Contact Us

Detailed information on how to find us and who to contact.

On this page:

• General Enquiries 
• Prospective Students
• Find Us 
• School management and administration key contacts 

General Enquiries

• Email: info@geos.ed.ac.uk 
• Phone: +44 (0) 131 651 7068

Prospective Students

Undergraduate enquiries and applications

Undergraduate applications or admission enquiries should be submitted via the online form or for urgent matters please telephone the College of Science and Engineering Admissions Team: +44 (0) 131 650 5737.

For general enquiries or enquiries regarding programme content, please contact:

• Ecological Science programmes: ecological.sciences@ed.ac.uk / +44 (0) 131 650 5430
• Environmental Geoscience, Geology, Geophysics programmes: earth.sciences@ed.ac.uk / +44 (0) 131 650 8510
• Geography programmes: geography@ed.ac.uk / +44 (0) 131 650 9847

Postgraduate Taught Masters enquiries and applications 

Postgraduate Taught Masters applications or admission enquiries should be submitted via the online form or for urgent matters please telephone the College of Science and Engineering Admissions Team: +44 (0) 131 650 5737.

For enquiries regarding the programme content, please contact:

• MSc Environment & Development, MSc Environment, Culture & Society or MSc Environmental Sustainability: geos.postgrad@ed.ac.uk / +44 (0) 131 650 2543
• MSc GeoEnergy, MSc Marine Systems and Policies, MSc Energy Society and Sustainability: geos.postgrad@ed.ac.uk / +44 (0) 131 650 2624
• MSc Carbon Management (on campus and online), MSc Geographical Information Science, MSc Earth Observation and Geoinformation Management: geos.postgrad@ed.ac.uk / +44 (0) 131 650 8105

Postgraduate Research Enquiries

For enquiries regarding postgraduate research studies, please contact: pgrsupport.geos@ed.ac.uk / +44 (0) 131 650 6038

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. 

The University provides Campus maps and  accessibility guides for the campuses and buildings.  

• Getting to King's Buildings
• More information about transport and parking at the University  

School Management and Administration