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Welcome to the University of Edinburgh:Influencing the world since 1583

THE UNIVERSITY ofEDINBURGH

Our proud history and alumni ambassadors

For more than 400 years our people have been making their mark on the world. Theyve explored space, revolutionised surgery, won Nobel

Prizes, published era-dening books, run the country, paved the way or lie-saving breakthroughs and laid the oundations or solving the

mysteries o the universe. By choosing urther study or research at Edinburgh you will be joining a community o scholars who have been at

the oreront o knowledge since 1583.

We are associated with 15 Nobel Prize winners, including physicists Charles Barkla and Max Born, medical researcher Peter Doherty,

economist Sir James Mirrlees and biologist Sir Paul Nurse. Our amous alumni include NASA astronaut Piers Sellers, ormer

MI5 Director-General Dame Stella Rimington, Olympians Sir Chris Hoy and Katherine Grainger and historical greats such as philosopher

David Hume, physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell, inventor Alexander Graham Bell and Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur

Conan Doyle.

Teaching and research excellence

We are consistently ranked as one o the worlds top 50* universities. As host to more than 30,000 students rom some 130 countries,

studying across 100 academic disciplines, the University o Edinburgh continues to attract the worlds greatest minds. World-leading

research is produced by 96 per cent** o our academic departments, placing Edinburgh in the top ve in the UK or research. Our excellent

teaching was also conrmed in the latest report rom the Quality Assurance Agency, which awarded us the highest rating possible or the

quality o the student learning experience.

Collaborations and international partnerships

As an internationally renowned centre o academic excellence, Edinburgh is the site o many world-class research collaborations. Our

postgraduate students are crucial to our continued success and development and, along with our sta, they orge research links through regular

travel and overseas exchanges. We take pride in our partnerships with other institutions such as the Caliornia Institute o Technology, Stanord

University, the University o Melbourne, Peking University, the University o Delhi and the University o KwaZulu-Natal to name but a ew.


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ContentsWelcome to the School o Philosophy, 2Psychology & Language Sciences

Facilities and resources 3

Community 4

Employability and graduate attributes 5

Taught masters programmes 6

Research at the School o Philosophy, 13Psychology & Language Sciences

Research opportunities 14

Funding 16

How to apply 18

Get in touch 19

Campus map 20

You are now in a place where the best courses upon Earth are within

your reach... such an opportunity you will never again have.

Thomas Jeerson

American Founding Father and President (speaking to his son-in-law,

Thomas Mann Randolph, as he began his studies in 1786)

Linking research and commerce

Edinburgh was one o the rst UK universities to actively develop commercial links with industry, government and the proessions.

Edinburgh Research and Innovation (ERI) has continued, or the past our decades, to develop the promotion and commercialisation

o the Universitys research excellence. ERI assists our postgraduates in taking a rst step to market, whether it is through collaborative

research, licensing technology or providing consultancy services.

Enhancing your career

With the best track record or graduate employment in the Russell Group, the University o Edinburgh is committed to embedding

employability into the teaching and learning experience. From oering access to volunteering schemes to providing support rom our

sector-leading Careers Service, the University gives students myriad opportunities to develop the skills, knowledge and experience to give

them the edge in a competitive job market.

An inspiring destination

Your rst-class education will take place in one o Europes most striking capital cities, which is regularly voted one o the best places in the

world to live. Edinburgh enjoys a solid reputation as a centre or innovation, whether as home to the 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment or

as a modern source o pioneering science, medicine and technology. You couldnt ask or a more inspiring setting in which to urther your

knowledge and broaden your horizons.

Join usEdinburgh oers unparalleled academic breadth and diversity, making it a vibrant, challenging and stimulating environment or postgraduate

study. Whether you plan to change direction, enhance your existing career or develop in-depth knowledge o your area o study, the

University o Edinburgh provides a world-class learning experience.

*Times Higher EducationWorld University Rankings ** Research Assessment Exercise 2008


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Welcome to the School o Philosophy,

Psychology & Language Sciences

The School o Philosophy, Psychology &

Language Sciences (PPLS) oers a rich

environment or postgraduate study and

research. Students in the School benet rom

the close links between the three core

teaching areas, as well as rom our connections

with other world-class research groups at the

University o Edinburgh and beyond. PPLS also

plays a central role in major interdisciplinary

research centres such as the Centre or

Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology

and the Human Communication Research

Centre.

PhilosophyThe University o Edinburghs Philosophy unit is

one o the largest and best in the UK. We host

a vibrant community o about 100

postgraduate students who have access to a

wealth o research expertise. In the latest

Research Assessment Exercise (2008), our

research was judged to be on a par with the

universities o Oxord and Cambridge. Our

research programme covers most aspects o

philosophy, with particular strengths in

epistemology, ethics, history o philosophy

(especially ancient and early modern

philosophy), and philosophy o mind and

cognition.

Philosophy was one o the rst subjects to be

taught at Edinburgh when the University was

ounded in 1583. By studying philosophy with

us, you will become part o an illustrious history

that has produced infuential thinkers such as

David Hume, Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson and

Dugald Stewart, whose pioneering ideas,

developed during the Scottish Enlightenment

era, are widely considered to have helped to

shape the modern world. Today, our teaching

and research continue their spirit o innovation,

ambition and impact.

PsychologyPsychology has been taught at Edinburgh or

more than 100 years, and our research

programme has expanded rapidly over the

past decade. By joining us you will become

part o a large and active postgraduatecommunity, learning and researching alongside

world-leading academic sta, including the

editors o major journals in the eld. Our

research is organised into three broad themes:

dierential psychology, human cognitive

neuroscience, and language, cognition and

communication. Working together, researchers

rom these groups address questions ranging

rom the links between acial symmetry and

mental health, to the ways in which we are

able to nish each others sentences in

conversation.

Psychology researchers collaborate closely with

colleagues elsewhere in PPLS and the

University. We have a strong presence in the

Human Communication Research Centre and

in the Scottish Imaging Network (SINAPSE), and

we host the internationally important Centre

or Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive

Epidemiology (CCACE).

Linguistics andEnglish LanguageEdinburgh was one o the rst universities in

the UK to teach linguistics and this has helped

position us as one o the worlds top 10

academic units in this eld. We oer a diverse

range o exciting and challenging Postgraduate

opportunities, whether you are looking or PhD

study into the history o regional variation inEnglish or a taught masters programme

dealing with current issues in speech

technology.

In addition to our ground-breaking work in

core areas o linguistics, we are one o Europes

largest interdisciplinary centres, producing

highly rated work engaging with disciplines

including biology, education, psychology,

cognitive science, and speech and language

technologies. We have strong links with the

Universitys world-leading School oInormatics, through our involvement in the

Human Communication Research Centre and

the Centre or Speech Technology Research.

From unravelling the secrets o the ageing process to shaping tomorrows speech technologies, sta at

the University o Edinburghs School o Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences are at the oreront

o innovation.

Raymond Critch

Teacher at Memorial University, Newoundland, Canada

Studied at Edinburgh: PhD Philosophy

I chose Edinburgh to work with the antastic supervisors: I wanted to have people whose work I respected helping me to improve

my own work, and they were brilliant. The constant intellectual stimulation rom reading groups, the epistemology speakers

series, and the departmental seminars proved a ertile environment or developing my own abilities, and the work-in-progress

seminars helped me to develop my presentation skills.


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The School is based in the Dugald Stewart

Building and at 7 George Square. The Dugald

Stewart Building is part o the Universitys

state-o-the-art Potterrow development, a

winner o numerous architecture and design

awards. Completed in 2008, this space oers a

contemporary environment in which to learn

and collaborate. Our George Square building is

a converted set o three Georgian townhouses,

oering a beautiul setting or the modernacilities it now houses. Both buildings are

within a stones throw o the iconic Main

Library, which has recently been extensively

improved. The Main Library is one o more

than 30 libraries youll have access to as a

postgraduate, including the Schools own

library, which has its own specialist librarian

and provides an exceptional environment or

postgraduate study. All University o Edinburgh

postgraduates additionally have access to the

extensive holdings o the National Library o

Scotland and the National Archives o

Scotland, within walking distance o our

central campus.

Help is at hand

The PPLS Postgraduate Administration Oce ishere to support you rom when you make an

application to when you leave the University.

The postgraduate admin team also act as a

central point o contact or the many

University student services and are able to

direct you to the appropriate services, whether

you need help with your studies or advice

about living in Edinburgh.

The School has its own technical support team

who can help with anything rom general

computing issues to graphic design. Together

with the excellent central support at the

University, we are able to provide a superb IT

inrastructure or learning and research.

Everything you needAs a student at Edinburgh you will have access

to extensive computing acilities, both in PPLSand across the campus. PhD students are

allocated dedicated study space and

computers; masters students have access to

shared oce suites in each o our buildings. All

students have access to additional computing

labs around the University in convenient places

such as at halls o residence, and in the main

library, and to PPLSs own labs in the Dugald

Stewart Building and in nearby Appleton

Tower. Laptop users will nd wireless

networking coverage throughout the

University.

Computers within PPLS are congured with

specic sotware to support the Schools

needs, including packages or acoustic

analysis, statistics, and experimental design

and execution. As well as sotware, we have

extensive acilities or data collection and

experimentation, ranging rom movement

tracking to electroencephalography (EEG).

At the core o our experimental acilities are

three suites o experiment booths, each

equipped with one or more computers,

together with ast displays and relevant

hardware such as response boxes. We also

house a number o eyetrackers to allow us

to record participants eye movements when

reading or viewing visual scenes, and a

64-channel EEG recording acility allowing us

to record event-related potential (ERP) and

related measures. To record articulation in

dialogue situations, we have two

electromagnetic articulographs (EMAs); we are

also home to a high-quality acoustic recording

studio. 7 George Square houses an MRI

scanner simulator, used to prepare participants

or studies in collaboration with the Scottish

Brain Imaging Research Centre at the Western

General Hospital in Edinburgh.

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Facilities and resourcesOur students are based in and around George Square, on our central campus at the heart o Edinburgh. We

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Community

Our researchers are among the worlds

oremost experts in areas ranging rom

epistemology to cognitive ageing, taking in

ancient philosophy, sociolinguistics, ormal

syntax, philosophy o mind, and many more.

With more than 100 active researchers and a

300-strong postgraduate community, therange o topics we cover is vast. We are proud

to be at the centre o one o the largest

groupings o language researchers in Europe,

and home o the worlds biggest group o

researchers into the evolution o language.

We are at the oreront o research into the

ways in which memory unctions are aected

by Alzheimers disease, and into the interplay

between genetics, personality and behaviour.

Our work on the philosophy o cognitive

neuroscience, and on the relationship between

the brain and the mind, is world-leading and

our Institute or Historical Dialectology is

setting a new agenda or the study o

language change.

Discuss, debate, developWe host major conerences every year, which

postgraduate students are encouraged to

attend. Recent conerences have included

Cognitive Science, Hume Ater 300 Years and

the Sociolinguistics Summer School. Edinburgh

is a major destination or visiting speakers and

each o the Schools core disciplines runs

seminar series hosting key researchers rom

around the world. We also have a number o

more inormal meetings, such as the

interdisciplinary Philosophy, Psychology and

Inormatics Reading Group. In addition, we run

a range o reading groups tailored to specic

research interests. As a postgraduate student

you will be encouraged to make the most o

your studies by getting involved in these

groups. You will also have the opportunityto run student-led events, such as the

Language at Edinburgh Lunch, held regularly

as a University-wide orum or students and

sta involved in language research to

exchange ideas.

Inormation on many o our research group

meetings and seminars can be ound on the

School events web page at

www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/events.

Sharing our knowledge

We are spearheading a scheme to bring

philosophy into schools, and postgraduate

students have been integral to this new

development. Edinburgh is also a world-leading

venue or research into embodied cognition, a

topic that has lots o practical implications,

including the development o better human-

machine interaces, the extension o the senses

(using sensory substitution technologies), and

the exploration o cognitive prosthetics and

human-machine hybrids. Edinburgh

researchers are also involved in work on theemerging philosophy o the web, and have

benetted rom PhD unding rom Microsot.

Our work in psychology includes collaborations

with many non-academic groups, such as

healthcare proessionals, carers, speech

therapists and voluntary organisations, and is

intended to have an impact on people well

beyond the University. For example, through

our work with Alzheimer Scotland, we are

involved not only in organising public events

but also in the shaping o public policy on

support or people with dementia. We

disseminate and discuss our research in a

variety o ways. We arrange seminars that are

open to the public; we present talks at the

International Science Festival; our research is

reported in the press; we contribute to radio

and television programmes; and we are

involved with public exhibitions and live theatre

perormances.

Our Bilingualism Matters project helps teachers,parents and children all over the world. The

project investigates the benets o bilingualism

and shares its ndings through talks presented

to community groups, nurseries and schools in

a variety o countries.

Our work on speech synthesis technology is

also having a major impact. In addition to

creating a number o spin-out companies and

leading to the current speech synthesis group

in Google, our work is benetting people who

need to use computer-generated speech to

communicate, by giving them personalised,individual voices.

Our postgraduate teaching is rooted in our research. Our research thrives on the close relationships betweenthe Schools subject areas, and on our links within the University, throughout the UK and worldwide. We are

committed to the local and global communities, seeking to share our knowledge and to learn rom others.

Angelica Kaumann

PhD student at University o Antwerp

Studied at Edinburgh: MSc by Research

Philosophy Mind, Language and

Embodied Cognition

Having a degree rom the University o

Edinburgh played a crucial role in being

accepted in all the institutions where I

applied to pursue doctoral studies. To

be awarded by a top-ranked university

made me a reliable candidate or

obtaining competitive positions. One o

the things that distinguishes Edinburgh

is that it is a research university andthereore is the perect environment to

start building an academic career.

Edinburgh is one o the most beautiul

places Ive ever visited, and I travel a lot.

It was a wonderul living experience. Its

a riendly place and very welcoming

with oreign students. It has a vibrant

cultural and social lie, but also oers

space or peaceul study or work. Its a

place I would consider living

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Training or lieAs an intrinsic part o your training, our

postgraduates acquire and develop skills in

critical evaluation o research, collaborative

working, and written and oral presentation.

Depending on your specialism you will also

gain skills in areas such as research planning

and execution, ormal logic, data collection

and analysis, computer programming, and

working with historical texts and arteacts.

Shared thinkingAs a student in PPLS, youll be part o an

environment where linguists, psychologists

and philosophers routinely share ideas, with

each other and with like-minded people across

the University. This unique environment will

give you the chance to explore beyond the

boundaries o your discipline, and to

contribute to new, interdisciplinary knowledge.

Interdisciplinary research ts well into a city

with a rich cultural and intellectual lie

including museums, galleries, theatres,

cinemas and the Edinburgh International

Festival and Fringe. You will also have access to

the 180 student societies supported by the

Edinburgh University Students Association,

covering all areas o interest including sport,

music, drama and the arts. In addition, the

University oers opportunities to learn new

skills, or example in other languages, through

the Oce o Lielong Learning.

Beyond studyWe build career development into the annual

review process or PhD students to ensure that

by the time youve completed your doctorate

you have not only completed a rst-rate thesis

but have also built up the skills and experience

prospective employers look or, such as a good

publication record, teaching experience, an

impressive list o conerence talks, a polished

CV and writing sample, and an engaging jobpitch. We are particularly proud o our

near-100 per cent academic placement record

in philosophy, and in the successul careers

that many o our graduates have gone on to

pursue.

Institute or AcademicDevelopment

All o our postgraduate students have the

opportunity to benet rom the UniversitysInstitute or Academic Development (IAD), which

provides inormation, events and courses to

develop the skills you will need now and in the

uture.

The IAD oers one o the most established

university research and career skills training

packages in the UK. Our IAD experts will help you

gain the skills, knowledge and condence

needed to move onto the next stage in your

career, be that in a proessional sector or within

academia.

The Institute provides PhD researchers and

masters by research students with dedicated

training in topics such as research management;

personal eectiveness; communication skills;

public engagement, networking and team

working; leadership and career management.

You can gain expertise in inormation technology

and presentation skills; condence in

undertaking independent and creative research;

the ability to critically evaluate source materials;

and the capacity to construct intellectually

rigorous arguments.

For taught postgraduates, the IAD provides a

growing range o tailored study-related and

transerable skills workshops, plus online adviceand learning resources. These are all designed

to help you settle into postgraduate lie,

succeed during your studies, and move

condently onwards to the next stage o your

career.

Developing these broader proessional skills and

qualities means that our postgraduate students

are always in high demand.

For more inormation please visit

www.ed.ac.uk/iad/postgraduates.

Careers Service

The Universitys award-winning Careers Service

aims to expand the horizons o all our

students, enabling you to make inormed

career decisions and progress towards high

personal and proessional achievement,

whether in work or in urther study. Our goal is

to oer you a world-class service.

Our teams o subject-specic expert advisers

are here to help at any time in yourprogramme o study. We oer impartial

guidance and inormation, and draw on our

relationships with a wide range o employing

and training organisations. For more

inormation on the ull range o services

available, including access to vacancies, advice

on starting your own business, getting

published, working internationally or even

volunteering, visit the postgraduate section o

our website at www.ed.ac.uk/careers.

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Employability and graduate attributes

Many o the graduates o our PhD programmes obtain academic positions, and many graduates o ourmasters programmes continue to PhD study in Edinburgh and elsewhere. Other graduates have entered a

wide range o employment, including careers as translators, language tutors, business consultants, social

workers, school teachers, charity managers and language development coordinators in local government.



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AnCiEnT PhiLoSoPhywww.ed.ac.uk/pg/388

MSc 1 yr FT (2 yrs PT available or UK/EU students)

Programme description

Delivered jointly by Philosophy and Classics, this programme will introduce you

to the main elds, topics and research methods in ancient philosophy. You will

be exposed to the main doctrines and texts o ancient philosophy rom a broad

range o areas including Pre-Socratics, Plato and Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy

and Late Antiquity. You will develop the ability to reconstruct, analyse and

critically assess philosophical arguments and doctrines on the basis o a careul

study o the texts.

The programme is appropriate not only or applicants who have previously

studied philosophy and classics, but also those with backgrounds in history,

political theory, science and literature.

Programme structure

This programme comprises two semesters o taught courses ollowed by a

dissertation. You will select one core course in each semester, and choose

a urther our optional courses. You can select appropriate courses outside

Philosophy and Classics.

Compulsory courses: Introduction to Philosophical Methods; Introduction

to Mind, Language, and Embodied Cognition; Mind and Body in Early Modern

Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Free Will and Moral Responsibility; Advanced

Philosophical Method; Advanced Topics in Mind, Language & Embodied

Cognition; Value Theory 2.

Optional courses may include: Ancient Philosophy Seminar; Ancient Ethics;

Ancient Theories o Knowledge; History o Science and Religion in the Christian

Tradition; Ancient Philosophy Seminar II; Aristotle; Christian-Muslim Relations

and the Relationship Between the World o Islam and the West; Epicurus and

Epicureanism.

Career opportunities

This is the ideal programme i you wish to pursue a career in academia, or

improve your analytical skills.

Minimum entry requirements

A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/

country).

English language requirements:See page 18

Tuition ees in 2012/13*

1 yr FT: UK/EU 5,750; international 15,750

2 yrs PT: UK/EU 2,875 per year

*Fees change annually. For the most up-to-date inormation about ees see

www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding.

Programme Director:

Dr Inna Kupreeva

T: +44 (0)131 651 3188 E: [email protected]

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With a strong emphasis on developing skills and knowledge that can be applied

in proessional settings, this intensive programme draws on knowledge about

language, how it works and how it aects real-lie issues. You will explore how

language is used in a variety o social settings, compare language variability with

social diversity and examine how knowledge about language as it is actually used

can impact on peoples lives.

We were the rst in the UK to oer a programme in applied linguistics, so you will

benet rom a long-established tradition o teaching in this area, much o which

is delivered by world-leading experts.

Programme structure

This programme comprises two semesters o taught courses, ollowed by a

dissertation. Four compulsory core courses provide a solid oundation in the

undamentals o Applied Linguistics, while the optional courses oer you the

opportunity to explore your areas o interest.

Compulsory courses: Introduction to Sociolinguistics; Introduction to Discourse

Analysis; Issues in Applied Linguistics; Introduction to Language Research.

Optional courses may include: Special Topics in Sociolinguistics; Language

and Identity in Bilingual Settings; Discourse Studies; Second Language Acquisition;

Topics in Grammar and Discourse; Global Englishes; Corpus Linguistics;

Pragmatics.


This programme has been designed to help progress your career as a linguist in

academia or in industries such as articial intelligence.


A UK 2:1 degree or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/

country), preerably in linguistics, or substantial practical experience as a

language proessional.

English language requirements:See page18



2 yrs PT: UK/EU 2,875 per year*Fees change annually. For the most up-to-date inormation about ees see


Programme Director:

Dr Joseph Gaaranga


Taught masters programmes


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The programme combines the scientic study o human cognition with the

application o cognitive science to broader societal concerns. Students ocus

on core methodologies and theories o cognitive science, but also explore the

synergy between cognitive science and its applications. This unies orms o

scholarly activity that are oten pursued independently.

You will develop the skills to embark on your own research project and will learn

how to communicate research, so i you are interested in developing a research

career or in working within science communication, this programme will provide

an excellent oundation.

Programme structure


dissertation.

Compulsory courses: Transerring Knowledge to Society; Human Cognition:

Science and Application to Society; Psychological Research Skills; Introduction to

Statistics and Experimental Design; Cognition, Culture and Context.

Optional courses may include: Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive

Epidemiology; Human-Computer Interaction; Working Memory in the Healthy

and the Damaged Brain; Psychology o Language Learning; Child Bilingualism:

Language and Cognition; Maturational Constraints on Language Acquisition;

Simulating Language; Psycholinguistics; Origins and Evolution o Language;Advanced topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition; Concepts and

Categorisation; Disorders o Language Functions .


The programme is intended or those who wish to pursue advanced research in

human cognition in science and society. It may also be useul or those who wish

to work in science communication.


A UK 2:1, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/

country), preerably in psychology, linguistics, philosophy, or computing

science/inormatics.







Programme Director:

Proessor Robert Logie


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Exploring questions like how do children learn language? or what happens

when we orget a language?, this programme will develop your understanding

o how knowledge o language changes as people acquire or lose language

at various points in their liespan. Joining a vibrant research community o

developmental linguists, you will have the opportunity to carry out advanced

research to try to answer these questions and others related to the area o

language development and bilingualism.

Programme structure


dissertation.

Compulsory courses: Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics; Introduction

to Syntax; First Language Acquisition; Second Language Acquisition; Psychology

o Language Learning; Dissertation: MSc in Developmental Linguistics.

Optional courses may include: Introduction to Statistics and Experimental

Design; Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R; Language and Identity in

Bilingual Settings; Origins and Evolution o Language; Prosody; Psycholinguistics;

Sentence Comprehension; Discourse Comprehension; Language Production;

Visual Word Recognition; Bilingual First Language Development; Simulating

Language.

Career opportunitiesThis programme will provide you with the specialised skills you need to perorm

research in language learning and development. It will also serve as a solid basis

or doctoral study.



country), preerably in linguistics, psychology or other related subject.







Programme Director:

Dr Mits Ota




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Joining an internationally acclaimed centre or research and teaching in the

linguistic study o English, you will explore in depth a global language with a

rich history and great social and geographical variation. You will be taught by

world-leading experts who will give you a detailed awareness o the ways in

which English is used in Britain and around the world. This intensive programme

will enable you to delve deeper into the structure o the languages phonology,

syntax and semantics and modern and historical development.

Programme structure


dissertation. You will take our compulsory courses and our optional courses.You may also be able to take a course rom other degree programmes in the

School o Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, and in some cases, rom

elsewhere in the Unviersity.

Compulsory courses: Introduction to Phonology; Introduction to Syntax;

Introduction to Semantics; Introduction to Language Research.

Optional courses may include: English Grammar: a Cognitive Approach;

English Historical Syntax; Historical Phonology; Lexical Semantics; Northern

English; Middle English; Scots and Scottish English; Principles and Applications o

Medieval Dialectology; Reading Old English; Corpus Linguistics; Global English;

English Word-Formation; Figurative Language; Dialectology o the British Is les;

Pragmatics; Diachronic Linguistics.


The programme has been designed to help you progress your career as an

English language specialist in academia. The analytical skills you develop and the

research training you receive will be valuable in a wide range o careers.



country), preerably in modern or classical language, English literature, or history.







Programme Director:

Dr Claire Cowie


EvoLUTion oF LAngUAgE And CogniTion

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Joining our world-leading Language Evolution and Computation (LEC) research

unit, you will investigate the origins and evolution o human language, tackling

questions like what is it that makes us human?, how did our brains evolve?

and what are the origins o human language?. The LEC is at the cutting edge

o research in this area and one o the worlds biggest research groups o its

kind. You will have the opportunity to become involved with the units research

eort, and to make your own contribution to this dynamic eld through your

dissertation.

Programme structure

This programme involves two taught semesters and your own researchdissertation. Five compulsory courses (including the dissertation) provide a solid

oundation, while optional courses allow you to explore your areas o interest.

With permission you may also be able to take a course rom other degree

programmes in the School o Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences,

and in some cases rom elsewhere in the University.

Compulsory courses: Foundations o Evolution; Origins and Evolution o

language; Current Issues in Language Evolution; Simulating Language.

Optional courses may include:Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics;

Introduction to Statistics and Experimental Design; Introduction to Syntax;

Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R; Cognitive Neuroscience o

Language; Computer Programming or Speech and Language Processing;

Corpus Linguistics; Developmental Syntax; First Language Acquisition; Historical

Phonology; Introduction to Semantics; Maturational Constraints on LanguageAcquisition; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Psychology o Language Learning;

Human Evolution; Diachronic Linguistics; Linguistic Reconstruction and Language

Classifcation.


This programme provides solid grounding or urther research in many associated

areas, such as linguistics, cognitive sciences and human evolution.



country).


Tuition ees in 2012/13*1 yr FT: UK/EU 5,750; international 15,750




Programme Director:

Dr Kenny Smith



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This interdisciplinary programme is the UKs only taught MSc covering historical

and conceptual issues in psychology an area now recognised by the British

Psychological Society as a core area o psychology. Taught by experts rom

History, Philosophy, Psychology, the Science Studies Unit and the Koestler

Parapsychology Unit, you will study the nature o psychological knowledge and

its relationship to science and society.

This degree is intended or psychology graduates who are interested in this

new and growing area o psychology, and or graduates o history, philosophy

and sociology who are interested in the nature and relevance o psychological

knowledge.

Programme structure


dissertation. Five compulsory courses provide a solid oundation, while optional

courses allow you to explore your areas o interest.

Compulsory courses: Critical Social Psychology; History o Psychology; History

o Psychiatry, History o Unorthodox Psychology; Philosophy o Psychology.

Optional courses: You can access courses rom History, Philosophy, Psychology

and Science Studies.


This programme has been designed to help progress your research career and

oers a rm basis or urther postgraduate study in any o these disciplines.



country), in psychology, history, philosophy or sociology. Please contact the

Programme Director i you have any other qualication.







Programme Director:

Dr Peter Lamont


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This programme provides an opportunity to undertake intensive training in

human cognitive neuropsychology, working closely with our Human Cognitive

Neuroscience Research Unit a group o internationally recognised cognitive

psychologists and neuropsychologists, led by Proessors Sergio Della Sala

and Robert Logie. Teaching ollows an integrated approach with courses on

neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, clinical neuropsychology and brain

imaging. You will also receive training in generic research methods within

psychology.

Programme structure

This programme comprises two semesters o taught courses, ollowed by adissertation. In addition to the compulsory courses, you can select optional

courses to tailor the programme to your interests. You may choose your optional

courses rom a range in associated disciplines, such as Individual Dierences,

Inormatics and Psycholinguistics.

Compulsory courses: Clinical Neuropsychology; Brain Imaging in

Neuropsychology; Research Methods(including Psychological Research Concepts

and Research Design, Methods o Data Collection, Psychology Methodologyand

Advanced Statistical Methods or Psychology).

Optional courses may include: Human Cognitive Neuroscience; Working

Memory in the Healthy and Damaged Brain; Visual Memory; Visual Attention; The

Neuropsychology o Perception and Action; Frontal Lobe Functions; Disorders o

Language Functions.


The programme is suitable or graduate psychologists or those who have

studied or worked in related disciplines who wish to pursue a research-oriented

career within cognitive neuropsychology (providing the oundations or later

application to a doctoral training programme) or a clinically oriented career in

neuropsychology.



country) in psychology or related disciplines.



1 yr FT: UK/EU 5,750; international 15,7502 yrs PT: UK/EU 2,875 per year



Programme Director:

Dr Sharon Abrahams




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This new taught masters provides you with an intensive grounding in the

philosophy o embodied cognitive science, its methodologies, research questions

and techniques o research. You will study among one o the worlds largest and

most vibrant postgraduate communities in philosophy, alongside internationally

recognised leaders in the study o mind, o language, and o si tuated and

embodied cognition. By choosing this programme, you will be entering an

increasingly popular eld in which many large unsolved problems remain.

Programme structure


dissertation. You will take two compulsory courses, or three i you do not have astrong background in philosophy, and additional optional courses.

Compulsory courses: Introduction to Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition;

Advanced Topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition; Introduction to

Philosophical Method(or students without a strong philosophy background).

Optional courses may include: The Philosophy o Wittgenstein; Metaphysics

o Mind; Mind and Body in Early Modern Philosophy; Irrational Animals; Philosophy

o Psychology; Sel, Agency and Will; Theories o Mind Philosophy; Critical Social

Psychology; Neuropsychology o Perception and Action; Origins and Evolution o

Language; Psychology o Language Learning; Foundations o Evolution; Music,

Mind and Body: Physiology and Neuroscience; HumanComputer Interaction;

Intelligent Autonomous Robots; Eye Movements and Visual Cognition; Social

Cognition; Advanced Philosophical Methods; Evolutionary Psychology; Music, Mind

& Body: Psychology and Sociology; Computational Cognitive Neuroscience; Topicsin Cognitive Modelling.


This programme is ideal i you wish to pursue a career in academic philosophy or

cognitive science.



country) in philosophy or a related eld such as cognitive science.







Programme Director:

Dr Mark Sprevak


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Our fagship Philosophy masters degree oers you an opportunity to enhance

your learning among a large, vibrant and supportive postgraduate and research

community at a university associated with some o the elds most important

thinkers, such as David Hume. We can provide you with either an excellent

opportunity or a broad advanced education in philosophy or the chance to

specialise in any o our six key strength areas o ancient philosophy, early modern

philosophy, epistemology, ethics, logic and language, and mind and cognition.

This is also the ideal programme to lead on to urther research and study in

philosophy as part o a PhD programme.

Programme structureThis programme comprises two semesters o taught courses, ollowed by a

dissertation. You will take one compulsory course, or two i you do not have a

strong background in philosophy, and either our or ve optional courses. I you

choose to ollow a specialism, the courses you choose will relate to that route.

Compulsory courses: Advanced Philosophical Method; Introduction to

Philosophical Method(or students without a strong philosophy background).

Optional courses may include: Advanced Topics in Mind, Language and

Embodied Cognition, Ancient Philosophy (Survey); Ancient Philosophy Texts 1;

Ancient Philosophy Texts 2; Bounded Rationality; History o Modern Philosophy

Texts; Introduction to Philosophical Method; Introduction to Mind, Language and

Embodied Cognition; Meta-Ethics; Theories o Mind and Body in Early Modern

Philosophy; Value Theory 1; Value Theory 2; Moral Psychology; Free Will and Moral

Responsibility; Language and the Natural Mind; The Ontology o Mind; Themesin Epistemology; Philosophy and the Environment; Ancient Theories o Existence;

British Enlightenment Philosophy.


This is the ideal programme i you want to develop your academic career in

philosophy.



country).



1 yr FT: UK/EU 5,750; international 15,7502 yrs PT: UK/EU 2,875 per year



Programme Director:

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Drawing rom a vibrant and stimulating research culture, our MSc provides you

with comprehensive training and grounding in research methods and analysis

across the broad eld o psychology. You will develop proessional, critical and

analytical skills, and you will learn how to ormulate research problems, and

appreciate diverse approaches to research, including qualitative methods. You

can select optional courses rom the ull range that our School has to oer. This

MSc is targeted at those with a special interest in research methods, but is also

ideal or those wishing to take an empirical approach to areas o psychology that

are not covered by our other taught MSc programmes.

Programme structureThis programme comprises two semesters o taught courses, ollowed by a

dissertation. Compulsory courses will be supplemented by optional courses

chosen rom other areas within Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences.

Compulsory courses: Psychological Research Skills; Univariate Statistics

and Methodology using R; Multivariate Statistics and Methodology using R;

Qualitative Methodologies in Psychological Research; Specialist Techniques

in Psychological Research; Current Topics in Psychological Research.


This programme has been designed to help you progress your research career

and oers a rm basis or urther postgraduate study.



country) in psychology, biological or related degree. Please contact the

Programme Director i you have any other qualication.







Programme Director:

Dr Rob McIntosh

T: +44 ( 0)131 650 3444 E: [email protected]

PSyChoLogy oF individUAL diFFErEnCES

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Supported by a large team o world-class researchers, this one-year taught

masters programme provides an exciting opportunity to gain intensive training

in the psychology o individual dierences. You will take a range o courses in

personality and individual dierences, learn modern theories in these elds and

methods o study including multivariate statistics, psychometrics, and behaviour

genetics. It can be taken either as an MSc or as the rst part o a PhD.

Programme structure


dissertation. In addition to the compulsory courses, you can select optional

courses to tailor the programme to your interests.

Compulsory courses: Psychological Research Concepts and Research

Design; Proessional and Generic Psychological Research Skills; Current Topics

in Psychological Research; Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R;

Multivariate Statistics and Methodology Using R and Psychometrics.

Optional courses may include: Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology;

Personality, Coping and Health Research; Advanced Personality; Evolutionary

Psychology; Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology; Clinical Neuropsychology; Human

Genetics; Bioinormatics; Advanced Statistical Methods: Categorical and Survival

Data; Working with Specialist Psychological Data.



and oers a rm basis or urther postgraduate study in any o these disciplines.



country), in psychological, biological or social sciences, or any similar degree

rom methodological and statistics studies.







Programme Director:Dr Alex Weiss


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This respected programme provides advanced understanding o current research

in psycholinguistics the study o how the brain learns, uses and reacts with

humanitys most advanced and characteristic eature, language. You will be

actively encouraged to get involved in the activities o our Language, Cognition

and Communication Research Group and will have the opportunities to

collaborate with international experts in the eld. You will gain perspectives on

the latest developments in this eld, and develop the necessary statistical and

methodological skills to conduct your own novel research.

Programme structure

This programme comprises two semesters o taught courses, ollowed by adissertation. You will take two compulsory courses, six courses chosen rom a

programme-specic selection, and can choose urther optional courses in related

areas such as philosophy, language sciences and inormatics.

Compulsory courses: Psychological Research Skills; Univariate Statistics

and Methodology using R;plus six o the ollowing eight courses: Language

Production; Dialogue; Sentence Comprehension; Multivariate Statistics and

Methodology Using R; Discourse Comprehension; Disorders o Language

Functions; Language Behaviours, Brains and Cognition: Data and Theories;

Language Behaviours, Brains and Cognition: Principles and Approaches

Optional courses may include: Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics;

Introduction to Syntax; Introduction to Semantics; First Language Acquisition;

Second Language Acquisition; Origins and Evolution o Language; Simulating

Language



and oers a rm basis or urther postgraduate study.



country), in psychology, linguistics, cognitive science or a related subject.







Programme Director

Dr Holly Branigan


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This intensive degree oers an exciting opportunity to learn rom world leaders

in both inormatics and linguistics. Drawing rom our cutting-edge research,

the programmes content covers all areas o speech and language processing,

rom phonetics, speech synthesis and speech recognition to natural language

generation and machine translation. You will develop up-to-date knowledge o a

broad range o areas in speech and language processing and gain the technical

expertise and hands-on skills required to carry out research and development in

this challenging interdisciplinary area.

Programme structure

This programme comprises two semesters o taught courses, ollowed bya dissertation.

Compulsory courses: Speech Processing; Introduction to Phonology and

Phonetics; Computer Programming or Speech and Language Processing;

Advanced Natural Language Processing.

Optional courses may include: Introduction to Statistics and Experimental

Design; Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R; Speech Synthesis;

Automatic Speech Recognition; Prosody; Natural Language Generation; Natural

Language Understanding; Machine Translation; Machine Learning & Pattern

Recognition; Advanced Topics in Phonetics: Speech Production and Perception;

Simulating Language.


This programme will provide you with the specialised skills you need to perormresearch or develop technology in speech and language processing. It will also

serve as a solid basis or doctoral study.



country), in linguistics, computing, engineering, psychology, philosophy and

mathematics or related subject.



1 yr FT: UK/EU 5,750; International 17,200




Programme Director

Proessor Simon King


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Research opportunitiesLingUiSTiCS & EngLiSh LAngUAgE

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PhD 3 yrs FT (6 yrs PT available or UK/EU students)MPhil Linguistics 2 yrs FT (4 yrs PT available or UK/EU students)

MSc by Research English Language 1 yr FT (2 yrs PT available or

UK/EU students)

MSc by Research Linguistics 1 yr FT (2 yrs PT available or

UK/EU students)

Research environment

We have an outstanding international reputation or Linguistics and

English Language in many areas o research here at Edinburgh. We oer

expert supervision across a wide range o topics, including the ollowing:

developmental linguisticsdiscourse analysis

historical English linguistics

language evolution

morphology, including word ormation

phonetics and phonology

Scots

sociolinguistics

speech technology (the Centre or Speech Technology Research is a

collaboration between PPLS and Inormatics. Admissions are organised

by the School o Inormatics. See www.cstr.ed.ac.uk.)

syntax and semantics

varieties o English

various theoretical approaches to the study o language

Support and training

Each research student receives supervision by at least two members o

the academic sta, who will meet regularly with you to discuss your

progress and wider issues in your eld o study. This may include

discussion o journal articles or books, and preparation or conerence

presentations, as well as discussion o your dissertation

or drat chapters o your thesis.

Most research students are assigned to a research group which hosts

regular research activities. The department also has a visiting speaker

series (the Linguistic Circle), and research students are encouraged to

participate in the school-wide Language at Edinburgh research network.


PhD 3 yrs FT: UK/EU 3,828 per year; international 11,450 per year

PhD 6 yrs PT: UK/EU 1,914 per year

MPhil 2 yrs FT: UK/EU 3,828 per year; international 11,450 per year

MPhil 4 yrs PT: UK/EU 1,914 per year

MSc by Research 1 yr FT: UK/EU 5,750; international 15,750

MSc by Research 2 yrs PT: UK/EU 2,875 per year

*Fees change annually. For the most up-to-date inormation about ees

see www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding.

PhiLoSoPhy

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PhD 3 yrs FT (6 yrs PT available or UK/EU students)MPhil 2 yrs FT (4 yrs PT available or UK/EU students)

MSc by Research 1 yr FT (2 yrs PT available or UK/EU students)


We are one o the leading departments o philosophy in the UK or

research. Our teaching and research span most areas o philosophy but

our main strengths are in our main research clusters.

Ancient Philosophy

Ancient Philosophy includes research interests in: Ancient Metaphysics,

Ancient Ethics, Contemporary Metaphysics; Ancient and Medieval

Philosophy and Science; Aristotelian Tradition; Greek society and ethics;

Emotions; Hellenistic Political Philosophy; Late Antiquity and Early

Christian Thought; Presocratics; Papyrology; Plato, Aristotle, Greek Ethics;

Early Academy; Hellenistic Philosophy; Platos Moral and Political Theory,

Political Utopias; Moral Philosophy.

Epistemology

We have a unique wealth o research talent in Epistemology. In

particular, we host researchers who are interested in scepticism,

epistemic value, contextualism, social epistemology, epistemic

responsibility, perceptual knowledge, rationality, the nature o cognitive

o processes and virtue epistemology.

Ethics

Ethics is one o the central areas o philosophy and one in which there

have been exciting recent developments. We have particular strengths

in ethical theory, meta-ethics, normative theory and political philosophy.

Mind and Cognition

Our research team ranks among the world leaders in this ast-moving

area, and specialises in the study o embodiment, consciousness,

perception, action, and situated reason. Our researchers benet rom

close links with the Universitys world-leading School o Inormatics.


You will meet regularly with your supervisors, who will advise you on the

preparation o your thesis. Most research students are assigned to a

particular research group. All researchers are encouraged to participate

in a weekly postgraduate work-in-progress research seminar, and to take

advantage o regular proessional development and research training

seminars. Most PhD and MPhil students will gain undergraduate teaching

experience, or which you will be given training and mentoring.




MPhil 2 yrs FT: UK/EU 3,828 per year; international 11,450 per year

MPhil 4 yrs PT: UK/EU 1,914 per year






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Our Psychology unit is rapidly establishing itsel as a centre o

excellence or interdisciplinary research. We host three major research

groups: Human Cognitive Neuroscience; Language, Cognition and

Communication; Dierential Psychology.

We also have strengths in the supervision o projects in Developmental

Psychology, History and Theory o Psychology, Social Psychology and

Visual Cognition.

Human Cognitive Neuroscience

This research group comprises academics with core interests in

memory, attention, executive unction, visual memory, sensory

integration, and perceptuo-motor control in both normally unctioning

adults and people with neurological disorders. The group uses

traditional behavioural measures, neuroimaging techniques such as

MRI and ERP, eyetracking, motion tracking, computational modelling

and clinical assessment.

Language, Cognition and Communication

The Language Cognition and Communication Research Group is

internationally recognised or its work on the psychology o language.

We have wide expertise in spoken and written comprehension,

production and dialogue, rom sub-lexical processes to thediscourse level.

Dierential Psychology

The Dierential Psychology group examines how thinking, behaviour

and eelings dier rom person to person, attempting to understand

their psychological similarities and how psychological characteristicsvary. Research includes the psychometric structure o intelligence;

genetic and environmental eects on intelligence dierences;

associations between intelligence and inormation processing speed;

and brain imaging and intelligence.


Psychology postgraduate students typically receive ormal research

training through assessed courses. You will be assigned at least two

supervisors who provide expert academic guidance on your research.

Each student is assigned to a research group which hosts a regular

programme o research activities. Many PhD students will gain

undergraduate teaching experience, or which you will be given trainingand mentoring.








Anna Marmodoro

Ofcial Fellow in Philosophy, Corpus Christi College, the

University o Oxord

Studied at Edinburgh: PhD Philosophy

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environment where I ound much stimulation to explore a

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Funding

University o Edinburgh scholarships

Centre or Cognitive Ageing and CognitiveEpidemiology StudentshipsTwo PhD awards provided by the Universitys Centre or Cognitive Ageing and

Cognitive Epidemiology. www.ccace.ed.ac.uk

China Scholarships Council/University o EdinburghScholarshipsA number o scholarships or PhD study to candidates who are citizens and

residents o China. www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/china-council

College o Humanities & Social Sciences StudentshipsStudentships (ees plus stipend) and scholarships (ees only) are open to those

admitted to the rst year o PhD research.

www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/research-hss

Ailie Donald BursaryAwarded annually to a ull-time or part-time postgraduate student in English

Language. www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/donald

The Drever Trust MSc Postgraduate ScholarshipAwarded to a postgraduate student accepted onto an MSc course in any subject

in Psychology. www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/drever

Edinburgh Global Masters ScholarshipsA number o scholarships available to international students or masters study.

www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/masters

Edinburgh Global Research ScholarshipsThese scholarships are designed to attract high-quality international research

students to the University. www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/global-research

Edinburgh Santander Masters ScholarshipsSeveral scholarships are available to students rom a number o countries or

masters study. www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/santander

Edinburgh UK/EU Masters ScholarshipsScholarships or UK and EU students who have been accepted on a ull-time

masters degree programme. www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/uk-masters

Principals Career Development PhD ScholarshipsA number o awards, open to UK, EU and international PhD students.

www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/development

Principals Indian Masters Scholarships

15 scholarships are available to students rom India or masters study.www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/masters-india

Other sources o unding

Commonwealth ScholarshipsFor students who are resident in any Commonwealth country, other than the UK.

www.dfd.gov.uk/cscuk

Fulbright ScholarshipsScholarships open to US graduate students in any subject wishing to study in the

UK. www.iie.org/ulbright

Marshall ScholarshipsOpen to outstanding US students wishing to study at any UK university or at least

two years. www.marshallscholarship.org

Scotlands Saltire ScholarshipsA number o scholarships open to citizens o Canada, China, India and the US,

undertaking masters level study in Scotland.

www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/saltire

A large number o scholarships, loans and other unding schemes are available or your postgraduate studies.You can nd the ull range at www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding.

Awards are oered by the School o Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, the College o Humanities & Social Science, the University o

Edinburgh, the Scottish, British and international governments and unding bodies.Below we list a selection o potential sources o nancial

support or postgraduate students applying to the School o Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences.

Shruti Chaudhry

PhD Sociology

Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship and College o

Humanities & Social Science Research Studentship

I learnt about the scholarships through the scholarships and

student unding section o the Universitys website. The

scholarships have provided me with a wonderul opportunity

to study at a premier institution. I wish to work in academia in

the uture and so my PhD will provide me with the necessary

training and qualication to allow me to meet

my goals.

The University o Edinburgh GraduateDiscount Scheme

We oer a 10 per cent discount on postgraduate ees or all

alumni who have graduated with an undergraduate degree romthe University. www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/discounts


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Research council awards

Research councils oer awards to masters, MPhil and PhD students in

most o the Schools within the University o Edinburgh. All studentship

applications rom the research councils must be made through the

University, through your School or College oce. Awards can be made

or both taught and research programmes.

Normally only those UK/EU students who have been resident in the UK

or the preceding three years are eligible or a ull award. For some

awards, candidates who are EU nationals and are resident in the UK maybe eligible or a ees-only award.

www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/research-councils

Financial aid

The Canada Student Loans ProgramThe University is eligible to certiy Canadian student loan applications. Full details

on eligibility and how to apply can be ound online.

www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/canadian-loans

The Student Awards Agency or ScotlandThis department o the Scottish Government has oered loans to postgraduate

students in the past. At time o going to press arrangements or study in

2013/14 were under review.www.saas.gov.uk

US Student LoansThe University is eligible to certiy loan applications or US loan students.

Full details on eligibility and how to apply can be ound online.

www.ed.ac.uk/student-unding/us-loans


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How to applyGeneral requirementsTo apply or a postgraduate degree, you will in

most cases need a UK degree with at least a

2:1 classication, or its international equivalent

(www.ed.ac.uk/international/country) in a

related area. It is expected that you will have a

good understanding o the eld you propose

to study and at least some relevant work

experience.

Some programmes may vary, so check the

entry requirements or the specic programme

you wish to apply or.

All applicants must provide the degree

transcripts or all previous degrees and letters

rom two academic reerees.

Applicants or Philosophy programmes should

also include a sample o academic writing,

such as an essay or article written within the

last two years.

MSc

To apply or one o our masters programmes,simply visit www.ed.ac.uk/pg/degrees and

apply online. Its a straightorward process, and

youll be able to set up an online account,

which lets you save your application and

continue at another time.

Applications should include a personal

statement detailing the background o your

interest and why you are attracted to the

programme.

Guidance on drating a personal statement can

be ound at www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

postgraduate/prospective.php .

Research degreesI you are interested in applying or a research

degree, your rst step is to identiy your area o

interest and explore the research possibilities

that exist within that group.

Visit www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate and

select the PhD programme link or your

subject, where you will nd more inormation

about the research elds we host and the staworking within them. You might nd it helpul

to get in touch with academics working in your

chosen area to discuss your proposed research

and the likelihood o supervision within the

School. I you have been in touch with

prospective supervisors, please list them in the

Project Arrangements section o your

application orm.

All applications should include a research

proposal. Your prospective supervisors, in

conjunction with the relevant subjectPostgraduate Adviser, will consider your

research proposal to assess whether they are

able to take you on as a student. Guidance on

drating a research proposal can be ound at

www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/

prospective.php.

For urther guidance, please contact the

Schools Postgraduate Oce:


Application deadlinesApplications are considered throughout the

year. However, many unding sources have

deadlines between January and June, so it is

recommended that you complete your

University o Edinburgh application early in

order to be eligible or unding opportunities.

You can nd more inormation about

scholarships, bursaries and grants at


Joining us rom overseasInternational applicants are advised to checkthe Universitys website to nd out more about

their visa options and our Integrated English or

Academic Purposes (IEAP) programme. Please

visit www.ed.ac.uk/international/ieap.

International agentsThe University has certied representative

agents in the ollowing locations: Brunei,

Canada, China, Gul Region, Hong Kong, India,Japan, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria,

Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South

Arica, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey,

Zambia and Zimbabwe. International

applicants can use an agent to help guide

them through the application process i

necessary. Contact details or all our agents

can be ound at www.ed.ac.uk/studying/

international/agents.

Please note:

English language requirements can be aected by government policy so please ensure you visit

our website or the latest details. www.ed.ac.uk/english-requirements/pg/chss

Your English language certicate must be no more than two years old at the beginning o your

degree programme.

A degree rom an English-speaking university may be accepted in some circumstances.

Cambridge tests are accepted only or applicants who do not need Tier 4 visas toenter the UK.

English language requirementsStudents whose rst language is not English must show evidence o one o the qualications in the box below.

Abbreviations: IELTS International English Language Testing System; TOEFL iBT Test o

English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test; CPE Certicate o Prociency in English;

CAE Certicate in Advanced English

IELTS 7.0 (with no score lower than 6.5 ineach section)

TOEFL iBT 100 (with at least 23 in all sections)

Pearson Test o English67(with no score lower than 61 in each o the

Communicative Skills sections EnablingSkills section scores are not considered)

Cambridge CPE Grade B

Cambridge CAE Grade A


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www.ed.ac.uk

Get in touchContact usSchool PostgraduateAdministration Oce

Dugald Stewart Building

3 Charles Street

Edinburgh

T: +44 (0)131 651 5002

E: pplspg@ed. ac.uk

W: www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate

Visit usI you are in Edinburgh and would like to

discuss the possibility o postgraduate study

please eel ree to visit the Postgraduate Oce

in the Dugald Stewart Building, where the

team will be able to discuss your options

with you. I you are interested in a particular

programme and would like to get morespecic inormation please email the

Postgraduate Oce with details o what you

are interested in and when you will be in

Edinburgh, so that our team can set up

appointments or you.

Touring the University

I you would like to take a tour o the central

campus and get a eel or the University there

are various tour options available. Inormation

on these can be ound atwww.ed.ac.uk/about/campus/tours.

Open Days

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and students. Our next campus-based Open

Day takes place on Friday 23 November 2012.

For urther details, please visit

www.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate-open-day .

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prospective postgraduate students

throughout the year. To nd out more, visit

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