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Research Area	Taught Programmes	Research Degrees
Accountancy	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes, MPhil, PhD
Anthropology	Social Anthropology, Ethnology and Cultural History - MRes	MPhil, PhD
Archaeology		MSc, MPhil, Phd
Austria
Biological Sciences	In the disciplines of Plant and Soil Science and Zoology: Ecology and Environmental Sustainability - MSc/PgDip Environmental Microbiology - MSc/PgDip Environmental Science - MSc/PgDip Forestry- MSc/PgDip Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology: Concepts and Practices for Ecosystem-Based Management - MRes/MSc/PgDip Soil Science - MSc/PgDip	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Biomedical Physics & Bioengineering	Medical Physics - MSc/PgDip Medical Physics Computing - MSc/PgDip Biomedical Engineering - MSc/PgDip Medical Imaging - MSc/PgDip	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Biomedical Sciences	Medical Molecular Microbiology - MSc/PgDip Molecular and Cellular Immunology - MSc/PgDip Molecular Exercise Physiology	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Business Administration	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes in Accounting and Finance, MRes in Business, MPhil, PhD in
Business School - Graduate Programmes	Master of Business Administration (MBA) MBA pathways in Marketing/Human Resource Management/ Strategy MBA Biotechnology MBA Islamic Banking & Finance MBA January entry MBA Finance MBA Real Estate MBA International Healthcare Management MSc Finance & Investment Management MSc Accounting & Finance MSc Corporate Finance MSc Real Estate Finance MSc Property MSc International Real Estate Markets MSc Management, Innovation & Change MSc Management, Economics & International Relations MSc International Business, Energy & Petroleum MSc International Business & Finance	MRes in Accounting and Finance, MRes in Business, MPhil, PhD in
Celtic	Celtic Studies - MLitt Irish & Scottish Studies - MLitt (Research Institute of Irish & Scottish Studies)	MLitt, PhD
Centre for Advanced Studies in Nursing	Nursing/Midwifery/Health Care - MSc/PgDip/PgCert	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Centre for Austrian Studies
Centre for Early Modern Studies		MLitt
Centre for European Labour Market Research		MPhil, PhD
Centre for Interdisciplinary Practice
Centre for Modern Thought	MLitt in Modern Thought	MLitt by Research, PhD
Centre for the Study of Spirituality, Health and Disability
Chemistry	MSc in Chemical Sciences	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Child Health		MSc, MPhil, PhD
Computing Science	Advanced Computer Science Advanced Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) Advanced Computer Science (with Technical English) Advanced Information Systems E-Commerce Technology Information Technology Information Systems Software Project Management (Distance Learning Only)	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Counselling	Person Centred Counselling MSc/PGDip
Cultural History	Cultural History - MLitt/PgDip Early Modern Studies (Centre for Early Modern Studies) - MLitt/PgDip History and Philosophy of Science - MLitt/PgDip Medieval Studies - MLitt/PgDip Modern Historical Studies - MLitt/PgDip Social Anthropology, Ethnology and Cultural History - MRes Sociology - MSc	MLitt, MPhil, PhD
Disability
Divinity	Systematic Theology - MTh Jewish Studies - MLitt Social Anthropology of Religion - MRes Biblical Theology - MTh Catholic Studies - MTh Church History - MTh Theology and Religious Studies - MTh Pastoral Studies - Diploma Practical Theology and Christian Ethics - MTh See also Religious Studies	MTh, MPhil, PhD in Divinity
Economics	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MPhil, PhD
Education	Adult Literacies Development MEd/PgDip/PgCert Advanced Educational Studies MEd/PgDip/PgCert Advanced Professional Studies MEd/PgDip/PgCert Chartered Teacher Programme MEd/PgDip/PgCert Inclusive Practice MEd/PGDip/PgCert Leadership in Professional Settings MSc/PgDip/PgCert Pastoral Care, Guidance MEd/PGDip/PgCert Person Centred Counselling MSc/PGDip Primary Education Secondary Education	MPhil, PhD, EdD.
Elphinstone Institute	Ethnology and Folklore - MLitt Social Anthropology, Ethnology and Cultural History - MRes	MPhil, PhD
Energy	Subsea Engineering - MSc Integrated Petroleum Geoscience - MSc Oil and Gas Enterprise Management - MSc Safety and Reliability Engineering Project Management (campus based or distance learning) - MSc/PgDip/PgCert Energy Futures (Oil & Gas) - MSc Energy Futures (Renewables) - MSc Doctor of Engineering Programme International Business, Energy and Petroleum - MSc
Engineering	Doctor of Engineering Programme Energy Futures (Oil & Gas) Energy Futures (Renewables) Oil & Gas Structural Engineering Project Management (Campus based or Distance Learning) Safety and Reliability Engineering Subsea Engineering	MSc, MPhil, PhD, EngD
Engineering - Doctor of Engineering Programme	Doctor of Engineering programme
English & Film (Language & Literature)	Comparative Literature and Thought - MLitt/PgDip Creative Writing - MLitt/PgDip English Linguistics for Advanced Teachers of English - MLitt/PgDip English Literary Studies - MLitt/PgDip Sociolinguistics - MLitt/PgDip Irish and Scottish Studies - MLitt/PgDip Language Policy and Planning - MLitt/PgDip Visual Culture - MLitt/PgDip Early Modern Studies (Centre for Early Modern Studies) - MLitt/PgDip The Novel - MLitt/PgDip Celtic Studies - MLitt/PgDip	MLitt, MPhil, PhD
Environment	Master of Research in Human Geography MSc Applied Geospatial Information Sciences MSc Sustainable Rural Development Master of Land Economy (Rural Surveying)* MSc Urban Planning and Real Estate* MSc Rural Planning and Environmental Management* * taught jointly with Spatial Planning and Rural Surveying	MRes, MSc by research, MPhil, PhD
Environmental & Occupational Medicine	PgCert/MSc - see Taught Degrees (Occupational Medicine) for these programmes	MSc, PhD (occupational hygiene, occupational/environmental medicine)
Ethnology	Ethnology and Folklore - MLitt Social Anthropology, Ethnology and Cultural History - MRes	MPhil, PhD
Film Studies	Visual Culture - MLitt	MLitt, MPhil, PhD
Finance	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes, MPhil, PhD
Folklore	Ethnology and Folklore - MLitt Social Anthropology, Ethnology and Cultural History - MRes	MPhil, PhD
French	Comparative Literature and Thought - MLitt/PgDip	MLitt, PhD
General Practice & Primary Care	Scottish MSc in Primary Care	MSc, MPhil, MD, PhD
Geography & Environment	Master of Research in Human Geography MSc Applied Geospatial Information Sciences MSc Sustainable Rural Development Master of Land Economy (Rural Surveying)* MSc Urban Planning and Real Estate* MSc Rural Planning and Environmental Management* * taught jointly with Spatial Planning and Rural Surveying	MRes, MSc by research, MPhil, PhD
Geology & Petroleum Geology	Integrated Petroleum Geoscience Oil and Gas Enterprise Management	MSc, MPhil, PhD
German	Comparative Literature and Thought - MLitt/PgDip Visual Culture - Mlitt/PgDip	MLitt, MPhil, PhD
Gynaecology		MSc, PhD, MD
Health	International Health and Management - MSc International Healthcare Management - MBA
Health Economics Research Unit	Health Economics - PgCert	PgCert
Himalayan Ethnobotany	Himalayan Ethnobotany - MSc
Himalyan Studies	Himalayan Studies - MRes
Hispanic Studies	Latin American Studies - MLitt /PgDip Comparative Literature and Thought - MLitt /PgDip	MLitt, MPhil, PhD
History	Cultural History - MLitt/PgDip Early Modern Studies (Centre for Early Modern Studies) - MLitt/PgDip History and Philosophy of Science - MLitt/PgDip Irish & Scottish Studies (Research Institute of Irish & Scottish Studies) - MLitt/PgDip Medieval Studies - MLitt/PgDip Modern Historical Studies - MLitt/PgDip	MLitt, MPhil, PhD
History of Art	Art in Scotland - MLitt/PgDip Medieval Studies MLitt/PgDip Early Modern Studies MLitt/PgDip Visual Culture- MLitt	MLitt, MPhil, PhD
HR	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes in Accounting and Finance, MRes in Business, MPhil, PhD in
Interdisciplinary Practice
International Relations	European Politics and Society Public International Law and Globalisation Latin American Studies - MLitt International Relations - MLitt Political Research - MRes Globalization - MLitt Management Economics & International Relations - MSc Conflict and Security Studies Programme: Strategic Studies - MLitt/PgDip	MPhil, PhD
Investment	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes in Accounting and Finance, MRes in Business, MPhil, PhD in
Irish Studies	Irish & Scottish Studies - MLitt/PgDip	PhD
Islamic Studies	Degree programmes validated by the University of Aberdeen Islamic Education - MLitt/PgDip/PgCert Islamic Studies - MLitt/PgDip/PgCert Islamic Jerusalem Studies- MLitt/PgDip/PgCert	MPhil, PhD
Land Economy	Land Economy (Rural Surveying) - MLE Urban Planning and Real Estate - Masters/Diploma
Law	Commercial Law - LLM Public International Law and Globalisation Private International Law Property Law - LLM European Law - LLM Criminal Justice - LLM International Commercial Law - LLM Human Rights and Criminal Justice - LLM Law and Sustainable Development - LLM International and European Law - LLM International Law - LLM Criminal Justice and Human Rights - LLM Human Rights - LLM General - LLM Legal Practice - Diploma (DLP) Oil & Gas Law - LLM	LLM, MPhil, PhD
Management Studies	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes in Business, MPhil, PhD in Management
Marketing	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes in Accounting and Finance, MRes in Business, MPhil, PhD in
Mathematical Sciences		MSc, MPhil, PhD
MBA	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes in Accounting and Finance, MRes in Business, MPhil, PhD in
Medical Microbiology	Medical Biotechnology (with Bio-Business) - MSc/PgDip Medical Molecular Microbiology - MSc/PgDip	PhD, MD
Medicine & Therapeutics	Clinical Pharmacology - MSc/PgDip Human Nutrition and Metabolism - MSc/PgDip Molecular and Cellular Immunology Drug Development with Bio-business	PhD, MSc, MD
Mental Health		MSc, MMedSci, PhD
Modern Studies		MLitt
Modern Thought	MLitt in Modern Thought	MLitt by Research, PhD
Molecular & Cell Biology	Medical Molecular Genetics - MSc/PgDip Medical Molecular Microbiology - MSc/PgDip Medical Biotechnology - MSc/PgDip Molecular and Cellular Immunology - MSc/PgDip Molecular Exercise Physiology - MSc/PgDip	MSc, MPhil, MD, PhD
Music	Music - MMus/PgDip/PgCert	MPhil, PhD
Nursing	Nursing/Midwifery/Health Care - MSc/PgDip/PgCert	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Nutrition	Human Nutrition and Metabolism - MSc/PgDip
Obstetrics & Gynaecology		MSc, PhD, MD
Occupational Medicine	PgCert/MSc - see Taught Degrees (Occupational Medicine) for these programmes	MSc, PhD (occupational hygiene, occupational/environmental medicine)
Ophthalmology	Molecular and Cellular Immunology - MSc/PgDip	PhD, MPhil, MSc by Research
Orthopaedics		MSc, PhD, MD, ChM
Pathology		PhD, MD
Personnel	Please see Business School - Graduate Programmes for further details	MRes in Accounting and Finance, MRes in Business, MPhil, PhD in
Petroleum Geology	Integrated Petroleum Geoscience Oil and Gas Enterprise Management	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Philosophy	Philosophy - MLitt	MPhil, PhD
Physics	See separate entries for MSc and Diploma programmes available in Bioengineering, Medical Imaging, Medical Physics, Systems Biology and Medical Physics Computing in the College of Life Sciences and Medicine (Biomedical Physics & Bioengineering). See also www.biomed.abdn.ac.uk/Courses	MSc, MPhil, PhD
Politics & International Relations	European Politics and Society Public International Law and Globalisation Latin American Studies - MLitt International Relations - MLitt Political Research - MRes Globalization - MLitt Management Economics & International Relations - MSc Conflict and Security Studies Programme: Strategic Studies - MLitt/PgDip	MPhil, PhD
Project Management	Project Management (campus based or distance learning) - MSc/PgDip/PgCert Software Project Management (distance learning) - MSc/PgDip/PgCert
Property	Property - MSc(Econ)/PgDip/PgCert MBA Real Estate - MBA/PgDip/PgCert Real Estate Finance - MSc(Econ)/PgDip/PgCert International Real Estate Markets - MSc/PgDip/PgCert Urban Planning and Real Estate - Masters/Diploma Please see Business School entry for further details	MPhil, PhD
Psychology	Social Cognitive Neuroscience Research Methods - Masters Degree	MSc, MPhil, MRes, PhD
Public Health	Health Services and Public Health Research - MSc/PgDip/PgCert International Health and Management - MSc/PgDip/PgCert	MSc, PhD
Radiology		MSc, PhD, MD
Religion and Society	Religion and Society - MLitt
Religious Studies	Social Anthropology of Religion - MRes See also Divinity taught courses	MRes, MLitt or PhD in Religious Studies
Research Institute of Irish & Scottish Studies	Irish & Scottish Studies - MLitt/PgDip	PhD
Research Methods	Social Research - MRes
Rowan Group
Rural	Land Economy - Masters/Diploma Sustainable Rural Development - MSc/PgDip/PgCert Forestry- MSc/PgDip Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology: Concepts and Practices for Ecosystem-Based Management - MRes/MSc/PgDip Energy Futures (Renewables) - MSc/PgDip Human Geography - MRes Rural Planning and Environmental Management - Masters/Diploma
Scottish Culture and Traditions	Ethnology and Folklore - MLitt Social Anthropology, Ethnology and Cultural History - MRes	MPhil, PhD
Scottish Philosophy
Scottish Studies	Irish & Scottish Studies - MLitt/PgDip	PhD
Sociology	European Politics and Society Sex, Humans, Bodies - MSc/PgDip Sociology - MSc Social Research - Mres Religion and Society - Mlitt Globalization - Mlitt	MRes, MPhil, PhD
Spirituality
Sports Science	Molecular Exercise Physiology - MSc/PgDip	MSc, MPhil, MD, PhD
Surgery & Orthopaedics		MSc, PhD, MD, ChM
Theology	Systematic Theology - MTh Jewish Studies - MLitt Social Anthropology of Religion - MRes Biblical Theology - MTh Catholic Studies - MTh Church History - MTh Theology and Religious Studies - MTh Pastoral Studies - Diploma Practical Theology and Christian Ethics - MTh See also Religious Studies	MTh, MPhil, PhD in Divinity
Walter Scott Research Centre	English Literary Studies - MLitt/PgDip Irish and Scottish Studies - MLitt/PgDip The Novel - Mlitt/PgDip	see English

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