being woven into the fabric of Scottish life. The university's campuses are based in the centre of the city - one of Britain's most beautiful which, despite its age and lashings of high culture, teems with vitality. There is a variety of things to do here.

    As a great civic university, Edinburgh especially values its intellectual and economic relationship with the Scottish community that forms its base and provides the foundation from which it will continue to look to the widest international horizons, enriching both itself and Scotland.

    As a world-leading centre of academic excellence we aim to:Provide the highest quality learning and teaching environment for the greater wellbeing of our students. Produce graduates fully equipped to achieve the highest personal and professional standards. Make a significant, sustainable and socially responsible contribution to Scotland, the UK and the world, promoting health and economic and cultural wellbeing.

cooperation professor:Uwe Schneider.

about Uwe Schneider professor:

    he was studied Chemistry in Würzburg and Marburg, Germany, and in Lille and Lyon, France. After obtaining a Ph.D. degree working with Professors Xavier Pannecoucke and Jean-Charles Quirion at IRCOF in Rouen, France (2003), then moved in 2004 to the University of Tokyo, Japan, to join the group of Professor Shu Kobayashi as a JST-Postdoctoral Research Associate. Subsequently, as an ERATO Group Leader (2006-2007) and an Assistant Professor (2007-2011). Recently, recipient of two GCOE Overseas Lectureship Awards (2008 and 2010), a GCOE Chemistry Innovation Grant to Young Principal Investigators (2009-2010), and a Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2011).

    Research focus on the catalytic activation of strong bonds in small molecules and the development of unprecedented, selective bond transformations in water or alternative 'green' solvents. Explore chemical elements in their unusually low-oxidation or low-valence states, because these molecules potentially display intriguing properties readily exploitable in catalysis.