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Prospective research postgraduates
We offer research experience in one of the largest and highest-rated research environments in the UK.
Our world-class academics and modern facilities promote both specialised and interdisciplinary research and teaching, in pure and applied science and engineering.
We offer research degrees in the following research areas:
Programmes
We offer a wide range of postgraduate research programmes in a number of research areas. Click on a research area below to find out more.
School of Biological Sciences
- Cell Biology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Immunology & Infection Research
- Molecular Plant Sciences
- Stem Cell Research
- Structural & Molecular Biology
School of Chemistry
School of Engineering
- Digital Communications
- Energy Systems
- Infrastructure & the Evironment
- Integrated Micro & Nano Systems (IMNS)
- Materials & Processes
- Offshore Renewable Energy
School of Geosciences
- Earth & Planetary Science
- Edinburgh Earth Observatory
- Environmental Sustainability
- Global Change
- Human Geography
School of Informatics
- Centre for Intelligent Systems & their Applications
- Informatics Life-Sciences Institute
- Institute for Adaptive & Neural Computation
- Institute for Communicating & Collaborative Systems
- Institute for Computing Systems Architecture
- Institute of Perception, Action & Behaviour
- Laboratory for Foundation of Computer Science
- Neuroinformatics & Computational Neuroscience Doctoral Training Centre
School of Mathematics
- Algebra and Number Theory
- Analysis
- Applied and Computational Mathematics
- Geometry and Topology
- Mathematical Physics
- Operational Research and Optimization
- Probability & Stochastic Analysis
- Statistics
School of Physics & Astronomy
Information on specific research degree programmes is also available using the degree finder.
If you have an idea for a new project within a supervisor's research area please discuss it with them. Supervisors may sometimes have projects other than those listed online. You can identify postgraduate advisers or potential supervisors by visiting individual staff or School/Institute/Centre websites, or from the University Postgraduate Prospectus.
Applying
For more information regarding applying, please contact the relevant School.
Fees & Funding
This article was published on Feb 22, 2012