Contact details for the Principal and his support staff, along with other key areas of the University. If you wish to contact the Principal, please email principal@ed.ac.uk, note that emails sent to this address are read by Principal's Office staff.For enquiries about the Principal's availability for a meeting or event, please email PrincipalDiary@ed.ac.uk. Press/media enquiries Any press/media enquiries should be directed to the media team in the first instance: press.office@ed.ac.uk or mobile 07979446209. Further information is available on the Communications and Marketing webpages: Services for the media The Principal's contact details Professor Sir Peter Mathieson (MBBS(Hons)(London), PhD(Cambridge), FRCP(London), FRCPE, FMedSci, FRSE, FRSA) Principal and Vice-Chancellor Principal's Office Contact details Email: principal@ed.ac.uk Web: Professor Sir Peter Mathieson's biography Principal's Office staff NameRoleEmailFiona BoydChief of Staff and Head of the Principal's OfficeFiona.Boyd@ed.ac.ukRhona BrownExecutive Assistantrbrown14@ed.ac.ukNicola HelliwellExecutive OfficerNicola.Helliwell@ed.ac.uk For further information on the various responsibilities of the Principal's Office staff are available here: Roles of the Principal's Office staff Other useful contact details For enquiries requiring an urgent response please contact the relevant department direct.The University Switchboard number is +44(0)131 650 1000 College, School and Departments list Key University Contacts EdHelp - for current students Residence Life - for University accommodation issues Parents and supporters information Complaints Procedure Prospective student information Contact us through an online sign language interpreter British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact the University of Edinburgh via Contact Scotland BSL, the online British Sign Language video relay interpreting service. Find out more on the Contact Scotland British Sign Language website (external) This article was published on 2026-04-10
