Course General Description

This is an innovative research programme exploring diverse exchanges between the creative arts, humanities and physical and social sciences. It combines research and practice to provide a critical environment within which students are encouraged to challenge existing disciplinary definitions. It focuses on interdisciplinary research methodologies and experiments with creativity across media and fields of knowledge, including new technologies when appropriate. Drawing on resources within Edinburgh College of Art and the wider University, this is a programme that is tailored to support each student’s individual research project for which a proposal should be submitted as part of the application process.

School General Description

The University of Edinburgh is one of the world's top universities, consistently ranked in the world top 50, and ranked 18th in the QS World University Rankings 2019. Its entrepreneurial and cross-disciplinary culture attracts not only students, but also staff from some 137 countries, which creates a unique Edinburgh experience. We provide a stimulating working, learning and teaching environment with access to excellent facilities and attract the world's best, from Nobel Prize winning laureates to future explorers, pioneers and inventors. They offer a range of ways to study, from on-campus taught programmes to online part-time study. The university is the largest provider of online distance learning in the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities, and offer more than 60 online programmes.