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Join our Postgraduate Community in 2021 with Specialised MSc Courses and Scholarships
Searching for a postgraduate course that teaches cutting-edge research and prepares you for a career in industry? Take a look at our specialised MSc programmes:
Advanced Technology for Financial Computing MSc
Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust MSc
If you are interested in Artificial Intelligence you may be eligible for our scholarship in partnership with DeepMind. The scholarship supports students from under-represented backgrounds in their MSc studies:
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- Fiona McNeill Awarded Principal’s Medal for Helping Students Adapt to Hybrid Teaching
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We provide a fertile environment for a wide range of studies focussed on understanding computation in both artificial and natural systems.
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We have produced more world-leading and internationally excellent research (4* and 3*) than any other UK university.
The School of Informatics, located in the heart of Edinburgh, is the largest institution of this kind in the UK and one of the largest in Europe.
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