How To Apply
Information on applying for a postgraduate degree within the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
How and when do I apply?
If you’d like to study on any of our postgraduate programmes (taught and research), you apply through the University of Edinburgh’s online Degree Finder and its associated application service, EUCLID.
Before choosing the Degree Finder entry for your programme, it’s worth reading the University’s general guide to applying for Postgraduate Study, which includes advice on writing a personal statement, choosing your referees and more.
Take me to the guide to applying for Postgraduate Study on the University of Edinburgh website
Degree Finder gives you in-depth information about what you can expect from each of our postgraduate programmes, as well as advice on entrance requirements, start dates, fees and scholarship opportunities for that programme.
Take me to Degree Finder for postgraduate study
PhD programmes - pre-application guidance
Before you formally apply for a PhD through the University of Edinburgh’s online system, you will likely find it beneficial to get to know us first so that you are confident we’re the best place for you to undertake your research.
Please browse the postgraduate pages of the subject area in which your PhD will be based.
We welcome interdisciplinary applications that cross subject areas – in this case, begin by choosing what you consider to be the most relevant area for your research project:
Asian Studies
PhDs in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Studies
Enquiries: Dr Xuelei Huang
Celtic and Scottish Studies
PhD in Celtic and Scottish Studies
Enquiries: Professor Rob Dunbar
English Literature
PhDs in English Literature or Creative Writing
Enquiries: Dr Andrew Taylor
European Languages and Cultures
PhDs in French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Portguese & Latin American (Hispanic) Studies, Scandinavian Studies, and Comparative Literature
Enquiries: Professor Alexis Grohmann
Film and Theatre
PhDs in Film Studies or European Theatre
Enquiries: Dr David Sorfa
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Enquiries: Dr Anthony Gorman
Translation Studies
PhD in Translation Studies
Enquiries: Dr Mavis Ho