The Programme maintains a large staff of first class researchers who teach a comprehensive and flexible range of courses as a foundation for research. It aims to teach courses at a level that matches the best graduate programmes elsewhere in the world, and to offer research supervision in a broad area of philosophy and the history of philosophy. The foundation year of the programme is currently delivered at St Andrews by staff from both universities. Two semesters of coursework qualify students for a Graduate Diploma, while a short dissertation completed during the following summer is required for award of the M.Litt. Core elements of the foundation year provide a solid grounding across the range of contemporary philosophy, and in selected periods of the history of philosophy.
Students further choose two courses from an extensive list of options.
Students who make satisfactory progress may proceed to a research Masters degree or PhD at either Stirling or St Andrews.