Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History

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.

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. This information can also be found on MyAberdeen.

Online PGT Induction

20 January 2026, 7.30pm on Microsoft Teams. Please check your VLE (MyAberdeen) for the link to join.

This is a PGT Induction Event for students (MTh/MLitt/PGDip/PGCert) on online programmes within the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History. Programmes include:

• New Testament and Early Christianity
• Theology and Disability
• Scottish Heritage

School Contacts

Postgraduate Administrator
Ms Farida Ali
f.a.ali@abdn.ac.uk

Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies
Dr Jakub Zbrzezny
jakub.zbrzezny@abdn.ac.uk

School Office
50 - 52 College Bounds, General Enquiries Room is CB001

Divinity

Masters in Theology and Disability (Online)
Dr Emma Percy
emma.percy@abdn.ac.uk

PGDip/PGCert in New Testament and Early Christianity
Dr Katherine Hockey
katherine.hockey@abdn.ac.uk

Like the University of Aberdeen Divinity & Religious Studies Facebook page

History

MLitt Scottish Heritage (Online)

Dr Bradford Bow
bradford.bow@abdn.ac.uk

Like the University of Aberdeen History Facebook page

Reading lists for individual courses will be available through MyAberdeen prior to the start of term. In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.

School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History (DHPA) welcome event for Postgraduate Research students:

Tuesday 10 February 2026, 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Seminar Room 224, Sir Duncan Rice Library

This event will provide an opportunity for you to meet with Postgraduate Research discipline leads, thesis supervisors and your fellow peers. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have.

Distance learning students are invited to join the event via Microsoft Teams. If you are a distance learning student, please contact the PGR Administrator to obtain the Microsoft Teams link.

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.

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.

All mandatory training courses can be found on MyAberdeen, go to Courses, search for My PGR, open the Mandatory Training folder.

As a PGR student you may have the opportunity to audit Master's courses to augment your research training. Please discuss this with your supervisor and check out the postgraduate taught pages above.

The PGR College also offers a comprehensive training programme to support your research journey.

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.