University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh was a university in the Scottish city of Edinburgh.

The Second Doctor claimed to have obtained a PhD in psychiatry from the university. (PROSE: The Juror's Story)

Prior to his career as a novelist, Arthur Conan Doyle studied medicine in Edinburgh. During his time there, he was introduced to the Doctor by Dr Joseph Bell. (AUDIO: The Monstrous Menagerie)

In 1879, the Tenth Doctor, using the pseudonym Dr James McCrimmon, told Queen Victoria that he studied under Bell in Edinburgh. (TV: Tooth and Claw)

In 2009, the Tenth Doctor's companion, Heather McCrimmon, studied history there. (COMIC: The Chromosome Connection) One day Heather and the Tenth Doctor went to the summer ball of the university. At the ball a female Gumpii attempting to conquer Earth with a group of Kulgaris under her control. The Doctor later caught the Gumpii and put Kulgaris' chains on her. (COMIC: The Ball and Chain Gang)