Scotland is one of the four Countries that forms the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther Ireland. Scotland is the top most part of the British mainland and there are hundreds of islands (Scottish Isles) forming the Scottish territory. Scotland's population is nearly 5.3 million as of the last census studies conducted in 2011. Also Scotland is relatively larger than Sri Lanka in terms of area at 78,387 square kilo meters (Sri Lanka is 65,610 square kilo meters). Although Scotland is a slightly larger country than Sri Lanka, its geography has limited its use. Majority of Scotland is inaccessible by road due to the natural landscape that is mostly covered by mountains and lochs (lakes). Britain's largest loch, Loch Lomond and the tallest mountain, Ben Nevis are both within Scotland. Not just that, sometimes people raise their eyebrows when they heard Scotland has over 790 islands of all sizes.

Hilly Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, has a medieval Old Town and an elegant Georgian New Town, with gardens and neoclassical buildings. It's home to Arthur’s Seat, an extinct volcano in Holyrood Park with sweeping views from its peak. Looming over the city is hilltop Edinburgh Castle, home to Scotland’s crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny, traditionally used in the coronation of Scottish rulers.

Although, Edinburgh is the capital City Glasgow is the largest and most populated City in Scotland. nearly 2 million people live in urban Glasgow. Glasgow was very famous for its Shipbuilding History that boasts every 1 of 3 ships sail to date was built on the River Clyde in Glasgow. That includes Queen Elizabeth 1, Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Mary. In modern days Clyde Shipyards are building almost all of the Flagship Vessels for the Royal Navy including the Type 65 Destroyers and Aircraft Carriers. Glasgow is UK's fourth largest City after London, Birmingham and Leeds.

Other than Edinburgh and Glasgow, there are few other major Cities in Scotland. That includes, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth and Stirling.

This area of the website will give you some useful information to anyone who wish to come to Scotland in three different key areas. We have focused on Professionals, Students and Visitors in this section providing some key information we thought that would be helpful for them. These sections are mostly referring to external information sources therefore SLAS will not be responsible for the accuracy of the information given in external links.