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This guide brings together information about Open Access Resources and Open Educational Resources. It aims to make Open Access resources easier to find and use for study, teaching and research.
Finding open Theses and Dissertations
University of edinburgh and uk theses.
Edinburgh Research Archive - Full text electronic copies of most University of Edinburgh PhD theses can be found online in the Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA). The collection comprises 23,500 items and includes MD theses from the 1700s through to PhDs recently awarded in 2020.
EThoS: e-theses online service - This service from the British Library aims to provide a national aggregated record of all doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions, and free access to the full text of as many theses as possible for use by researchers.
Google Scholar Search
If you know the details of the thesis you wish to consult then an effective way to find the full text is via Google Scholar. Search for the full title in quotes, followed by the author last name, and/or date if known.
International theses
DART-Europe is a searchable database of electronic research theses held in European repositories. It covers around 586 Universities in 29 European countries.
EBSCO Open Dissertations is a free database with records for more than 1.4 million electronic theses and dissertations from more than 320 universities around the world.
Global ETD Search from the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) contains around 6 million records, the majority of which are open, but some may not be publicly available.
Open Access Theses & Dissertations currently indexes around 5 million open access theses and dissertations from 1100 institutions worldwide.
Making your thesis open access
Theses and dissertations from the University of Edinburgh are published online in the Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA). In 2020, UoE theses were downloaded 829,804 times from ERA (source IRUS-UK download report). The University has an expectation that a PhD thesis is a document available for public consultation. As such, unless a legitimate reason for restricting access to the thesis exists, all PhD theses will be made publicly available on the internet. Masters dissertations are not routinely made available online, but exceptional dissertations can be made open access.
PhD and other doctoral theses
Masters dissertations.
Only Masters Dissertations from the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences and the School of Geosciences are routinely deposited in the Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA). If you are from a different School you can make your master dissertation open access by depositing in ERA. You can do this by logging in with your EASE credentials, then selecting your Schools Thesis & Dissertation Collection and follow the prompts for submitting a new item to the collection.
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Dissertations and research projects
General advice and resources to support you throughout your research-based dissertation or project.
This is a general resource to help you with the basics of organising and writing a research-based dissertation or project. The Go further section at the end includes advice on work-based dissertations and signposts other resources.
You should consult your course or programme information, including online sources, and project supervisor or programme director for subject-specific guidance.
Dissertations and research projects are an opportunity to focus on particular question, and plan and undertake your own research to explore it further. Many students really enjoy being an independent researcher and becoming the expert on their work. The format varies depending on the disciplinary context, subject area, your research questions and the project. You may be reviewing the literature, analysing a novel, developing and testing a new method or doing a work-based project. However there are some common factors:
- They are an independent piece of work. You will be working under supervision to some extent and may be collaborating with others, but ultimately you are submitting a piece of independent thought and writing.
- They tend to have a large word count. This is to allow you to do sufficient in-depth analysis and discussion of the topic.
- They require a large investment of time, thought and energy throughout the process. As a significant body of academic work, you need to maintain effort whilst reading, researching, thinking, writing and redrafting it.
Choosing your dissertation or project
Whether you are choosing your dissertation from a selection of topics or you are proposing your own, there are a range of factors to consider. For example:
- What is the starting point for your work, i.e. previous or related research?
- How feasible is your project / proposal?
- Do you have enough time and resources to complete it?
- Will it be of an appropriate academic level?
A key questions to ask is “How interested am I in this topic?” You will be working on your dissertation or project for some time, so having a genuine interest in the topic will help to keep you motivated. If you have any questions specific to your topic or project, you should ask your supervisor, programme director or another member of staff who teaches you.
Planning your dissertation or research project
A research-based dissertation or project is a large piece of work requiring a high level of critical analysis. To achieve this you will have to allow time, not just for the researching phase, but also for the writing and editing stages. You will need to give yourself plenty of time to:
- Read around your topic and undertake background research;
- Digest and think about what you are learning and writing;
- Complete experiments, fieldwork, interviews or project placements;
- Analyse data, findings or results, and interpret them;
- Think about and decide on your conclusions.
Taking a project management approach to your dissertation or research project might be a more effective way to successfully complete it. The Time management page has tips and tools for organising your time.
Time management webpage and tools
The dissertation and project planner can be used to think about the different stages and help give you an overall view of the process. There are some general points and questions to act as prompts, spaces you can add your own notes in and some useful tips and resources.
Dissertation and project planner (pdf) Dissertation and project planner (rtf)
Writing your dissertation
You should not underestimate the time that should be allocated to writing your dissertation. Writing will involve planning, background research, drafting, redrafting, and proof-reading and editing.
First draft : Your first draft is about getting words on the page. For example, it may sketch out your first thoughts, arguments and potential structure. You can review these and use them to check: are you focussed on the right topics and questions? Is your structure and line of thought sensible? This is also a good time to set up your format requirements (e.g. page layouts, references).
Redrafts : Redrafting is where you expand and refine your ideas and argument. You may also find that as you are writing the direction of your argument changes; for example this could be due to your literature research producing new avenues of thought or your experiments turning up unexpected results. This is a good time to review the focus of your initial question, and whether your arguments or conclusions are still sensible.
Final draft(s) : Your final draft(s) is where you cast a critical eye over your work and assess how effective it is in communicating your argument and conclusions - does it answer the question? You should also check that your presentation, spelling and grammar are appropriate and polished, all your references are included, and your are following the appropriate format guidance.
It is a good idea to take a break between writing and reviewing your work. Try to leave at least a day between writing before you pick it up again, the longer the better. This allows you to look at your work with an analytical eye, looking for ways to improve. Imagine you are reading your work as someone who is not so familiar with the topic: would a reader be able to follow and understand your argument? Do your ideas link? Have you signposted on from one section to the next? Remember also to look back at your question/title, does your dissertation address it? Does it follow a logical structure?
To check the flow of your argument or line of reasoning you can test pieces of your text using set criteria. To help revise and restructure your text you can make a reverse outline. Both of these techniques are available on our Editing and proofreading page.
Editing and proofreading
Producing a professional document
Information Services provide information and guidance about how to produce a thesis or dissertation using Microsoft Word.
Producing a thesis or dissertation using Microsoft Word (EASE log in required)
Thesis Hub: Producing your thesis or dissertation in Word
Choosing a reference manager
A referencing management tool can help you to collect and organise and your source material to produce a bibliography or reference list.
Referencing and reference management
Data Mindfulness
As part of your research you will produce and use research data in a variety of forms from quantitative and/or qualitative research. This may be data you generate yourself or obtained from other researchers, data repositories or public records. You need to make choices about what you use, handle your data correctly and document all of this process.
The University’s Research Data Service helps staff and students be effective with their research data before, during and after their project. They have created an introductory handbook on Data Mindfulness for taught students writing a dissertation. This handbook is accompanied by a set of short videos. Together these cover topics including what data is, how to store it, file organisation and dealing with your data after your hand-in. There is advice in the handbook on working with sensitive data and issues such as privacy, confidentiality and disclosure.
Data Mindfulness handbook
Data Mindfulness videos
Work-based dissertations
Many courses and programmes, particularly at Postgraduate level, offer the opportunity to carry out a work-based dissertation. These opportunities vary between Schools and Programmes but will typically involve students tackling a research question identified by an organisation such as a business, a public sector organisation or a charity. A work based dissertation project can be invaluable for your employability and for career development.
If you are interested in carrying out a work-based dissertation you may need to start planning earlier than you would for a more traditional academic dissertation. If your Programme offers this opportunity, you will be given this information at the start of Semester 1. If you would like to source and set up a dissertation project with an external organisation yourself, you will need to speak with your Programme Director or Course Organiser first.
You can draw on resources developed by the Making the Most of Masters project.
Making the Most of Masters
Work-based projects – advice for students
There are a variety of study guides available on dissertation and project writing. Books aimed at postgraduate students can also be useful for undergraduates. Our IAD Resource List has a selection available in University libraries.
Study Skills Guides
This article was published on 2024-02-26
Informatics PhD Theses and MSc Dissertations
How to apply for a PhDPhD Student Applications PhD ApplicationsThe postgraduate research degree offered at the School of Mathematics is the PhD. The PhD programme is three years in length with an additional year to write up and submit your thesis should it be needed. However, please note if you are offered a fully funded place, you will receive four years of funding (stipend and all fees). The students admitted typically have an MSc degree, or 1 st class honours degree (or its international equivalent). From the start of their studies, they are assigned a main supervisor with whom they work closely throughout their degree programme and a second supervisor who provides additional help and pastoral support. Applications are invited for PhD studies for September each year. Occasionally students are admitted at other times of the year by special arrangement. To request the possibility of admission at another time of the year, please email the Graduate School with further details of your request. All applications received by 22 January 2024 will receive full consideration for funding. Later applications will be considered until all positions are filled. If you are applying for EDCS or the China Scholarship, please ensure you check the relevant application deadline. These scholarships do require a separate application. The deadline for EDCS applications is 19 February 2024. We accept applications from students who have secured external funding at all times of the year - Please make this clear on your application, and if you are in contact with a potential supervisor. How to ApplyStep 1: meet our entry requirements. Our minimum entry requirements are a 1 st class Honours degree (or its international equivalent) OR a 2:1 Honours degree (or its international equivalent) plus a Masters degree (or its international equivalent) in a relevant subject. Typically, candidates have a good understanding of the field they propose to study, and some research experience. Students applying for a research degree should identify their research interests and determine in which research group they wish to carry out their work. They are encouraged to contact staff members prior to their application in order to identify possible research projects and supervisors. However, it is not essential for you to have secured a supervisor before submitting your application. You can note proposed supervisor(s) on your appliction form. Non-UK candidates may be required to provide a evidence of proficiency in the English language. For full details on English language requirements, please see this page . Applicants must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of their English language ability: an undergraduate or masters degree, that was taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country as defined by UK Visas and Immigration ( UKVI list of majority English speaking countries )
Degrees taught and assessed in English must be no more than 3.5 years old at the date of the beginning of your degree programme. English language test certificates must be no more than 2 years old at the beginning of your degree programme, or 3.5 years for CAE & CPE. Step 2: Apply onlineMake an online application to the appropriate PhD programme(s) (see below) . You will be asked to upload documents at the start of the application process. The documentation that we require you to upload to your application is:
Where you are asked for your project proposal, you may ignore that request, the School of Mathematics does not require a research proposal . Although the EUCLID application system will request that you upload one, you can just ignore this request. The reason that you will be asked for one is that the system applies to all Schools throughout the University and some Schools do require a research proposal. In the place of a research proposal, please upload an up to date CV. There is no need to upload any certificates for the degree you are currently studying (if you have not been issued one) - instead, official interim transcripts will be required. Official translations of any documents not in written English are required. On the application form, where it asks for funding information - please enter 'School of Mathematics'. Each application will automatically be considered for one of our scholarships. Please indicate any other potential source of funding you have, have applied for or are intending to apply for (see Step 3). If you have secured external funding, please provide evidence of the funding along with your application. Step 3: FundingPlease review and apply for all applicable sources of funding noted on the What funding is available for your PhD page. Please apply via the research pages below:
Finding thesesThis page is in two sections: Find an Edinburgh Napier University thesisFind a thesis from another institution. You can find recent PhD, DBA and research-based (not taught) Masters theses online in the Edinburgh Napier Research Repository . The wider and historical range of Edinburgh Napier PhD theses are stored in hardcopy in secure storage at Merchiston Library. Find a hardcopy thesis Hardcopy theses are listed on LibrarySearch . To find a thesis: 1. Enter 'napier university' in the search box 2. On the right hand side, under Tweak my results > Library/Collection >choose Edinburgh Napier Theses. This will give you a list of hundreds of theses (and some other Edinburgh Napier-related items). If you want to find a thesis on a particular subject, simply search as above but with subject keywords instead of 'napier university'. Be aware that thesis subjects are very specific , so you may have to keep trying different keywords. Borrow a hardcopy thesis Ask at the Merchiston Library Help Desk. Library staff will ask you to fill out a short form, and then bring you the thesis from secure storage. NOTE: You may only borrow a thesis for three hours at a time (some theses are embargoed and cannot be borrowed). You cannot take it out of the Library or photocopy it. To search for a UK thesis from another institution (not Edinburgh Napier University): Try searching EThOS - the British Library Electronic Theses Online Service (see step-by-step help on myNapier ). If the thesis is not available full-text online from Ethos, there may be a link to the institutional repository. You may be able to request digitisation from EThOS for free.
The British Library was subject to a cyber incident last year and most of their systems have been offline since then. This outage includes British Library document delivery and inter-library loans services. As a result, there may be problems supplying Edinburgh Napier University inter-library loan requests and there will be delays to delivery. Currently we have no further information about the likely duration of these issues. Can't find/access the thesis for free?Contact your Subject Librarian for further help. Send full details of the thesis, including a link to the full details on EThOS, if available. Other respositoriesRegistry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) Tracks the location and growth of open-access repositories.
Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373  Originality, Independence, Relevance… and more - The PhD in Finance thesis at EDHECThe editorial of the June 2024 EDHEC PhD in Finance Newsletter is signed by Enrique Schroth, Professor of Finance and Academic Director of the PhD in Finance Programme, EDHEC Business School.  Originality, Independence, Relevance… and moreThe phd in finance thesis at edhec. June is the busiest month in the calendar of the PhD in Finance at EDHEC. First-year students have just finished their core coursework and, while working on their final assignments, they are also preparing for the summer comprehensive exams. As if they weren’t busy enough, first-year students must now start thinking seriously about what their thesis topic will be. Beginning in the Autumn, they will hopefully get green light to start work on producing their first piece of scientific research in finance. And second- and third-year students have just presented the latest developments to their theses during our annual Research Presentation Series. Second years discussed their research proposal: a pitch of their research question and the method to answer it. Third years presented their progress to date, their new results and upcoming hurdles to complete the work. With most professors of the Finance faculty and fellow students in the audience, their job was difficult. Interruptions and challenges to their propositions were the norm. By the end of the exercise, some of the presenters discovered they were close to finishing, but that more work had to be done to convince us all about the strength of their results. Others realised they must `go back to the drawing board’ and reconsider some assumptions they made to make further progress. All of them received very good feedback and now know how to improve their thesis. The common concern to all our students now is therefore the PhD thesis. And this concern will not only linger for the summer, but remain until the date of the thesis defence. But what is a PhD thesis anyway? And what does the EDHEC PhD in Finance expect from it? Like any world-class full-time PhD program in Finance, the thesis at EDHEC is the essence of the PhD degree. Coursework, assignments and exams are, of course, integral parts of the training towards the degree. But they all train candidates for achieving the number one objective: to create an original, independent and relevant piece of scientific work. A thesis by an EDHEC PhD graduate must be original. It cannot be, for example, a description of what others have already done. A thesis is precisely about what has not been done yet. It must tackle a problem that nobody has solved before; or a problem for which no existing solutions is satisfactory. In his thesis, successfully defended in March 2022, Navneesh Malhan (1) was able to better predict the stock market return with his own indicator of downside risks in the economy. Navneesh conjectured that forecasting of the stock market performance could improve is one used not the traditional macroeconomic indicators of downside risk but instead a direct measure of how anxious professional forecasters are about the economy. Navneesh’s thesis is the first to use an Anxiety Index based on surveys of professional macroeconomic forecasters. Navneesh made an original contribution. A thesis must consist of independent thought and work by the candidate. If the Faculty supervisor provides guidance and makes suggestions, the idea must be the candidate’s own. A thesis must not be any piece of work delegated to the candidate. Indeed, a PhD degree means that the person awarded it can lead in the pursuit of new scientific knowledge. Lukas Elmiger (2), who graduated in September of 2023, wanted to understand why low risk stocks earn higher returns than riskier stocks after adjusting their returns for differences in risk. Instead of immediately looking for an alternative explanation to the several existing ones, Lukas chose instead to decompose first a stock’s market risk, or beta, into two components: the stock’s return volatility and its correlation with the market. Thus, he detected that the low-risk stocks’ excess returns were partly due to the already known return premium earned by low volatility stocks and partly to the mechanical momentum premium of low correlation stocks. Lukas’ independent contribution was to reduce the number of asset pricing puzzles, or `anomalies’, by proving that some puzzles are subtle manifestations of others. Finally, an EDHEC thesis must be relevant to the practice of finance. Financial market participants must find a use for the insights or solutions advanced in a thesis by an EDHEC PhD in Finance graduate. We must all agree that the question is not only original, but that it needed answering. Maximilian Sauer (3) wanted to help portfolio managers using machine learning techniques to better understand how the computer algorithms were picking amongst the vast number of combinations of multiple return factors, in their search for improved portfolio performance. His results, presented during his defence in May 2024, are highly relevant to portfolio managers: He showed that much of the superior performance gained by machine learning algorithms comes from parsimonious pairwise combinations of small sets of factors. Thus, the portfolio manager can interpret the economics behind improved performance, as opposed to relying solely on the black box power of the computer and its learning algorithm. Writing a thesis at EDHEC involves other challenges too. By design of the program, our students are not full-time researchers. Most of them have full-time jobs to do while writing their thesis. In addition, their progress is under constant scrutiny, by their advisers, other EDHEC professors, peer students and External Examiners, who are world-leading experts on the thesis’ subject. It is clear then that writing a PhD thesis is a very difficult endeavour. Scientific discovery involves a long and often tedious or frustrating process. During it, we try, and we err a lot. Progress is almost surely slower than we hope or expect at the start. So why do we do it? I suppose it is for the same reason artists, artisans, or builders do it: To enjoy the immense satisfaction one gets from creating something original, ordered and beautiful from chaos. So my message to all our PhD students, especially to our first years, and to potential applicants, at this time of the year when the path towards the thesis defence surely looks dark, is to always remember the purpose of the journey: to achieve clarity. For some of us, few other goals in life are as important or rewarding. So look-up, give it your best at all times and enjoy the process, because it supposed to be hard anyway. (1) https://www.edhec.edu/en/programme/phd-finance/theses/essays-predictability-asset-returns (2) https://www.edhec.edu/en/programme/phd-finance/theses/disentangling-low-risk-effect-role-volatility-and-correlation-low-risk "3) https://www.edhec.edu/en/programme/phd-finance/theses/essays-machine-learning-and-cross-section-stock-returns All PhD in Finance theses' abstracts can be found here . More information on the programme curriculum is available here . Enrique Schroth joined EDHEC Business School in July 2019 as Professor in Finance. Previously, he held research and teaching positions at the Cass Business School, City University of London, the Amsterdam Business School and HEC Lausanne. He received his PhD and MA in Economics from New York University. His current research focuses on liquidity management, on value creation by shareholder activists and on CEO successions. His past research, in topics such as financial fragility, innovation, debt enforcement, and the value of corporate control, has appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies and the Review of Finance. Enrique won the prize for the best symposium paper at the European Finance Association Conference in 2009 for his research on the relationship between the bankruptcy code and the return premium across countries. He is Research Fellow at the Center for European Policy Research (CEPR). Other articles you may be interested in
Edinburgh Research Archive
Economics thesis and dissertation collection By Issue Date Authors Titles Subjects Publication Type Sponsor Supervisors Search within this Collection: Recent SubmissionsEssays in applied micro-econometrics , migration and the implications for the sending country , macroeconomics , essays on human capital, sorting, and wages , essays on behavioral and experimental economics , climate change, innovation, and inequality , three essays on social institutions and individual behavior , essays in development economics , essays on applied microeconomics , macroeconomics & inequality , essays on wage determinants in the long and the short run , two models of institutional design in crime and education , labour market extremes: a study of the high and low wage ends of the labour market , essays on corruption and inequality , essays on resource allocation, land investment and climate change in smallholder agriculture , essays on family economics and labour economics , essays on inequality in human capital development , essays on labor-substituting technologies , financial frictions, labour markets, and the macroeconomy .  
 English Literature PhDAwards: PhD Study modes: Full-time, Part-time Funding opportunities Programme website: English Literature Upcoming Introduction to Postgraduate Study sessionJoin us on the 26th June to learn more about studying at the University of Edinburgh. Find out more and register Research profileDoctorate-level study is an opportunity to expand upon your interests and expertise in a community that really values research; and to make an original, positive contribution to learning in literature and related fields. As the oldest department of English Literature in the UK, based in one of the largest and most diverse Schools in the University of Edinburgh, we are the ideal place for PhD study. Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in all periods and genres of literature and literary analysis. Research excellenceBased on our performance in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF), over 90 per cent of our research and impact is classed as world-leading and internationally excellent by Research Professional. 69 per cent is graded at the world-leading level – the highest of REF’s four categories. In Times Higher Education's REF analysis, English at Edinburgh is ranked fifth in the UK (out of more than 90 institutions) for:
Given the breadth and depth of our expertise, we are able to support students wishing to develop research projects in any field of Anglophone literary studies. These include American studies, literary and critical theory, the history of the book, gender and sexuality studies, and global Anglophone literatures - where our specialisms include Pacific, African, South Asian, and African-American writing. We have particular strengths in each of the main periods of English and Scottish Literature:
Emergent research themes in the department include the digital humanities, the economic humanities, the environmental humanities and literature and medicine.
Working with colleagues elsewhere in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, and across the wider University, we are able to support PhD theses crossing boundaries between disciplines and/or languages.
Over the course of your PhD, you’ll be expected to complete an original body of work under the expert guidance of your supervisors leading to a dissertation of usually between 80,000 and 100,000 words. You will be awarded your doctorate if your thesis is judged to be of an appropriate standard, and your research makes a definite contribution to knowledge.
Go beyond the booksBeyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. Listen to a mix of PhD, early career and established researchers talk about their journey to and through academia and about their current and recent research.
Training and supportBetween the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC), the Careers Service, and the Institute for Academic Development (IAD), you’ll find a range of programmes and resources to help you develop your postgraduate skills. You will also have access to the University’s fantastic libraries, collections and worldwide strategic partnerships. Part of a communityAs part of our research community, you will be immersed in a world of knowledge exchange, with lots of opportunities to share ideas, learning and creative work. Activities range from talks by visiting speakers and work-in-progress seminars, to reading groups, conferences, workshops, performances, online journals and forums, many of which are led by PhD candidates. Highlights include student reading for the James Tait Black Prizes, Britain's oldest literary awards which typically involve reading submissions across fiction and biography and advising the judges on the shortlists.
Our graduates tell us that they value the friendliness of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC), the connections they make here and the in-depth guidance they receive from our staff, who are published experts in their field. A UNESCO World City of Literature, Edinburgh is a remarkable place to study, write, publish, discuss and perform prose, poetry and drama. Take a PhD with us and you will be based in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) in the historic centre of this world-leading festival city. You will have access to the University’s many literary treasures. These include the libraries of:
The Centre for Research Collections holds the W.H. Auden collection; the Corson Collection of works by and about Sir Walter Scott; and the Ramage collection of poetry pamphlets. It also holds a truly exceptional collection of early Shakespeare quartos and other early modern printed plays put together by the 19th century Shakespearean James Halliwell-Phillipps, the correspondence of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (the focus of one of the major editorial projects in Victorian studies of the last half-century), and the extensive Laing collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts, as well as letters and papers by - and relating to - authors including:
Many of the University's Special Collections are digitised and available online from our excellent Resource Centre, Computing Labs, and dedicated PhD study space in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC). Look inside the PhD study space in LLC In the cityOur buildings are close to the National Library of Scotland (where collections include the Bute Collection of early modern English drama and the John Murray Archive), Edinburgh Central Library, Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Writers’ Museum and a fantastic range of publishing houses, bookshops, and theatres. We have strong links with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which annually welcomes around 1,000 authors to our literary city. Entry requirementsThese entry requirements are for the 2024/25 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2025/26 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2024. A UK masters, or its international equivalent, with a mark of at least 65% in your English literature dissertation of at least 10,000 words. If your masters programme did not include a dissertation or included a dissertation that was unmarked or less than 10,000 words, you will be expected to produce an exceptional research proposal and personal statement to show your ability to undertake research at the level required by this programme. International qualificationsCheck whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:
Regardless of your nationality or country of residence, you must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies. English language testsWe accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:
Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS , TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE , in which case it must be no more than two years old. Degrees taught and assessed in EnglishWe also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:
We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries (non-MESC).
If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than five years old* at the beginning of your programme of study. (*Revised 05 March 2024 to extend degree validity to five years.) Find out more about our language requirements:
Read our general information on tuition fees and studying costs: Scholarships and fundingFeatured funding. There are a number of scholarship schemes available to eligible candidates on this PhD programme, including awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Please be advised that many scholarships have more than one application stage, and early deadlines.
Other funding opportunitiesSearch for scholarships and funding opportunities:
Further information
This programme is not currently accepting applications. Applications for the next intake usually open in October. Start date: September 2024 Awards: PhD (36 mth FT, 72 mth PT) Application deadlinesDue to high demand, the school operates a number of selection deadlines. We will make a small number of offers to the most outstanding candidates on an ongoing basis, but hold the majority of applications until the next published selection deadline when we will offer a proportion of the places available to applicants selected through a competitive process. Deadlines for applicants applying to study in 2024/25:
The online application process involves the completion of a web form and the submission of supporting documents. For a PhD programme, you should include:
Before you formally apply for this PhD, you should look at the pre-application information and guidance on the programme website. This will help you decide if this programme is right for you, and help us gain a clearer picture of what you hope to achieve. The guidance will also give you practical advice for writing your research proposal – one of the most important parts of your application. Find out more about the general application process for postgraduate programmes: |
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Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA) Access Information: Freely available. Description: Full-text digital institutional repository of research published by the members of the University of Edinburgh. Includes theses and dissertations, book chapters, working papers, technical reports, journal pre-prints and peer-reviewed journal reprints.
Submitting your thesis for assessment Covid-19 arrangements. All PGRs are required to submit their thesis electronically both for assessment and for final submission of thesis. Further advice for postgraduate research students on issues related to Covid-19 are available on the University's dedicated webpage. Coronavirus (Covid-19) Submission advice
Information on finding and submitting theses. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336, VAT Registration Number GB 592 9507 00, and is acknowledged by the UK authorities as a "Recognised body" which has been granted degree awarding powers.
ERA Home. ERA is a digital repository of original research produced at The University of Edinburgh. The archive contains documents written by, or affiliated with, academic authors, or units, based at Edinburgh that have sufficient quality to be collected and preserved by the Library, but which are not controlled by commercial publishers.
Making your thesis open access. Theses and dissertations from the University of Edinburgh are published online in the Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA). In 2020, UoE theses were downloaded 829,804 times from ERA (source IRUS-UK download report). The University has an expectation that a PhD thesis is a document available for public consultation.
Impacts of childhood psychological maltreatment on adult mental health. Xiao, Zhuoni (The University of Edinburgh, 2023-10-11) Previous studies have shown the negative impacts of child abuse on mental health in later life. Compared to physical and sexual abuse, psychological maltreatment has received less attention.
Twistor theory and its applications in asymptotically flat spacetimes . Bu, Wei (The University of Edinburgh, 2024-06-19) This thesis provides an overview of the recent progress in understanding dynamics in asymptotically flat spacetimes inspired by the use of twistor theory. We begin by introducing scattering amplitudes of QFTs in 4d ...
Thesis Workshops - School Specific; Viva Survivor; Doing a skills audit to help plan your development. Revisit your skills audit and update it, you will have learnt a lot in during your PhD, and the chances are your development needs have now changed. Your focus for future development should now be on the skills you need to move forward into ...
Dissertations and research projects. General advice and resources to support you throughout your research-based dissertation or project. This is a general resource to help you with the basics of organising and writing a research-based dissertation or project. The Go further section at the end includes advice on work-based dissertations and ...
PPLS Library holds undergraduate Psychology dissertations submitted from 1947 to 2019. These are available on request from the librarian. If you are unable to visit the library, the librarian can make a search on your behalf. Since 2006 dissertations were submitted online to the Edinburgh Research Archive. EASE login is required to see full-text.
Guidance on thesis submission and examination. Subject Area Handbooks library. ... Information on the SPS PhD Laptop Loan Scheme, University Laptop Loan Scheme, PhD study space, and PhD locker space. Request/Edit a Student Profile. ... The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336 ...
Developmental pathways of suicidality and self-harm among youth . Zhu, Xinxin (The University of Edinburgh, 2024-03-18) Suicidality and self-harm among youth are significant public health concerns. This thesis seeks to elucidate the developmental pathways and predictors underpinning these issues, with a particular emphasis on the roles of ...
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Step 2: Apply online. Make an online application to the appropriate PhD programme (s) (see below) . You will be asked to upload documents at the start of the application process. The documentation that we require you to upload to your application is: Interim or final transcript (s) - (depending on what stage you are at in your studies) of your ...
The University has an expectation that a PhD thesis is a document available for public consultation. As such, unless a legitimate reason for restricting access to the thesis exists, all PhD theses will be made publicly available on the internet via the Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA).. It is highly recommended that you discuss with your primary supervisor the implications of publishing your ...
Body. Thesis submission and examination is managed by the College Postgraduate Office. Please review the process in the Thesis submission guide.. Please see the Thesis Submission Workflow for an overview of the entire process.. To help you prepare for your viva, please see the following IAD guidance.. In SPS, PhD students have a choice of viva methods.
Worldmaking powers of law and performance: queer politics beyond/against neoliberal legalism . Prado Fernandes, André (The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-15) This thesis examines the worldmaking powers of the law and of performances, two crucial sites/strategies of historical importance for LGBT and queer activists and artists.
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Find a thesis from another institution Find an Edinburgh Napier University thesis. You can find recent PhD, DBA and research-based (not taught) Masters theses online in the Edinburgh Napier Research Repository . The wider and historical range of Edinburgh Napier PhD theses are stored in hardcopy in secure storage at Merchiston Library.
PhD projects and studentships are defined pieces of research that an organisation wishes to explore. A research council may have provided funding for the project to ensure its successful outcome, although not all defined PhD projects have funding associated with them. ... The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland ...
Next-generation valve actuation for digital displacement machines . Tkachuk Volodymyrovych, Andriy (The University of Edinburgh, 2024-06-05) A pump is the heart of a fluid-powered machine, which has a substantial impact on its efficiency. According to the state-of-the-art, the efficiency of a hydraulic excavator is about 16% due to a poor ...
Previously, he held research and teaching positions at the Cass Business School, City University of London, the Amsterdam Business School and HEC Lausanne. He received his PhD and MA in Economics from New York University. His current research focuses on liquidity management, on value creation by shareholder activists and on CEO successions.
Essays on behavioral and experimental economics . Xu, Yaoyao (The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-25) In this dissertation of three chapters, I study individuals' strategic sophistication in decision-making, specifically level-k reasoning and forward-looking behavior. The first chapter studies subjects' iterative reasoning ...
thesis. * Signatures may be electronic, for example when sent from a University email address. 1.3 Published Papers . Where published papers are to be included as a thesis chapter these must include an introduction and conclusion and be incorporated into the thesis at the appropriate point*. It is in the interests of
Be inspired by the range of PhD research in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. Over the course of your PhD, you'll be expected to complete an original body of work under the expert guidance of your supervisors leading to a dissertation of usually between 80,000 and 100,000 words. You will be awarded your doctorate if your ...