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Alumni or former staff of the University include engineer James Watt, economist Adam Smith, physicist Lord Kelvin, seven Nobel laureates, and many leading figures from the Scottish Enlightenment as well as the legal, scientific and business professions. Moreover, Glasgow counts many prominent politicians amongst its alumni. These have included two British Prime Ministers, several leaders of Britain's and Scotland's major political parties, and numerous members of the cabinets and shadow cabinets of the Westminster and Holyrood parliaments. Entry to the university is highly competitive; applications for each place on many of its courses run into double figures, and successful entrants have on average almost 460 UCAS points. This ranks as the 11th highest among UK higher education institutions.