Postgraduate

The following information is to assist you in understanding the postgraduate admissions structure.

Postgraduate study requirements

We offer more than 300 taught postgraduate programmes and have over 135 academic units offering research degrees. 

Search our postgraduate programmes by subject area:

Postgraduate entry requirements by country:

If the applicant speaks English as a second language, they must provide evidence of good written and spoken English skills. Specific language requirements are detailed via the following links: 

If you are unsure whether one of your applicants meets our entry requirements, please email us:

Each of the boxes below can be expanded to show further information relevant to the area you are interested in.

Postgraduate students should apply online by choosing the appropriate degree at:


Students should then select the “Apply” button under “Apply for this Degree”. 

A step by step guide on how to apply online is available here: 

For Postgraduate applications, you can select your agency name as the nominated agent/representative directly on the application form.  

For any that you want retrospectively tagged to, please complete the Data Protection Form here as soon as possible:

When applicants apply, they will create an online account with the University. They will get a one-off email detailing their unique username and a password (registration details). This will allow students to access their portal to track their application through its various stages. 

All communications will take place within EUCLID so please ensure your student is correctly monitoring their account. Communications such as alerts to problems with their application, missing documents, offers, and the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) will be issued to EUCLID. Applicants can only upload documents from their portal in response to a missing documentation request. Applicants can also accept and decline offers via their portal. 


All of our representatives are provided with login access to the ‘Representative (Agent) Portal.’ The portal allows the representative to manage their applications and view a copy of the EUCLID portal for each applicant. Representatives may upload documents from the Representative Portal and accept/decline offers on behalf of applicants. 

There tends to be a handful of users per agency that have access to the portal. If more members of staff require a login to view all applications, then please get in touch. 


Download our helpful guide on using EUCLID to manage applications:

How to manage applications (1.25 MB / PDF)

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Access the agent portal:

If you are having trouble accessing the portal or do not have a login, please email us:

Along with the online application, applicants will need to upload copies of qualifications and other supporting information such as transcripts, degree certificates, references and a personal statement. Supporting documentation should be uploaded via the Student or Representative (Agent) EUCLID portal. 

References will need to be provided in support of the application. See our references web information for full details and guidance: 


Following the submission of an application, the admissions office will read through the application and perform ‘clearance checks’ for each set of documents. If necessary documents are missing, an email will be sent to the applicant’s EUCLID in tray requesting these documents again. As a representative, you can view this in your branch portal and upload from there. At this point the applicant and representative will have the opportunity to upload the documents again and a link will be provided to do so. 

If all supporting documents have been uploaded in one field,( for example in the ‘references field’), then automatic reminder emails will be sent to request the ‘missing documents’ (even if they have been uploaded – just in the wrong field). This is an automatic response, but we ask that at this stage you perform a check to ensure all the required documents have been successfully uploaded. 

Application turnaround times can vary depending on the postgraduate degree programme. There are three main ways we process admissions: 

  • Rolling admissions 
  • Selection rounds 
  • Gathered field 

Any programme listed on our website without specific application and decision deadline dates are conducting a rolling admissions process.  You should expect a 6-8 week processing time, 

The majority of our postgraduate taught programmes are processed in selection rounds.  Each College, as well as some individual Schools, will have different application deadline dates, decision deadline dates as well as a variety of selection rounds – some have two, others having up to six rounds. 

The Degree Finder on our website is the best place to access the specific application and decision deadline dates for each course. 

When advising applicants and assisting with their applications, prioritise the following: 

  1. Check the Degree Finder 
  1. Identify the next application deadline for the course to advise student 
  1. Ensure the deadline is met, including payment of any application fee 
  1. Refer to the decision deadline, no application decision should be chased before the decision deadline 

If you have an applicant who has a scholarship deadline before the decision deadline, please connect with your International Recruitment Manager or email:


Other useful insights

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) - Waitlist  

Waiting list offers will be made to applicants who are competitive but where we do not have enough places on the programme to make a conditional or unconditional offer at the decision deadline - they can decide whether to accept/decline the waitlist place, and we will update if/when a place become available. Please note the timescale for this could be weeks/months. 

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) – Early Decisions 

The College will make some earlier and ongoing offers to the most competitive applicants.  

Please note early decisions are not guaranteed under all of these circumstances, but they will endeavour to prioritise: 

  • Applicants who have or are expected to a achieve a First Class undergraduate degree or international equivalent (who also meet any subject-specific requirements). 
  • Applicants with the strongest art, design and dance portfolios (where required). 
  • Applicants demonstrating the strongest work experience, where relevant. 
  • Competitive applicants who have advised us that they are applying for government sponsor schemes with deadlines prior to the application decision deadline. 

School of Informatics – Gathered Field 

Due to the competitive nature of applying to the School of Informatics, they will process admissions on a gathered field approach. There is one application deadline on the 31 March, and final decisions are announced by the 31 May.  Although early decisions may be made to high achieving applicants, many will not receive a reply to their application until the 31 May.  Please ensure you are managing applicant expectations for these programmes. 

University of Edinburgh Business School – MBA Interviews 

Strong applicants to the MBA will be invited to interview before a final decision is made on their application. This is one of the only programmes that offer interview at PG level as part of the admission process. 

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