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The world's brightest minds are drawn to Edinburgh to study online degrees. Join our global community of 3,000 online degree students.
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Why study online with the University of Edinburgh?
Enhance your career while you work
Build on existing knowledge, learn something new or fulfil CPD requirements. [scald=79177:sdl_editor_representation] A Masters degree can help you stand out from the crowd, or enable you to progress to a new job in your chosen profession. Join a global network of working professionals and learn while you earn.
Delivering online for more than a decade
We're consistently ranked as one of the world's top 50 universities. [scald=79176:sdl_editor_representation] We've been influencing the world since 1583, and delivering degrees online since 2005. The qualification you'll gain online will be of equal value and academic quality to a degree taught on-campus.
Flexible and convenient
Study from wherever you live in the world, there's no need to come to Edinburgh. [scald=79163:sdl_editor_representation] Online degrees can fit around your personal and professional commitments, and you can study at the times that suit you best.
Interactive learning environment
Our virtual learning environment is home to all your learning content, such as discussion forums, electures, videos, slides, reading lists, and academic sources. [scald=79162:sdl_editor_representation]Online students can access 430,000 ebooks and 43,000 electronic journals from the University's library.
What do our graduates say?
Using the skills I learned from the course and the multi-disciplinary approach promoted by the course, I was able to write a proposal for a conservation project that won an award and I am now implementing that project.
Olivier Nsengimana, graduated 2015Online MVetSci in Conservation Medicine
My involvement with Edinburgh and the feeling of engagement with academics and administrative staff has been a transformation... the feeling is that it is an institution one feels proud to be a part of.
Matthew Lynas, graduated 2017Online MSc in History