PGP COVER 2012 28/7/11 12:14 Page 2 THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH Postgraduate Prospectus Postgraduate 2012 Entry 2012 THE UNIVERSITYof EDINBURGH Postgraduate Prospectus 2012 Entry www.ed.ac.uk EDINB E56 PGP COVER 2012 28/7/11 12:14 Page 3 PGP INTRO 2012 (1-25) 28/7/11 12:06 Page 1 PGP INTRO 2012 (1-25) 28/7/11 12:06 Page 2 Welcome The University of Edinburgh is globally recognised for its excellence in research, teaching, development and innovation. We’ve been providing our students with world-class teaching for more than 425 years and joining the University as a postgraduate student provides you with a truly unique opportunity to work with some of the most influential academics in your chosen field. At Edinburgh you will develop your specialist skills, deepen your understanding and gain new insights and perspectives to equip you for your career ahead. Whether your plans are for employment or further study, in the UK or abroad, you’ll find the highest quality research and learning opportunities here. Welcome to the University of Edinburgh. Follow us on www.twitter.com/UniofEdinburgh or watch us on www.youtube.com/user/EdinburghUniversity Befriend us on www.facebook.com/UniversityofEdinburgh PGP INTRO 2012 (1-25) 28/7/11 12:06 Page 3 The University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Prospectus 2012 Entry Welcome www.ed.ac.uk 3 Welcome Welcome Contents Contents Humanities & Why choose the University of Edinburgh? 4 Social Science Edinburgh Global 6 pages 26–133 Edinburgh College of Art 8 Resources 9 Career enhancement 10 Medicine & Support services 12 Veterinary Medicine Accommodation 13 Learning at the heart of the city 14 pagespages 134 126-141–163 Choosing your postgraduate degree 16 How to apply 17 Science & Tuition fees, scholarships & funding 18 Engineering Visiting the University 20 Our programmes 22 pages 164–205 Our research areas 25 Humanities & Social Science 26 Medicine & Veterinary Medicine 134 Science & Engineering 164 Tuition fees: further information 206 Campus maps 208 Terms & conditions 211 Useful contacts 213 Index 214 PGP INTRO 2012 (1-25) 28/7/11 12:06 Page 4 4 Why choose the University of Edinburgh? The University of Edinburgh is one regular internal reviews and constantly considers in industrial liaison and technology transfer of the largest universities in the UK, new approaches and techniques in teaching. since 1984. For example, the award-winning and one of the most cosmopolitan. Recently, innovative teaching methods and Wolfson Microelectronics is one of the tools for postgraduates have included University’s best known spin-out companies Our postgraduate community is weblogs, Skype and Second Life virtual and currently has offices in the UK, US, Japan, made up of more than 9,000 tutorials. China, Taiwan and Korea. In 2010 the taught and research students University received research awards from from more than 130 countries. Collaboration and sources including government, the EU, Our size and international diversity international partnerships research councils, charities and industry, enrich every student’s experience. totalling more than £200 million. The University is a member of the Russell Group of leading UK research-intensive Edinburgh Research and Innovation (ERI), Research excellence universities and Universitas 21, an international based at the University, is responsible for The University of Edinburgh has an international network of research-intensive universities. In the promotion and commercialisation of reputation for innovative research across a wide addition, Edinburgh is the only UK university, the University’s research excellence. It can range of disciplines. aside from Oxford, to be a member of both help postgraduate researchers build on their the League of European Research Universities successes, and support them in taking the All of our students benefit from the strong (LERU) and COIMBRA, a network first steps to market, whether it be through research environment that informs our of leading academic institutions. collaborative research, licensing technology academic programmes. We are consistently or providing consultancy services. For more ranked in the top 50 universities in the world*. As an internationally renowned centre for information, please visit www.research- academic excellence, the University is the innovation.ed.ac.uk. In the most recent Research Assessment site of many world-class research centres. Exercise (RAE) the University of Edinburgh’s Our postgraduate students are crucial to our A proud heritage position as one of the world’s leading research continued success and development and, By choosing to pursue further study or universities was reaffirmed. Our submission along with our staff, they forge research research at Edinburgh you will be joining a was among the largest and most links through regular travel and overseas community of scholars that have been at the comprehensive in the UK. exchanges. We take pride in our partnerships with other institutions such as the California forefront of knowledge since 1583. Recent alumni include NASA astronaut Piers Sellers; A total of 1,684 individual academics – Institute of Technology and Stanford University the former UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown; more than 90 per cent of the institution’s in the USA; the British University in Dubai, former MI5 Director General Stella Rimmington; academic staff – saw their research assessed in the UAE; the University of Melbourne in former Canadian Prime Minister Sir Charles across 39 subject areas. Of these subject Australia; and McGill University in Canada. Tupper; Scotland’s most senior judge, Lord areas, 27 were ranked in the UK top five. In China we have links with Peking University Hamilton; novelists Ian Rankin and Philippa The results also demonstrate that 63 per cent and the Beijing Film Academy. In total the Gregory; and Olympians Katherine Grainger of the University’s research activity is in the University is involved with more than 1,180 and Sir Chris Hoy. Looking further back, some highest possible categories – 4*, world leading international research collaborations. of our distinguished former students include and 3*, internationally excellent. For a full the philosopher David Hume, geologist James list of the RAE results, please visit Linking research Hutton, physicist James Clerk Maxwell, inventor www.ed.ac.uk/schools- and commerce Alexander Graham Bell and novelists Sir Arthur departments/governance-strategic- Conan Doyle, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis planning/research/mi/rde2008. We are proud that our long tradition of Stevenson. Perhaps our most famous student excellence serves the needs of industry and was Charles Darwin, who studied here in commerce across the UK and internationally. Teaching quality the 1800s. We value, and strongly encourage, the and innovation commercial development of research from The high quality of our teaching is consistently our academics. We were one of the first recognised, notably in the most recent review universities in the UK to actively develop by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher commercial links with industry, government Education (QAA). The University also conducts and the professions, having been involved *Times Higher Education World University Rankings. PGP INTRO 2012 (1-25) 28/7/11 12:06 Page 5 The University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Prospectus 2012 Entry Why choose the University of Edinburgh? www.ed.ac.uk 5 Why choose the University of Edinburgh? University the choose Why PGP INTRO 2012 (1-25) 28/7/11 12:06 Page 6 6 Edinburgh Global Global Academies enable the By bringing together academics from areas The Global Environment and Society University to make a greater as diverse as medicine and the biomedical Academy launched in June 2011 with the impact on some of the world’s sciences, public health, social sciences and aims of contributing to the building of a engineering, to share resources and knowledge, vibrant global community of talented people most challenging issues. With the Academy allows the University to address at the forefront of tackling the challenges Edinburgh Global we have set complex global health issues such as arising from environmental change. Students ourselves an ambitious goal – to pandemic flu, malaria, health inequalities and interested in studying under the Global become a place of first choice in childhood pneumonia. The Academy also aims Environment and Society Academy will benefit the minds of the world. We aim to to translate scientific advances into practical, from the opportunities arising from the reinforce Edinburgh’s position as effective and efficient solutions, which can creation of links with environmental science be implemented in developing nations. and policy practitioners in other academic one of the world’s leading institutions across the globe – both during universities attracting vibrant, The Global Health Academy has also launched their studies and afterwards as members of internationally focussed staff and a portfolio of online postgraduate degrees, a thriving alumni community. students who are open to and enabling healthcare professionals around working with the greatest minds the globe to participate in Edinburgh’s A new MSc in Global in the world. postgraduate education while continuing to live and work within their communities. Challenges This new programme offers a trans-disciplinary Given the ever-increasing global pace of approach to understanding the major change, the University needs to be able to act The Global Development Academy was problems facing the