Master’s Opportunities in Journalism

The University of Edinburgh is accepting applications for its Japanese MScR, a postgraduate research master’s programme beginning in September 2027. The programme is offered full-time for one year or part-time for two years. This MScR is designed for students who want to undertake an independent research project in Japanese studies. Students complete research-skills and methods training, two supervised 6,000-word research assignments, and a supervised 15,000-word dissertation. The programme can ...

University of Edinburgh Italian MScR offers a one-year full-time or two-year part-time postgraduate research degree beginning in September 2027. The programme is designed for students seeking to complete an independent research project in Italian studies, either as preparation for a PhD or as a stand-alone qualification. Research may be critical, creative or practice-led and can address Italian literature, literary history and theory, comparative studies, translation, film studies, philology, ph...

The University of Edinburgh is accepting applications for its Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) MScR , a postgraduate research master's beginning in September 2027. Students may study full time for one year or part time for two years, with part-time study available only to applicants who do not require a Student visa. The programme is designed for independent research in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies and develops advanced research methods, academic writing and dissertation skills. S...

University of Edinburgh School of Informatics is advertising postgraduate research opportunities in LFCS: Theory and Foundations of Computer Science, Databases, Software and Systems Modelling at MScR and PhD level. The Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science (LFCS) focuses on deep, mathematically grounded research in computation and communication. Research interests include algorithms and complexity , cryptography , databases , logic , programming languages and semantics , performance mod...

University of Edinburgh is advertising postgraduate research study in Informatics: ILCC: Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition , with PhD and MScR routes available. This opportunity is based in the School of Informatics , within the Institute for Language, Cognition and Communication (ILCC) , and is closely connected to research groups such as the Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) and the Centre for Design Informatics . Research themes include natura...

Global Health PhD and MScR at the University of Edinburgh — postgraduate research opportunities in global health, epidemiology, public health, population health, infectious disease, health inequalities, e-health/tele-medicine, migration and minority ethnic health, sexual and reproductive health, and related interdisciplinary areas. The programme is based in the School of Population Health Sciences and the Usher Institute , with research links across the Centre for Global Health , Centre for Popu...

MScR German Studies at the University of Edinburgh is a postgraduate research degree for students who want to complete an independent masters-level project in German studies . The programme sits in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences . It offers full-time study over 1 year or part-time study over 2 years, with a start date in September 2027 . Research themes include German literature , film studies , translation studies , g...

Research Opportunities at IIIT Dharwad Assistant Professor Jagabandhu Mishra at the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI), Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad, is looking for students and researchers for M.Tech (Research), Ph.D., and Postdoctoral positions. The research theme is Speech AI , with openings aligned to: • Speech Large Language Models (Speech LLMs) and Foundation Models — speaker understanding, speaker discrimination, explainable speaker recogni...

Applications are open for the 2026 John G. Bene Fellowship from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) . This student award supports master’s and doctoral students conducting field research in the Global South for their thesis work. It is designed for students whose academic background combines an interest in forests with social sciences , and whose research examines the relationship between forest resources and the social, economic, cultural, and environmental welfare of people in...