Postgraduate Research
Our Roslin Institute and Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems provide a range of postgraduate research opportunities.
Research programmes
We offer MScR and PhD programmes in the following broad subject areas:
- Clinical Veterinary Sciences
- Functional Genetics and Development
- Genetics and Genomics
- Infection and Immunity
- Agricultural Sciences (PhD only)
We recommend making contact with a prospective supervisor before commencing a formal application. You can contact the Postgraduate Research Administration team on rdsvs.pgr.admin@ed.ac.uk, outlining your research interests.
Alternatively, you may want to look for funded research opportunities such as studentships (see below).
We offer a number of studentships each year for research postgraduates.
All PhD and MScR opportunities are advertised on our webpages and FindaPhD.com.
These opportunities are funded via various sources and include UK Research Councils, Industry and Charities as well as R(D)SVS and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. We also welcome students who have obtained their own funding from Government sources etc.
Postgraduate funding information from the Scholarships Office