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The Reading List Service is the library's designated service designed to support you in finding and engaging with your course reading lists. Through Leganto, you can access reading lists that are relevant, interactive, and accessible through your course area or through our public interface.

Please visit the Library website to find out how to access your reading list.

Curriculum Advice for New Business School Students

Guidance and information that will help you when you are making your on online course selections.

Curriculum Advice

Business School, AFG College, Qatar

Students in our Qatar campus can find new student information on the Qatar website.

Postgraduate Taught

September 2026

Academic Induction

Your first class will be your School induction. This will help you prepare for the year ahead and provide you with useful advice on your course, as well as School contacts and information on getting the most out of your academic experience.

School Academic Induction Session

Friday 16 September 2026

1.00pm - 2.30pm, MacRobert Building, Room 051

Your School Induction will not be on your timetable, so please make sure to check the date, time and location and add this to your calendar.

You can also find details about your programme induction and course materials in your course area in MyAberdeen.

You should also check the School's area for Postgraduate Taught students in MyAberdeen.

Key Contacts

Director of Education
Russell Williams
russell.williams@abdn.ac.uk

Director of Student Experience
Fiona Stoddard
fiona.stoddard@abdn.ac.uk

Academic and Programme Support Manager
Louise McKenzie
louise.mckenzie@abdn.ac.uk

Queries Relating to your Course or Programme

Accountancy Queries
bs-accounting@abdn.ac.uk

Finance Queries
bs-finance@abdn.ac.uk

Economics Queries
bs-economics@abdn.ac.uk

Management Queries
bs-management@abdn.ac.uk

Real Estate
bs-realestate@abdn.ac.uk

Postgraduate Taught Programme Leaders

MSc (Econ) Accounting and Finance
Dr Ken Weir
kenneth.weir@abdn.ac.uk

MBA, MBA Business Analytics
John Storm
john.storm@abdn.ac.uk

MScEcon Finance and Investment Management CFA/non-CFA
Dr Son Pham
son.pham@abdn.ac.uk

MSc International Business and Finance
Dr Yaodong Liu
yaodong.liu@abdn.ac.uk

MSc International Business Management
Dr Yanghong Hu (Alice)
jing.cai@abdn.ac.uk

MSc International Finance & Political Relations
Dr Seungho Lee
yanghong.hu@abdn.ac.uk

MSc International Human Resource Management
Shainaz Firfiray
shainaz.firfiray@abdn.ac.uk

MSc Marketing
Dr Adeel Khalid
adeel.khalid@abdn.ac.uk

MSc Energy, Economics and Finance
Dr Hossein Radmard
hossein.radmard@abdn.ac.uk

MSc( Econ) Sustainability Economics and Finance
Dr Takahiko Kiso
tkiso@abdn.ac.uk

MSc Real Estate
Fiona Stoddard
fiona.stoddard@abdn.ac.uk

MSc Corporate Finance and Law
Dr Seungho Lee
yanghong.hu@abdn.ac.uk

MSc Financial Technology
Professor Gerhard Kling
gerhard.kling@abdn.ac.uk

Student Reading List Service

The Reading List Service is the library's designated service designed to support you in finding and engaging with your course reading lists. Through Leganto, you can access reading lists that are relevant, interactive, and accessible through your course area or through our public interface.

Please visit the Library website to find out how to access your reading list.

Postgraduate Research

As well as being a Postgraduate Research Student in the School of Business you are also part of a wider PGR community through the Postgraduate Research College.

Key Contacts in School

All PGR queries (both for current students and applicants) should be sent to pgrbus@abdn.ac.uk

University Orientation

We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus to start your research journey with us. As a Postgraduate Research student you will have the opportunity to attend a University wide induction in addition to your school induction.

The University of Aberdeen Orientation programme has been designed to take you through all of the essential information you will need for your student life. You can get started now by working through the interactive modules.

There are a series of modules that you can work through before you arrive. Once you have registered you can access the remaining modules and complete your mandatory training programme through your bespoke PGR training platform on our virtual learning environment.

There will be a school welcome event for Postgraduate Research students. This will provide an opportunity to meet Postgraduate coordinators and PhD supervisors. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have. Further details regarding the welcome event will follow in due course.

Timelines and Milestones

The PGR College training and development programme offers academic, professional, and personal development through a number of training workshops, resources and opportunities, all intended to support the PGR community at the University of Aberdeen.

Training and development programme