Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route and 3 others from Edinburgh, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageIt is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating), Government Authorised Exchange (A rating) and International Sportsperson (A rating) routes. It was on the register by January 2023.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 16 Oct 2026.
On the register by January 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025, so changes in that time show as a range.
Built by comparing copies of the Home Office register: worksponsors/data-process daily copies (from January 2023); our own daily register sync.
Yes. University of Edinburgh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker, Charity Worker, Government Authorised Exchange and International Sportsperson routes.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker, Charity Worker, Government Authorised Exchange and International Sportsperson routes. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists University of Edinburgh for 4 routes: Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating), Government Authorised Exchange (A rating) and International Sportsperson (A rating).
University of Edinburgh was on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors by January 2023. That is the first copy of the register we hold that lists it, so it may have been listed earlier.
The register gives a rating for each route: Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating), Government Authorised Exchange (A rating) and International Sportsperson (A rating).
Companies House has no industry classification on file for University of Edinburgh.
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1,110 other licensed sponsors in Edinburgh hold a Skilled Worker licence too. University of Edinburgh's industry codes are too general to compare on. Employers advertising jobs now are listed first.