We believe our flexible four-year degree will give you the best chance of success in your future career. Our undergraduate degrees typically take four years to complete, allowing you the chance to study a wide range of topics or hone your knowledge of a particular subject. A four-year honours degree gives you the benefit of developing a deeper knowledge of your chosen subject area. Typically, in your first two years you will be able to study subjects outside of your core discipline, before specialising in your third and fourth years. At the end of your fourth year you will graduate with an MA (Hons). This is the standard undergraduate humanities degree awarded by the University of Edinburgh. Advantages of a four-year degree enhance your career prospects by gaining a broad education that is attractive to employers experience new subjects without the need to commit long-term - you might discover new passions, take your career in a new direction or simply enhance your CV tailor your degree as you discover where your strengths lie nurture your talent, develop a broad range of skills and grow intellectually over a longer period of time broaden your horizons - opportunities to study abroad are possible on most of our programmes Learn more about the four-year degree This article was published on 2024-11-12
