Graduate School and Doctoral Research
Postgraduate Research Study at QMU
We currently have more than 130 research candidates who form a significant and valuable part of the University’s research community and enrich our research environment.
You may consider a research degree as a means of continuing professional development (CPD) as well as a route to an academic career.
QMU awards the following higher degree by research:
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): This is a degree awarded solely on the satisfactory completion of a supervised research project. Proposals are accepted in a range of research areas in which the University specialises. We offer the standard route, both a prospective and retrospective publication route, and a creative practice route. 
- Master of Research
Each of our research centres welcomes applications for research in their fields.
We are offering a 10% discount in postgraduate tuition fees for alumni who have graduated with an undergraduate degree from the University’s Edinburgh campus. This discount is available for students who register for a full or part-time postgraduate degree.
This discount applies to home and international students, and applies to the self-funded element of the postgraduate tuition fee only. Self-funded fees include those supported by a tuition fee loan. This discount does not apply to any part of the tuition fee which is covered by a scholarship, funding body, your employer, a company, or any other source of funding.
