Please complete this enquiry form ONLY if you are considering applying to postgraduate study in CCBS by devising a bespoke project (application route C). We will send this information to the potential supervisors you suggest below, to determine if they would consider accepting you as a postgraduate student. This is not an application, but will be used to assess your suitability for our postgraduate study programmes, so please answer the questions as fully as you can. Current Start Complete Please do not use this form for general postgraduate enquiries as we will not be able to help you. For enquiries about the admission process, University fees, scholarships, visa requirements, accommodation queries etc, please visit the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Postgraduate Study webpages (www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/postgraduate) or email futurestudents@ed.ac.uk. Personal details First or given name Last or family name Email address Nationality Current main country of residence Your intended programme To the best of your knowledge, do you already meet the eligibility requirements for postgraduate study at the University of Edinburgh? Yes No / Not Yet Please see details at www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/applying/your-application/entry-requirements. If you do not already meet the requirements, you may still submit this form, but you should intend to meet them before you make a formal application for postgraduate study. Please explain what steps you will take to become eligible Please explain why you are not (yet) eligible and what steps you will be taking to ensure eligibility? Programme of interest PhD Clinical Brain Sciences PhD Psychiatry MScR Psychiatry You can select more than one. When do you hope to start your postgraduate study? Postgraduate study can begin on the first of any month, but most students start in September or October. Do you already have funding / can you self-fund? Yes No / Not Yet Do you already have an identified way to fund your living costs, tuition fees, consumables and travel? For information on what it costs to do a postgraduate degree see www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/fees-finance. If you do not already have a way to fund your degree, you and/or your supervisor may need to make applications for scholarships and studentships. This can take up to a year. Please add more information about your funding status (optional) Please list up to three potential supervisor(s) Please identify up to 3 potential supervisors from the list of Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Principal Investigators at www.ed.ac.uk/clinical-brain-sciences/people/ccbs-principal-investigators. You are encouraged to explore potential supervisors research interests by following the link to their profile, and also looking them up on Edinburgh Research Explorer at www.research.ed.ac.uk. Please note that we will send the information you submit in this form to these potential supervisors. Note that not all potential supervisors will be able to accept a student at this time. We will inform you if this is the case. Please summarise why you want to study this programme specifically, and why you have chosen these supervisors (100 words maximum) About your intended postgraduate study. Qualifications and experience Information about your degree-level qualifications Please tell us the type of degree (e.g. BSc, MSc), name of Institution (and country if not UK), title of degree (e.g. Biomedical Sciences) and final class/grade obtained (or expected). Please do not detail marks for individual courses taken. How much relevant research experience do you have Questions None Less than 3 months 3 months - 6 months 6 months - 1 year More than one year As part of a degree None Less than 3 months 3 months - 6 months 6 months - 1 year More than one year Paid employment None Less than 3 months 3 months - 6 months 6 months - 1 year More than one year Volunteering / work experience / visiting placement or similar (unpaid) None Less than 3 months 3 months - 6 months 6 months - 1 year More than one year Please note, this table only refers to research experience that is directly relevant to your proposed area of postgraduate study. Please calculate experience as the full-time equivalent, i.e., if you worked 1 day a week for 5 months, that would count as 1 month's experience. Please summarise your research skills, experience and interests (200 words maximum) Tip: make sure this is closely related to the current research interests of the people you have specified as potential supervisors. Additional information Would you be prepared to undertake a skills-based test to demonstrate your aptitude for postgraduate study in your chosen research area? Yes No Is there anything else you would like to tell us in relation to this enquiry? This could include any special circumstances related to your studies/employment, whether you attended a school that doesn’t have a track record of students going on to university, if you are first in your family to attend university etc (or anything else you would us to know about, but have not already mentioned). This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. I consent to the University processing the information I provide. We are collecting your personal data in order to process your enquiry about postgraduate study in the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences. We will retain your personal data for one year. This article was published on 2024-08-27
