Contact Us
Detailed information on how to find us and who to contact.
On this page:
Prospective Students
General Enquiries
Find Us
School management and administration key contacts
Prospective Students
Undergraduate enquiries and applications
Undergraduate applications or admission enquiries should be submitted via the online form.
For general enquiries or enquiries regarding programme content, please contact:
Ecological Science programmes: ecological.sciences@ed.ac.uk
Environmental Geoscience, Geology, Geophysics programmes: earth.sciences@ed.ac.uk
Geography programmes: geography@ed.ac.uk
Postgraduate Taught Masters enquiries and applications
Postgraduate Taught Masters applications or admission enquiries should be submitted via the online form.
For enquiries regarding the programme content, please contact: geos.postgrad@ed.ac.uk
Postgraduate Research Enquiries
For enquiries regarding postgraduate research studies, please contact: pgrsupport.geos@ed.ac.uk
General Enquiries
- Email: info@geos.ed.ac.uk
- Phone: +44 (0) 131 651 7068
Find Us
The School is distributed in several buildings across the King’s Buildings and Central Area campuses of the University.
The Grant Institute, the Crew Building and the John Murray Laboratories are located at King's Buildings, the campus around two miles south of the city centre. The Head of School and the main administrative offices are in the Grant Institute.
The Institute of Geography and the Drummond Library are in High School Yards, near Old College in the historic Old Town of Edinburgh.
Grant Institute
- Postal and Physical Address: The King's Buildings, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FE
- Phone: +44 (0) 131-650-8510
- Email: info@geos.ed.ac.uk
Crew Building
Postal and Physical Address: The King's Buildings, Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FF
- Phone: +44 (0) 131-650-5430
- Email: info@geos.ed.ac.uk
Institute of Geography
Postal and Physical Address: Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP
- Phone: +44 (0) 131-650-9847
- Email: info@geos.ed.ac.uk
Cockburn Museum
The Cockburn Museum at King's Buildings holds an extensive collection of geological specimens and historical objects which is open to the public.
School Management and Administration
| Role | Person | Phone number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of School | Professor Simon Kelley | +44 (0) 131 650 2537 | hos.geos@ed.ac.uk |
| Director of Professional Services | Joy Candlish | +44 (0) 131 651 7159 | |
| PA to Head of School and HoRIs | Carol Gourlay | +44 (0) 131 651 7068 | carol.gourlay@ed.ac.uk |
| Administrative Services Manager | Emma Blacklock | +44 (0) 131 650 5851 | Emma.Blacklock@ed.ac.uk |
| Senior Personal Tutor and School Curriculum Approval Officer | Dr Caroline Nichol | +44 (0) 131 650 7729 | Caroline.Nichol@ed.ac.uk |
| Director of Research | Professor Ian Main | +44 (0) 131 650 4911 | Ian.Main@ed.ac.uk |
| Research Support Services Manager | Matthew Ross | +44 (0) 131 650 7541 | Matthew.Ross@ed.ac.uk |
| Head of Facilities | Professor Kate Heal | +44 (0) 131 650 5420 | K.heal@ed.ac.uk |
| Director of Teaching | Dr Linda Kirstein | +44 (0) 131 650 4838 | hoto.geos@ed.ac.uk |
| Head of Student Services | Susan Orr | +44 (0) 131 650 4917 | Susan.Orr@ed.ac.uk |
| Director of PGR | Dr Marc Metzger | +44 (0) 131 651 4446 | Marc.Metzger@ed.ac.uk |
| Head of Earth and Planetary Science Research Institute | Professor Bryne Ngwenya | +44 (0) 131 650 8507 | Bryne.Ngwenya@ed.ac.uk |
| Head of Global Change Research Institute | Dr Rob Bingham | +44 (0) 131 651 4635 | r.bingham@ed.ac.uk |
| Head of Geography and the Lived Environment Research Institute | Professor Iain Woodhouse | +44 (0) 131 650 2527 | i.h.woodhouse@ed.ac.uk |
| Health and Safety Manager | John Watt |
+44 (0) 131 650 4906 |
safety@geos.ed.ac.uk |
| Physical Resources Manager |
Dr. Matthew Ball |
+44 (0) 131 650 7010 |
Matt.Ball@ed.ac.uk |
| Finance Manager | Richard Carr | +44 (0) 131 650 2286 | Richard.Carr@ed.ac.uk |
| Research Finance Manager | Brendan Martin | +44 (0) 131 650 4843 | Brendan.Martin@ed.ac.uk |
| IT Service Manager | Christopher Place | +44 (0) 131 650 2542 | C.J.Place@ed.ac.uk |
| Business Development Executive | Stuart Simmons | +44 (0) 131 650 8516 | Stuart.Simmons@ed.ac.uk |