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MPhil French - 2 Years (Full-time)

MPhil French - 4 Years (Part-time)

MSc by Research French Studies - 1 Year (Full-time)

MSc by Research French Studies - 2 Years (Part-time)

PhD French - 3 Years (Full-time)

PhD French - 6 Years (Part-time)

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Contact information: Postgraduate Adviser
Phone: +44 (0) 131 650 3054
Email: llc.postgrad@ed.ac.uk; Address: European Languages and Cultures
60 George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9JX

Entry requirements

International students

All applicants must meet our general entry and language requirements. Detailed advice for international students is available here:

Research profile

In the very first Research Assessment Exercise, French was one of the few units to be awarded a star. It has constantly maintained its high standing: in RAE (2008), 85% of research in French was rated 'of international significance or better'.

French offers supervision in any area of French cultural studies, including literary and linguistic studies from the Middle Ages to the present day; Francophone (including Francophone Belgian) and postcolonial studies; autobiography; word and image; word and music; cinema; contemporary politics and institutions; history of the book.

Centre d'etudes Francophones Belges.

Staff and student numbers

Staff: 13, PhD students: eleven.

Training and support

Students are required to follow the course in Theory and Methods of Literary Study. For interdisciplinary topics, another appropriate course will also be prescribed (eg Computing and Statistics for Historians). All candidates will also follow a course of research training, which includes bibliographic skills, project development, dissertation and thesis writing.

Facilities

Computing facilities, common room and section library are available to students. Students also have access to the University Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the library of the Institut Francais d'Ecosse.

Funding

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This article was published on Apr 25, 2013