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Postgraduate Life

Postgraduate Life

News and views from the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine's postgraduate community

Tag: Masters

A student shown from behind attending an online lecture on a laptop.

Reading Time: 5 minutesOur graduates share candid reflections on balancing full-time work, building critical appraisal and leadership skills, and joining a truly global cohort – plus how the dissertation year and supportive tutors helped translate learning into career momentum.

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Reading Time: 5 minutesThere is a wide range of programmes available at the University of Edinburgh, and some of these give you different qualifications. What do these mean?

Georgie Willoughby

Reading Time: 4 minutesFinal year online Master of Public Health student Georgie Willoughby explains what she learned doing her ‘Student-Led Individually Created Course’.

Selfie of Yvonne Kerr

Reading Time: 6 minutesYvonne Kerr reflects on her time as a part-time online learning student, balancing family life and a full-time career.

Amal Alsuqaf

Reading Time: 3 minutesMaster of Public Health student Amal reflects on conducting a project on the health implications of abortion bans in the United States.

Two researchers in a laboratory

Reading Time: 3 minutesOur alumni tell us why they studied infectious diseases at Edinburgh and what they have gone on to do since graduating.

Darien Cripta

Reading Time: 2 minutesDarien is a graduate from our Family Medicine postgraduate programme. Here, he tells us about his time studying with us and his experiences as an online student.

A man operating an MRI machine from behind a window

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe explain some of the career benefits you might experience with a master’s degree.

Arfang Faye

Reading Time: 4 minutesArfang is a graduate from our Clinical Education masters. Here, he chats to us about his work with pregnant women and new mothers in the Gambia.

Scientist pipetting in a laboratory

Reading Time: 3 minutesMasters by Research degrees are sometimes thought of as simply a step taken on the way towards a PhD. But a research masters can enhance your career prospects across a range of industries.

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