Passage: Kafa ta Edinburgh Town Council, jami'ar ta fara rayuwa a matsayin kwalejin shari'a ta amfani da wani ɓangare na gadon da wani da ya kammala karatun Jami'ar St Andrews, Bishop Robert Reid na St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney. Ta hanyar kokarin da Majalisar Birnin da Ministocin Birnin suka yi, cibiyar ta fadada kuma ta zama a hukumance a matsayin kwaleji ta hanyar Yarjejeniyar Masarauta, wanda Sarki James VI na Scotland ya bayar a ranar 14 ga Afrilu 1582 bayan da Majalisar ta gabatar da kara. Wannan ba a taɓa gani ba a cikin sabuwar Presbyterian Scotland, kamar yadda aka kafa tsofaffin jami'o'i a Scotland ta hanyar Papal bulls. An kafa shi a matsayin "Tounis College", ya buɗe ƙofofinsa ga ɗalibai a watan Oktoba 1583. Koyarwa ta fara ne a ƙarƙashin wani St. Robert Rollock Andrews.
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