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Welcome to the School of Philosophy, 2 Psychology & Language Sciences Facilities and resources 3 Community 4 Employability and graduate attributes 5 Taught masters programmes 6

Research at the School of Philosophy, 13 Psychology & Language Sciences Research opportunities 14 Funding 16 How to apply 18 Get in touch 19 Campus map 20

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Welcome to the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences From unravelling the secrets of the ageing process to shaping tomorrow’s speech technologies, staff at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences are at the forefront of innovation. The School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences (PPLS) offers a rich environment for postgraduate study and research. Students in the School benefit from the close links between the three core teaching areas, as well as from our connections with other world-class research groups at the University of Edinburgh and beyond. PPLS also plays a central role in major interdisciplinary research centres such as the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology and the Human Communication Research Centre.

Philosophy The University of Edinburgh’s Philosophy unit is one of the largest and best in the UK. We host a vibrant community of about 100 postgraduate students who have access to a wealth of research expertise. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (2008), our research was judged to be on a par with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Our research programme covers most aspects of philosophy, with particular strengths in epistemology, ethics, history of philosophy (especially ancient and early modern philosophy), and philosophy of mind and cognition. Philosophy was one of the first subjects to be taught at Edinburgh when the University was

founded in 1583. By studying philosophy with us, you will become part of an illustrious history that has produced influential 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 of innovation, ambition and impact.

Psychology Psychology has been taught at Edinburgh for more than 100 years, and our research programme has expanded rapidly over the past decade. By joining us you will become part of a large and active postgraduate community, learning and researching alongside world-leading academic staff, including the editors of major journals in the field. Our research is organised into three broad themes: differential psychology, human cognitive neuroscience, and language, cognition and communication. Working together, researchers from these groups address questions ranging from the links between facial symmetry and mental health, to the ways in which we are able to finish each other’s 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 for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE).

Linguistics and English Language Edinburgh was one of the first universities in the UK to teach linguistics and this has helped position us as one of the world’s top 10 academic units in this field. We offer a diverse range of exciting and challenging Postgraduate opportunities, whether you are looking for PhD study into the history of regional variation in English or a taught masters programme dealing with current issues in speech technology. In addition to our ground-breaking work in core areas of linguistics, we are one of Europe’s 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 University’s world-leading School of Informatics, through our involvement in the Human Communication Research Centre and the Centre for Speech Technology Research.

Raymond Critch Teacher at Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada Studied at Edinburgh: PhD Philosophy

“I chose Edinburgh to work with the fantastic 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 – from reading groups, the epistemology speakers’ series, and the departmental seminars – proved a fertile environment for 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 of the University’s state-of-the-art Potterrow development, a winner of numerous architecture and design awards. Completed in 2008, this space offers a contemporary environment in which to learn and collaborate. Our George Square building is a converted set of three Georgian townhouses, offering a beautiful setting for the modern facilities it now houses. Both buildings are within a stone’s throw of the iconic Main Library, which has recently been extensively improved. The Main Library is one of more than 30 libraries you’ll have access to as a postgraduate, including the School’s own library, which has its own specialist librarian

and provides an exceptional environment for postgraduate study. All University of Edinburgh postgraduates additionally have access to the extensive holdings of the National Library of Scotland and the National Archives of Scotland, within walking distance of our central campus.

Help is at hand The PPLS Postgraduate Administration Office is here to support you from when you make an application to when you leave the University. The postgraduate admin team also act as a central point of contact for 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 from general computing issues to graphic design. Together with the excellent central support at the University, we are able to provide a superb IT infrastructure for learning and research.

Everything you need As a student at Edinburgh you will have access to extensive computing facilities, both in PPLS and across the campus. PhD students are allocated dedicated study space and computers; masters students have access to shared office suites in each of our buildings. All students have access to additional computing labs around the University in convenient places such as at halls of residence, and in the main library, and to PPLS’s own labs in the Dugald Stewart Building and in nearby Appleton Tower. Laptop users will find wireless networking coverage throughout the University.

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Computers within PPLS are configured with specific software to support the School’s needs, including packages for acoustic analysis, statistics, and experimental design and execution. As well as software, we have extensive facilities for data collection and experimentation, ranging from movement tracking to electroencephalography (EEG). At the core of our experimental facilities are three suites of experiment booths, each equipped with one or more computers, together with fast displays and relevant hardware such as response boxes. We also house a number of eyetrackers to allow us to record participants’ eye movements when reading or viewing visual scenes, and a 64-channel EEG recording facility 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 for studies in collaboration with the Scottish Brain Imaging Research Centre at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.

Our students are based in and around George Square, on our central campus at the heart of Edinburgh. We have an excellent support team, and provide a fully equipped modern environment for research and learning.

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Facilities and resources

Community Our postgraduate teaching is rooted in our research. Our research thrives on the close relationships between the School’s 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 from others.

Our researchers are among the world’s foremost experts in areas ranging from epistemology to cognitive ageing, taking in ancient philosophy, sociolinguistics, formal syntax, philosophy of mind, and many more. With more than 100 active researchers and a 300-strong postgraduate community, the range of topics we cover is vast. We are proud to be at the centre of one of the largest groupings of language researchers in Europe, and home of the world’s biggest group of researchers into the evolution of language. We are at the forefront of research into the ways in which memory functions are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, and into the interplay between genetics, personality and behaviour. Our work on the philosophy of cognitive neuroscience, and on the relationship between the brain and the mind, is world-leading and our Institute for Historical Dialectology is setting a new agenda for the study of language change.

Discuss, debate, develop We host major conferences every year, which postgraduate students are encouraged to attend. Recent conferences have included Cognitive Science, Hume After 300 Years and the Sociolinguistics Summer School. Edinburgh is a major destination for visiting speakers and each of the School’s core disciplines runs seminar series hosting key researchers from around the world. We also have a number of more informal meetings, such as the interdisciplinary Philosophy, Psychology and Informatics Reading Group. In addition, we run a range of reading groups tailored to specific research interests. As a postgraduate student you will be encouraged to make the most of your studies by getting involved in these groups. You will also have the opportunity to run student-led events, such as the Language at Edinburgh Lunch, held regularly as a University-wide forum for students and staff involved in language research to exchange ideas.

Information on many of our research group meetings and seminars can be found 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 for research into embodied cognition, a topic that has lots of practical implications, including the development of better humanmachine interfaces, the extension of the senses (using sensory substitution technologies), and the exploration of cognitive prosthetics and human-machine hybrids. Edinburgh researchers are also involved in work on the emerging philosophy of the web, and have benefitted from PhD funding from Microsoft. Our work in psychology includes collaborations with many non-academic groups, such as healthcare professionals, 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 of public policy on support for people with dementia. We disseminate and discuss our research in a variety of 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 performances. Our Bilingualism Matters project helps teachers, parents and children all over the world. The project investigates the benefits of bilingualism and shares its findings through talks presented to community groups, nurseries and schools in a variety of countries.

Our work on speech synthesis technology is also having a major impact. In addition to creating a number of spin-out companies and leading to the current speech synthesis group in Google, our work is benefitting people who need to use computer-generated speech to communicate, by giving them personalised, individual voices.

Angelica Kaufmann PhD student at University of Antwerp Studied at Edinburgh: MSc by Research Philosophy – Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition

“Having a degree from the University of 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 for obtaining competitive positions. One of the things that distinguishes Edinburgh is that it is a research university and therefore is the perfect environment to start building an academic career. Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever visited, and I travel a lot. It was a wonderful living experience. It’s a friendly place and very welcoming with foreign students. It has a vibrant cultural and social life, but also offers space for peaceful study or work. It’s a place I would consider living permanently.”

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Training for life As an intrinsic part of your training, our postgraduates acquire and develop skills in critical evaluation of 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, formal logic, data collection and analysis, computer programming, and working with historical texts and artefacts.

Shared thinking As a student in PPLS, you’ll be part of 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 of your discipline, and to contribute to new, interdisciplinary knowledge. Interdisciplinary research fits well into a city with a rich cultural and intellectual life 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 of interest including sport, music, drama and the arts. In addition, the University offers opportunities to learn new skills, for example in other languages, through the Office of Lifelong Learning.

Beyond study We build career development into the annual review process for PhD students to ensure that by the time you’ve completed your doctorate

you have not only completed a first-rate thesis but have also built up the skills and experience prospective employers look for, such as a good publication record, teaching experience, an impressive list of conference talks, a polished CV and writing sample, and an engaging job pitch. We are particularly proud of our near-100 per cent academic placement record in philosophy, and in the successful careers that many of our graduates have gone on to pursue.

the ability to critically evaluate source materials; and the capacity to construct intellectually rigorous arguments.

Institute for Academic Development

Developing these broader professional skills and qualities means that our postgraduate students are always in high demand.

All of our postgraduate students have the opportunity to benefit from the University’s Institute for Academic Development (IAD), which provides information, events and courses to develop the skills you will need now and in the future. The IAD offers one of the most established university research and career skills training packages in the UK. Our IAD experts will help you gain the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to move onto the next stage in your career, be that in a professional sector or within academia. The Institute provides PhD researchers and masters by research students with dedicated training in topics such as research management; personal effectiveness; communication skills; public engagement, networking and team working; leadership and career management. You can gain expertise in information technology and presentation skills; confidence in undertaking independent and creative research;

For taught postgraduates, the IAD provides a growing range of tailored study-related and transferable skills workshops, plus online advice and learning resources. These are all designed to help you settle into postgraduate life, succeed during your studies, and move confidently onwards to the next stage of your career.

For more information please visit www.ed.ac.uk/iad/postgraduates.

Careers Service The University’s award-winning Careers Service aims to expand the horizons of all our students, enabling you to make informed career decisions and progress towards high personal and professional achievement, whether in work or in further study. Our goal is to offer you a world-class service. Our teams of subject-specific expert advisers are here to help at any time in your programme of study. We offer impartial guidance and information, and draw on our relationships with a wide range of employing and training organisations. For more information on the full range of services available, including access to vacancies, advice on starting your own business, getting published, working internationally or even volunteering, visit the postgraduate section of our website at www.ed.ac.uk/careers.

Many of the graduates of our PhD programmes obtain academic positions, and many graduates of our masters programmes continue to PhD study in Edinburgh and elsewhere. Other graduates have entered a wide range of 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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Taught masters programmes Ancient Philosophy

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

Programme description

Delivered jointly by Philosophy and Classics, this programme will introduce you to the main fields, topics and research methods in ancient philosophy. You will be exposed to the main doctrines and texts of ancient philosophy from a broad range of 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 of a careful study of the texts.

With a strong emphasis on developing skills and knowledge that can be applied in professional settings, this intensive programme draws on knowledge about language, how it works and how it affects real-life issues. You will explore how language is used in a variety of social settings, compare language variability with social diversity and examine how knowledge about language as it is actually used can impact on people’s lives.

The programme is appropriate not only for 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 of taught courses followed by a dissertation. You will select one core course in each semester, and choose a further four 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 of Knowledge; History of Science and Religion in the Christian Tradition; Ancient Philosophy Seminar II; Aristotle; Christian-Muslim Relations and the Relationship Between the World of Islam and the West; Epicurus and Epicureanism.

Career opportunities

We were the first in the UK to offer a programme in applied linguistics, so you will benefit from a long-established tradition of teaching in this area, much of which is delivered by world-leading experts.

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. Four compulsory core courses provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of Applied Linguistics, while the optional courses offer you the opportunity to explore your areas of 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.

Career opportunities This programme has been designed to help progress your career as a linguist in academia or in industries such as artificial intelligence.

Minimum entry requirements

This is the ideal programme if you wish to pursue a career in academia, or improve your analytical skills.

A UK 2:1 degree or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country), preferably in linguistics, or substantial practical experience as a language professional.

Minimum entry requirements

English language requirements: See page 18 Tuition fees in 2012/13*

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

English language requirements: See page 18 Tuition fees 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 information about fees see www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding.

Programme Director: Dr Inna Kupreeva T: +44 (0)131 651 3188 E: inna.kupreeva@ed.ac.uk

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 information about fees see www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding.

Programme Director: Dr Joseph Gafaranga T: +44 (0)131 650 3496 E: josephg@ling.ed.ac.uk

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Programme description

The programme combines the scientific study of human cognition with the application of cognitive science to broader societal concerns. Students focus on core methodologies and theories of cognitive science, but also explore the synergy between cognitive science and its applications. This unifies forms of scholarly activity that are often pursued independently.

Exploring questions like ‘how do children learn language?’ or ‘what happens when we forget a language?’, this programme will develop your understanding of how knowledge of language changes as people acquire or lose language at various points in their lifespan. Joining a vibrant research community of developmental linguists, you will have the opportunity to carry out advanced research to try to answer these questions and others related to the area of language development and bilingualism.

You will develop the skills to embark on your own research project and will learn how to communicate research, so if you are interested in developing a research career or in working within science communication, this programme will provide an excellent foundation.

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. Compulsory courses: Transferring 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 of Language Learning; Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition; Maturational Constraints on Language Acquisition; Simulating Language; Psycholinguistics; Origins and Evolution of Language; Advanced topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition; Concepts and Categorisation; Disorders of Language Functions .

Career opportunities The programme is intended for those who wish to pursue advanced research in human cognition in science and society. It may also be useful for those who wish to work in science communication.

Minimum entry requirements A UK 2:1, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country), preferably in psychology, linguistics, philosophy, or computing science/informatics.

Programme Director: Professor Robert Logie T: +44 (0)131 651 1394 E: rlogie@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. Compulsory courses: Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics; Introduction to Syntax; First Language Acquisition; Second Language Acquisition; Psychology of 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 of Language; Prosody; Psycholinguistics; Sentence Comprehension; Discourse Comprehension; Language Production; Visual Word Recognition; Bilingual First Language Development; Simulating Language.

Career opportunities This programme will provide you with the specialised skills you need to perform research in language learning and development. It will also serve as a solid basis for doctoral study.

Minimum entry requirements A UK 2:1, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country), preferably in linguistics, psychology or other related subject.

Programme Director: Dr Mits Ota T: +44 (0)131 650 3949 E: mits@ling.ed.ac.uk

Developmental Linguistics

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Cognition in Science and Society

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Evolution of Language and Cognition

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Programme description

Joining an internationally acclaimed centre for research and teaching in the linguistic study of 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 of 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 of the language’s phonology, syntax and semantics and modern and historical development.

Joining our world-leading Language Evolution and Computation (LEC) research unit, you will investigate the origins and evolution of human language, tackling questions like ‘what is it that makes us human?’, ‘how did our brains evolve?’ and ‘what are the origins of human language?’. The LEC is at the cutting edge of research in this area and one of the world’s biggest research groups of its kind. You will have the opportunity to become involved with the unit’s research effort, and to make your own contribution to this dynamic field through your dissertation.

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. You will take four compulsory courses and four optional courses. You may also be able to take a course from other degree programmes in the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, and in some cases, from 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 of Medieval Dialectology; Reading Old English; Corpus Linguistics; Global English; English Word-Formation; Figurative Language; Dialectology of the British Isles; Pragmatics; Diachronic Linguistics.

Career opportunities 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 of careers.

Programme structure This programme involves two taught semesters and your own research dissertation. Five compulsory courses (including the dissertation) provide a solid foundation, while optional courses allow you to explore your areas of interest. With permission you may also be able to take a course from other degree programmes in the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, and in some cases from elsewhere in the University. Compulsory courses: Foundations of Evolution; Origins and Evolution of 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 of Language; Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing; Corpus Linguistics; Developmental Syntax; First Language Acquisition; Historical Phonology; Introduction to Semantics; Maturational Constraints on Language Acquisition; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Psychology of Language Learning; Human Evolution; Diachronic Linguistics; Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification.

Minimum entry requirements

Career opportunities

A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country), preferably in modern or classical language, English literature, or history.

This programme provides solid grounding for further research in many associated areas, such as linguistics, cognitive sciences and human evolution.

English language requirements: See page 18 Tuition fees in 2012/13*

Minimum entry requirements

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 information about fees see www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding.

Programme Director: Dr Claire Cowie T: +44 (0)131 650 8392 E: claire.cowie@ed.ac.uk

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

Programme Director: Dr Kenny Smith T: +44 (0)131 651 1837 E: kenny@ling.ed.ac.uk

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

Programme description

This interdisciplinary programme is the UK’s only taught MSc covering historical and conceptual issues in psychology – an area now recognised by the British Psychological Society as a core area of psychology. Taught by experts from History, Philosophy, Psychology, the Science Studies Unit and the Koestler Parapsychology Unit, you will study the nature of psychological knowledge and its relationship to science and society.

This programme provides an opportunity to undertake intensive training in human cognitive neuropsychology, working closely with our Human Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit – a group of internationally recognised cognitive psychologists and neuropsychologists, led by Professors Sergio Della Sala and Robert Logie. Teaching follows 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.

This degree is intended for psychology graduates who are interested in this new and growing area of psychology, and for graduates of history, philosophy and sociology who are interested in the nature and relevance of psychological knowledge.

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. Five compulsory courses provide a solid foundation, while optional courses allow you to explore your areas of interest. Compulsory courses: Critical Social Psychology; History of Psychology; History of Psychiatry, History of Unorthodox Psychology; Philosophy of Psychology. Optional courses: You can access courses from History, Philosophy, Psychology and Science Studies.

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. In addition to the compulsory courses, you can select optional courses to tailor the programme to your interests. You may choose your optional courses from a range in associated disciplines, such as Individual Differences, Informatics and Psycholinguistics. Compulsory courses: Clinical Neuropsychology; Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology; Research Methods (including Psychological Research Concepts and Research Design, Methods of Data Collection, Psychology Methodology and Advanced Statistical Methods for Psychology).

This programme has been designed to help progress your research career and offers a firm basis for further postgraduate study in any of these disciplines.

Optional courses may include: Human Cognitive Neuroscience; Working Memory in the Healthy and Damaged Brain; Visual Memory; Visual Attention; The Neuropsychology of Perception and Action; Frontal Lobe Functions; Disorders of Language Functions.

Minimum entry requirements

Career opportunities

A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country), in psychology, history, philosophy or sociology. Please contact the Programme Director if you have any other qualification.

Programme Director: Dr Peter Lamont T: +44 (0)131 650 3372 E: Peter.Lamont@ed.ac.uk

The programme is suitable for 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 foundations for later application to a doctoral training programme) or a clinically oriented career in neuropsychology.

Minimum entry requirements A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country) in psychology or related disciplines.

Programme Director: Dr Sharon Abrahams T: +44 (0)131 650 3339 E: s.abrahams@ed.ac.uk

Human Cognitive Neuropsychology

Taught masters programmes

History and Theory of Psychology

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Programme description

This new taught masters provides you with an intensive grounding in the philosophy of embodied cognitive science, its methodologies, research questions and techniques of research. You will study among one of the world’s largest and most vibrant postgraduate communities in philosophy, alongside internationally recognised leaders in the study of mind, of language, and of situated and embodied cognition. By choosing this programme, you will be entering an increasingly popular field in which many large unsolved problems remain.

Our flagship Philosophy masters degree offers you an opportunity to enhance your learning among a large, vibrant and supportive postgraduate and research community at a university associated with some of the field’s most important thinkers, such as David Hume. We can provide you with either an excellent opportunity for a broad advanced education in philosophy or the chance to specialise in any of our six key strength areas of ancient philosophy, early modern philosophy, epistemology, ethics, logic and language, and mind and cognition. This is also the ideal programme to lead on to further research and study in philosophy as part of a PhD programme.

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. You will take two compulsory courses, or three if you do not have a strong 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 (for students without a strong philosophy background). Optional courses may include: The Philosophy of Wittgenstein; Metaphysics of Mind; Mind and Body in Early Modern Philosophy; Irrational Animals; Philosophy of Psychology; Self, Agency and Will; Theories of Mind Philosophy; Critical Social Psychology; Neuropsychology of Perception and Action; Origins and Evolution of Language; Psychology of Language Learning; Foundations of Evolution; Music, Mind and Body: Physiology and Neuroscience; Human–Computer 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; Topics in Cognitive Modelling.

Career opportunities This programme is ideal if you wish to pursue a career in academic philosophy or cognitive science.

Minimum entry requirements A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country) in philosophy or a related field such as cognitive science.

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Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. You will take one compulsory course, or two if you do not have a strong background in philosophy, and either four or five optional courses. If you choose to follow a specialism, the courses you choose will relate to that route. Compulsory courses: Advanced Philosophical Method; Introduction to Philosophical Method (for 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 of Modern Philosophy Texts; Introduction to Philosophical Method; Introduction to Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition; Meta-Ethics; Theories of 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 of Mind; Themes in Epistemology; Philosophy and the Environment; Ancient Theories of Existence; British Enlightenment Philosophy.

Career opportunities This is the ideal programme if you want to develop your academic career in philosophy.

Minimum entry requirements A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country).

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Programme description

Drawing from a vibrant and stimulating research culture, our MSc provides you with comprehensive training and grounding in research methods and analysis across the broad field of psychology. You will develop professional, critical and analytical skills, and you will learn how to formulate research problems, and appreciate diverse approaches to research, including qualitative methods. You can select optional courses from the full range that our School has to offer. This MSc is targeted at those with a special interest in research methods, but is also ideal for those wishing to take an empirical approach to areas of psychology that are not covered by our other taught MSc programmes.

Supported by a large team of world-class researchers, this one-year taught masters programme provides an exciting opportunity to gain intensive training in the psychology of individual differences. You will take a range of courses in personality and individual differences, learn modern theories in these fields and methods of study including multivariate statistics, psychometrics, and behaviour genetics. It can be taken either as an MSc or as the first part of a PhD.

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. Compulsory courses will be supplemented by optional courses chosen from 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.

Career opportunities This programme has been designed to help you progress your research career and offers a firm basis for further postgraduate study.

Programme structure This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a 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; Professional 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; Bioinformatics; Advanced Statistical Methods: Categorical and Survival Data; Working with Specialist Psychological Data.

Career opportunities

Minimum entry requirements

This programme has been designed to help you progress your research career and offers a firm basis for further postgraduate study in any of these disciplines.

A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country) in psychology, biological or related degree. Please contact the Programme Director if you have any other qualification.

Minimum entry requirements

Programme Director: Dr Rob McIntosh T: +44 ( 0)131 650 3444 E: r.d.mcintosh@ed.ac.uk

A UK 2:1, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country), in psychological, biological or social sciences, or any similar degree from methodological and statistics studies.

Programme Director: Dr Alex Weiss T: +44 (0)131 650 3456 E: alex.weiss@ed.ac.uk

Psychology of Individual Differences

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Programme description

This respected programme provides advanced understanding of current research in psycholinguistics – the study of how the brain learns, uses and reacts with humanity’s most advanced and characteristic feature, language. You will be actively encouraged to get involved in the activities of our Language, Cognition and Communication Research Group and will have the opportunities to collaborate with international experts in the field. You will gain perspectives on the latest developments in this field, and develop the necessary statistical and methodological skills to conduct your own novel research.

This intensive degree offers an exciting opportunity to learn from world leaders in both informatics and linguistics. Drawing from our cutting-edge research, the programme’s content covers all areas of speech and language processing, from phonetics, speech synthesis and speech recognition to natural language generation and machine translation. You will develop up-to-date knowledge of a broad range of 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 of taught courses, followed by a dissertation. You will take two compulsory courses, six courses chosen from a programme-specific selection, and can choose further optional courses in related areas such as philosophy, language sciences and informatics.

This programme comprises two semesters of taught courses, followed by a dissertation.

Compulsory courses: Psychological Research Skills; Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R; plus six of the following eight courses: Language Production; Dialogue; Sentence Comprehension; Multivariate Statistics and Methodology Using R; Discourse Comprehension; Disorders of 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 of Language; Simulating Language

Compulsory courses: Speech Processing; Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics; Computer Programming for 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.

Career opportunities

This programme will provide you with the specialised skills you need to perform research or develop technology in speech and language processing. It will also serve as a solid basis for doctoral study.

This programme has been designed to help you progress your research career and offers a firm basis for further postgraduate study.

Minimum entry requirements

Minimum entry requirements A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country), in psychology, linguistics, cognitive science or a related subject.

Programme Director Dr Holly Branigan T: +44 (0)131 651 3187 E: holly.branigan@ed.ac.uk

A UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/ country), in linguistics, computing, engineering, psychology, philosophy and mathematics or related subject.

English language requirements: See page 18 Tuition fees in 2012/13* 1 yr FT: UK/EU £5,750; International £17,200 2 yrs PT: UK/EU £2,875 per year *Fees change annually. For the most up-to-date information about fees see www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding.

Programme Director Professor Simon King T: +44 (0)131 651 1725 E: simon.king@ed.ac.uk

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Please note that applicants interested in research in topics related to our subject areas may also be interested in programmes offered by the Schools of Divinity, Education, Health in Social Sciences, Informatics, Social and Political Studies, and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

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The aim of our research degrees is to provide a thorough training in a particular academic area through original investigation. Our degrees are tailored to your individual research interests, and supervision is provided by experts in the relevant fields.

Choosing a research degree There are three kinds of research degree available to you at the School of PPLS:

MSc by Research (Master of Science by Research) The aim of this one-year research degree is to prepare you for advanced research. Your programme of study will be designed around your specific requirements and you will be assessed either wholly on a dissertation submitted at the end of the year or on a combination of coursework and dissertation.

MPhil (Master of Philosophy) This two-year research degree is offered in Philosophy only. You will be assessed solely on the research thesis submitted at the end of your programme. The MPhil programme is assessed and examined in the same way as a PhD programme but the shorter period of study is reflected in a shorter thesis length.

PhD (Doctorate) The three-year research degree is our highest academic research qualification. PhD research is a challenging yet exciting undertaking that allows you to make a significant contribution to the existing body of knowledge in your field, and to work with eminent academics at the University. Students entering PhD study are usually expected to hold a masters-level degree.

If you are not sure which programme suits your needs, please contact the PPLS Postgraduate Office with a draft research proposal and academic CV so that we can advise you further.

Research at the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences

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PhD 3 yrs FT (6 yrs PT available for UK/EU students)

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MPhil 2 yrs FT (4 yrs PT available for UK/EU students)

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UK/EU students) MSc by Research Linguistics 1 yr FT (2 yrs PT available for UK/EU students) Research environment We have an outstanding international reputation for Linguistics and English Language in many areas of research here at Edinburgh. We offer expert supervision across a wide range of topics, including the following: • developmental linguistics • discourse analysis • historical English linguistics • language evolution • morphology, including word formation • phonetics and phonology • Scots • sociolinguistics • speech technology (the Centre for Speech Technology Research is a collaboration between PPLS and Informatics. Admissions are organised by the School of Informatics. See www.cstr.ed.ac.uk.) • syntax and semantics • varieties of English • various theoretical approaches to the study of language Support and training Each research student receives supervision by at least two members of the academic staff, who will meet regularly with you to discuss your progress and wider issues in your field of study. This may include discussion of journal articles or books, and preparation for conference presentations, as well as discussion of your dissertation or draft chapters of 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. Tuition fees in 2012/13* 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 information about fees see www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding.

Research environment We are one of the leading departments of philosophy in the UK for research. Our teaching and research span most areas of philosophy but our main strengths are in four 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; Plato’s Moral and Political Theory, Political Utopias; Moral Philosophy. Epistemology We have a unique wealth of 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 of cognitive of processes and virtue epistemology. Ethics Ethics is one of the central areas of 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 fast-moving area, and specialises in the study of embodiment, consciousness, perception, action, and situated reason. Our researchers benefit from close links with the University’s world-leading School of Informatics. Support and training You will meet regularly with your supervisors, who will advise you on the preparation of 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 of regular professional development and research training seminars. Most PhD and MPhil students will gain undergraduate teaching experience, for which you will be given training and mentoring. Tuition fees in 2012/13* 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 information about fees see www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding.

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PhD 3 yrs FT (6 yrs PT available for UK/EU students) MSc by Research 1 yr FT (2 yrs PT available for UK/EU students) Research environment Our Psychology unit is rapidly establishing itself as a centre of excellence for interdisciplinary research. We host three major research groups: Human Cognitive Neuroscience; Language, Cognition and Communication; Differential Psychology. We also have strengths in the supervision of projects in Developmental Psychology, History and Theory of Psychology, Social Psychology and Visual Cognition. Human Cognitive Neuroscience This research group comprises academics with core interests in memory, attention, executive function, visual memory, sensory integration, and perceptuo-motor control in both normally functioning adults and people with neurological disorders. The group uses traditional behavioural measures, neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI and ERP, eyetracking, motion tracking, computational modelling and clinical assessment. Language, Cognition and Communication The Language Cognition and Communication Research Group is internationally recognised for its work on the psychology of language. We have wide expertise in spoken and written comprehension, production and dialogue, from sub-lexical processes to the discourse level.

Support and training Psychology postgraduate students typically receive formal 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 of research activities. Many PhD students will gain undergraduate teaching experience, for which you will be given training and mentoring. Tuition fees in 2012/13* 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 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 information about fees see www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding.

Anna Marmodoro Official Fellow in Philosophy, Corpus Christi College, the University of Oxford Studied at Edinburgh: PhD Philosophy

“The Philosophy department was a vibrant research environment where I found much stimulation to explore a variety of research directions, within ancient philosophy but also in other areas.”

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Differential Psychology The Differential Psychology group examines how thinking, behaviour and feelings differ from person to person, attempting to understand their psychological similarities and how psychological characteristics vary. Research includes the psychometric structure of intelligence; genetic and environmental effects on intelligence differences; associations between intelligence and information processing speed; and brain imaging and intelligence.

Research opportunities

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Funding A large number of scholarships, loans and other funding schemes are available for your postgraduate studies. You can find the full range at www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding. Awards are offered by the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, the College of Humanities & Social Science, the University of Edinburgh, the Scottish, British and international governments and funding bodies. Below we list a selection of potential sources of financial support for postgraduate students applying to the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences.

University of Edinburgh scholarships

Other sources of funding

Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Studentships

Commonwealth Scholarships

Two PhD awards provided by the University’s Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology. www.ccace.ed.ac.uk

For students who are resident in any Commonwealth country, other than the UK. www.dfid.gov.uk/cscuk

Fulbright Scholarships

China Scholarships Council/University of Edinburgh Scholarships

Scholarships open to US graduate students in any subject wishing to study in the UK. www.iie.org/fulbright

A number of scholarships for PhD study to candidates who are citizens and residents of China. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/china-council

Marshall Scholarships

College of Humanities & Social Sciences Studentships Studentships (fees plus stipend) and scholarships (fees only) are open to those admitted to the first year of PhD research. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/research-hss

Ailie Donald Bursary

Open to outstanding US students wishing to study at any UK university for at least two years. www.marshallscholarship.org

Scotland’s Saltire Scholarships A number of scholarships open to citizens of Canada, China, India and the US, undertaking masters level study in Scotland. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/saltire

Awarded annually to a full-time or part-time postgraduate student in English Language. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/donald

The Drever Trust MSc Postgraduate Scholarship Awarded to a postgraduate student accepted onto an MSc course in any subject in Psychology. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/drever

The University of Edinburgh Graduate Discount Scheme

Edinburgh Global Masters Scholarships

We offer a 10 per cent discount on postgraduate fees for all alumni who have graduated with an undergraduate degree from the University. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/discounts

A number of scholarships available to international students for masters study. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/masters

Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships These scholarships are designed to attract high-quality international research students to the University. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/global-research

Edinburgh Santander Masters Scholarships Several scholarships are available to students from a number of countries for masters study. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/santander

Edinburgh UK/EU Masters Scholarships Scholarships for UK and EU students who have been accepted on a full-time masters degree programme. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/uk-masters

Shruti Chaudhry PhD Sociology Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship and College of Humanities & Social Science Research Studentship

Principal’s Career Development PhD Scholarships A number of awards, open to UK, EU and international PhD students. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/development

Principal’s Indian Masters Scholarships 15 scholarships are available to students from India for masters study. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/masters-india

“I learnt about the scholarships through the scholarships and student funding section of the University’s website. The scholarships have provided me with a wonderful opportunity to study at a premier institution. I wish to work in academia in the future and so my PhD will provide me with the necessary training and qualification to allow me to meet my goals.”

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Normally only those UK/EU students who have been resident in the UK for the preceding three years are eligible for a full award. For some awards, candidates who are EU nationals and are resident in the UK may be eligible for a fees-only award. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/research-councils

The Canada Student Loans Program The University is eligible to certify Canadian student loan applications. Full details on eligibility and how to apply can be found online. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/canadian-loans

The Student Awards Agency for Scotland This department of the Scottish Government has offered loans to postgraduate students in the past. At time of going to press arrangements for study in 2013/14 were under review. www.saas.gov.uk

US Student Loans The University is eligible to certify loan applications for US loan students. Full details on eligibility and how to apply can be found online. www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/us-loans

Research councils offer awards to masters, MPhil and PhD students in most of the Schools within the University of Edinburgh. All studentship applications from the research councils must be made through the University, through your School or College office. Awards can be made for both taught and research programmes.

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How to apply General requirements To apply for a postgraduate degree, you will in most cases need a UK degree with at least a 2:1 classification, or its international equivalent (www.ed.ac.uk/international/country) in a related area. It is expected that you will have a good understanding of the field you propose to study and at least some relevant work experience. Some programmes may vary, so check the entry requirements for the specific programme you wish to apply for. All applicants must provide the degree transcripts for all previous degrees and letters from two academic referees. Applicants for Philosophy programmes should also include a sample of academic writing, such as an essay or article written within the last two years.

MSc To apply for one of our masters programmes, simply visit www.ed.ac.uk/pg/degrees and apply online. It’s a straightforward process, and you’ll 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 of your interest and why you are attracted to the programme.

Guidance on drafting a personal statement can be found at www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/ postgraduate/prospective.php.

Research degrees If you are interested in applying for a research degree, your first step is to identify your area of interest and explore the research possibilities that exist within that group. Visit www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate and select the PhD programme link for your subject, where you will find more information about the research fields we host and the staff working within them. You might find it helpful to get in touch with academics working in your chosen area to discuss your proposed research and the likelihood of supervision within the School. If you have been in touch with prospective supervisors, please list them in the Project Arrangements section of your application form. All applications should include a research proposal. Your prospective supervisors, in conjunction with the relevant subject Postgraduate Adviser, will consider your research proposal to assess whether they are able to take you on as a student. Guidance on drafting a research proposal can be found at www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/ prospective.php. For further guidance, please contact the School’s Postgraduate Office: T: +44 (0)131 651 5002 E: pplspg@ed.ac.uk

Application deadlines Applications are considered throughout the year. However, many funding sources have deadlines between January and June, so it is recommended that you complete your University of Edinburgh application early in order to be eligible for funding opportunities. You can find more information about scholarships, bursaries and grants at www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding.

Joining us from overseas International applicants are advised to check the University’s website to find out more about their visa options and our Integrated English for Academic Purposes (IEAP) programme. Please visit www.ed.ac.uk/international/ieap.

International agents The University has certified representative agents in the following locations: Brunei, Canada, China, Gulf Region, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Zambia and Zimbabwe. International applicants can use an agent to help guide them through the application process if necessary. Contact details for all our agents can be found at www.ed.ac.uk/studying/ international/agents.

English language requirements Students whose first language is not English must show evidence of one of the qualifications in the box below.

IELTS 7.0 (with no score lower than 6.5 in each section) TOEFL iBT 100 (with at least 23 in all sections) Pearson Test of English 67 (with no score lower than 61 in each of the ‘Communicative Skills’ sections – ‘Enabling Skills’ section scores are not considered) Cambridge CPE Grade B Cambridge CAE Grade A

Please note: • English language requirements can be affected by government policy so please ensure you visit our website for the latest details. www.ed.ac.uk/english-requirements/pg/chss • Your English language certificate must be no more than two years old at the beginning of your degree programme. • A degree from an English-speaking university may be accepted in some circumstances. • Cambridge tests are accepted only for applicants who do not need Tier 4 visas to enter the UK. Abbreviations: IELTS − International English Language Testing System; TOEFL iBT − Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test; CPE − Certificate of Proficiency in English; CAE − Certificate in Advanced English

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