The Graduate School of the Department of English Literature at Edinburgh welcomes applications for research in most areas of literary study, as well as in critical and cultural theory. You can read for MLitt or PhD degrees by research or take a one-year MSc by Research.
Admission is generally open to students with a good first degree in English or in a related field.
Candidates applying for research degrees must submit a research proposal. Candidates applying for the taught MSc in Writing and Cultural Politics will be asked to indicate their future research interests on the application form when they apply for the course but are not required to provide a research proposal. Candidates from non-English speaking countries must provide evidence of English proficiency. All graduate students follow, at the outset of their programmes, a course in Research Methods and Bibliography. This course, which runs in the Autumn term, introduces research techniques and includes familiarisation with computer and on-line resources.