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34 Master's degrees offered by the university

Film Studies
The Film Studies programme offered by The University of Edinburgh is a long-established and stimulating programme that allows you to explore central concepts in the development of film-philosophy and film theory with an emphasis on European and American cinema.

Landscape and Wellbeing
The Landscape and Wellbeing course offered by The University of Edinburgh is the first of its kind in the UK to address a 21st century need to better understand relationships between the landscape and human wellbeing in order to plan and design salutogenic landscapes. The programme draws on a wide range of expertise from across the University.

Contemporary Art Practice
This Contemporary Art Practice programme from The University of Edinburgh welcomes speculative and reflective approaches to art-making across all media.

Digital Design and Manufacture
The Digital Design and Manufacture programme from The University of Edinburgh will prepare you for a career in this rapidly changing industry by combining an advanced knowledge of the digital technologies employed in advanced manufacture with key entrepreneurial skills.

Design and Digital Media
The Design and Digital Media course from The University of Edinburgh offers the best of studio-based design learning and provides opportunities for you to develop skills and insights in the creative use of design practices and technologies for digital media across a range of uses and platforms.
Classical Art and Archaeology
This Classical Art and Archaeology programme at The University of Edinburgh offers you the opportunity to study the ancient Greek and Roman worlds from the Iron Age to the late Roman/early Christian period through their material remains.

Interior, Architectural and Spatial Design
The Interior, Architectural and Spatial Design course at The University of Edinburgh is designed to support you in establishing your own approaches in defining interiors and interiority, supporting you to lay the foundations for your own path through the opportunities this field of knowledge and practice presents.

Acoustics and Music Technology
Taking the science of sound as your focus, you’ll work in a cross-disciplinary environment. In the Acoustics and Music Technology programme at The University of Edinburgh you will use theoretical and experimental work to explore the musical, technical and multimedia applications of acoustics and audio technology.

Intermediality - Literature, Film and the Arts in Dialogue
The one-year Intermediality - Literature, Film and the Arts in Dialogue programme from The University of Edinburgh draws on world-class teaching and research expertise across media, from literature to film, music, painting, photography and visual culture more widely.

Film, Exhibition and Curation
The taught masters programme in Film, Exhibition and Curation at The University of Edinburgh combines rigorous critical thinking with experiments in creative practice, deepening your understanding of film and the ways in which it communicates with many audiences.

Design For Change
The Design For Change course at The University of Edinburgh is an exciting interdisciplinary programme which seeks to holistically address complex global challenges such as ageing populations, disruptive technologies, economic instabilities and inequalities, conflict and displacement and environmental degradation and injustices through design-led interventions.

Design Informatics
Design Informatics creates a meeting point between data, culture and design. We imagine alternate futures, disrupt thinking and play with data as a material. The Design Informatics programme is offered at The University of Edinburgh.

Illustration
The Illustration course at The University of Edinburgh is a programme designed to develop, challenge and push the boundaries of what it means to be a contemporary illustrator in an international industry. A synthesis of theory and practice, this programme creates discourse around what illustration is, and what it can be.

Film Art
The Film Art course at The University of Edinburgh is jointly taught between Edinburgh College of Art and Paris College of Art. The programme explores independent film-making through creative collaborative practice combined with reflection and research in contemporary cinema. You will specialise in fiction, experimental or expanded forms of filmmaking.

Global Premodern Art - History, Heritage and Curation
The Global Premodern Art - History, Heritage and Curation programme of The University of Edinburgh invites you to join one of the largest and most diverse concentrations of medieval, renaissance and early modern art historical expertise in the UK. Together, we will uncover neglected narratives and scrutinise assumptions that have often served as the foundations of art historical scholarship.

Musicology
The Musicology programme from The University of Edinburgh offers you the opportunity to explore a wide range of approaches in music scholarship, and to engage in contemporary debates about what music is, how it works, and why it is such a fundamental and significant part of human culture.

History of Art, Theory and Display
The History of Art, Theory and Display programme at The University of Edinburgh offers you the opportunity to explore the history and theory of art and its display in exhibitions and museums across a wide range of historical and geographical boundaries.

Composition
The Composition programme at The University of Edinburgh seeks curious, open-minded, adaptable and highly creative individuals who are keen to acquire new skills and consolidate their existing knowledge across all areas of new music creation.

Architecture (ARB, RIBA Part 2)
The Architecture (ARB, RIBA Part 2) programme at The University of Edinburgh offers a unique studio-based and research-led learning experience.

Architectural and Urban Design
The Architectural and Urban Design programme at The University of Edinburgh provides specialist training in design for candidates who already hold a first degree in architecture.