University of Edinburgh, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Masters Degrees

This programme offers a linguistic perspective on real-world problems of language in use, with a strong emphasis on developing skills and knowledge that can be applied in a wide range of professional settings. Read more

This programme will develop your understanding of how language knowledge changes as people acquire or lose language at various points in their life. Read more

This programme provides an opportunity for intensive advanced training in Developmental Science. Read more

This intensive programme will enable you to delve deeper into the structure of the English language’s: phonology syntax and semantics modern and historical development Joining an internationally-acclaimed centre for research and teaching in the linguistic study of English, you will explore in depth a global language with a rich history and great social and geographical variation. Read more

This programme offers the opportunity to focus in detail on an area of your choosing in the synchronic or diachronic study of English, while still being able to take some taught courses. Read more

This innovative online programme offers you a thorough grounding in contemporary philosophical research. Read more

Joining the world-leading Centre for Language Evolution (CLE), you will investigate the origins and evolution of human language, tackling questions such as: What is it that makes us human? How did our brains evolve? What are the origins of human language? The CLE is at the cutting edge of research in this area and one of the world’s biggest research groups working on language evolution. Read more

This programme provides an opportunity for intensive advanced training in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. Staff involved in teaching and supervision include internationally recognised researchers and clinicians from our Human Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group. Read more

The MSc in Language and Intercultural Communication is interdisciplinary degree programme that aims to provide a pedagogically grounded and practical understanding of issues surrounding the study of language and intercultural communication. Read more

This programme gives you all of the intellectual and practical skills to engage in linguistics research, either by itself, or as part of cross-disciplinary research. Read more

This programme offers you the opportunity to focus in detail on a chosen area of the subject, while still being able to take some taught courses. Read more

This programme provides an intensive grounding in the philosophy of cognitive science its methodologies, research questions and techniques of research with an emphasis on issues surrounding situated and embodied cognition. Read more

Edinburgh has a proud and distinguished place in the history of philosophy, and has long been associated with some of the field’s most important thinkers. Read more

We are one of the world’s leading philosophy departments for research boasting 40 academic researchers covering a wide range of research areas in philosophy. Read more

Philosophy, science and religion are three endeavours that shape in far-reaching and fundamental ways how we think, what we value, and how we live. Read more