Mphil/PhD Education

Course Overview This postgraduate research program offers a flexible path to advance your expertise in education, from a one-year MPhil to a three or four-year PhD. You can also pursue a professional Doctorate of Education (EdD), which integrates your research directly with your professional practice through specialized pathways. Our research is organized around nine complementary themes, all critically engaged with the central policy focus of reducing educational inequality and closing the attainment gap. Key Program Highlights Choose from flexible research degrees: MPhil, PhD, or a professional EdD. Apply your research to the critical challenge of reducing educational inequality. Join one of nine interdisciplinary research groups or work across themes. Align your EdD with your career through a range of specialist pathways. Conduct research within the distinct policy context of Scottish education.