College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine - Masters by Research Degrees

The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top 20 universities (QS World University Rankings 2019) and one of the largest in the UK. It is also one of the most cosmopolitan universities, welcoming over 8,500 postgraduate taught and research students from more than 130 countries across the globe.

Your route to a PhD

Our Masters by Research degrees give students a 12 month grounding in research. Students gain hands-on experience working in well-established research groups and experience a broad range of experimental approaches. Graduates are equipped for PhD study at any university in the world.

Our list of Masters by Research programmes are:

Biomedical Sciences

Integrative Neuroscience

Medical Sciences

Reproductive Sciences

Infectious Diseases

Alongside your extensive lab work, you will develop a wide set of transferable skills to prepare you for a career in scientific research. Skills you will develop include project planning, scientific thinking and ethics, presentations skills and grant writing.

World-class city – World-class University

Study at The University of Edinburgh and you’ll not only be a student at a world-class university (ranked 18th in the world*) but you’ll live in a world-class city. Regularly voted a top city in the world, Edinburgh is a beautiful and thriving capital, with an ancient castle right in the city centre!

(*QS world rankings 2019)

Apply here to study an MSc by Research degree at The University of Edinburgh.