Interdisciplinary Studies

Entry requirements

All Postgraduate Research applicants should normally possess one or more of the following:

• First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree or equivalent qualification (2:1 in the case of UK Research Council supported students).
• In some cases a Masters qualification or equivalent is required

Research proposal

Candidates are required to provide a single page outline of the research subject proposed (approximately 1000 words). This need not be a final thesis proposal but should include:

• a straightforward, descriptive, and informative title
• the question that your research will address
• an account of why this question is important and worth investigating
• an assessment of how your own research will engage with recent study in the subject
• a brief account of the methodology and approach you will take
• a discussion of the primary sources that your research will draw upon, including printed books, manuscripts, archives, libraries, or museums
• an indicative bibliography of secondary sources that you have already consulted and/or are planning to consult

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

We are based in the University town of Dumfries, and are a School within the University of Glasgow’s College of Social Sciences. We have a dynamic community of research staff and students working across diverse areas of expertise including Education, Environment, Health, Humanities, Tourism, Culture and Technology.

We welcome applications from students who wish to undertake innovative research projects both within disciplinary boundaries and which transcend them though interdisciplinary engagement.

Find out more:

• the academic research interests of potential supervisors
• the postgraduate research projects of our research students.

The Dumfries Campus is home to two of the University of Glasgow’s research centres, the Crichton Institute and the Solway Centre for Environment and Culture.

Information for international students

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)

• 7.0 with no sub-test under 6.5.
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.