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Cultural Heritage at The University of Edinburgh - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Open days

19Feb
The University of Edinburgh - Postgraduate Discovery Day
Postgraduate

Course summary

Once understood as a conservative discipline, cultural heritage is emerging as a set of experimental practices, engaging with contemporary developments including:

  • new technologies
  • reconceptualisations of the tangible and intangible
  • shifting global relations
  • changing epistemologies of the past
  • movements towards participatory democratisation
This evolving discourse is too complex to belong to one single subject area or its traditions. The Cultural Heritage PhD offers a way to engage with these multidisciplinary considerations and to benefit from synoptic insights when addressing them. Interdisciplinary research The cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral model of this programme offers you the opportunity to:
  • research a singular problem in-depth within the appropriate disciplinary environment
  • set your disciplinary approach within the context of alternate discourses, framing new contributions to the field
We therefore welcome proposals with a wide range of disciplinary approaches, including:
  • anthropology
  • archaeology
  • computing and informatics
  • education
  • history and classics
  • international development
  • law
  • religious studies
  • science and technology studies
  • sociology
  • the practices, histories, and theories of:
  • art
  • architecture
  • music
  • literature
  • language
We also welcome any combination of the above. We invite you to consider how your approach and contribution might enhance the field and the practice of cultural heritage, helping scholars, citizens, and institutions to address urgent global challenges, both within and beyond the academy.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

Entry requirements

These entry requirements are for the 2025/26 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2026/27 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2025. Normally a UK Masters degree or its international equivalent. If you do not meet the academic entry requirements, we may still consider your application on the basis of relevant professional experience. You must also submit a research proposal; see How to Apply section for guidance. If you meet all of the entry requirements, you will need to attend an online interview with potential supervisors. The interview should last 20-30 minutes. Please note that an offer to study is subject to a successful interview.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

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Cultural Heritage at The University of Edinburgh - UCAS