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BA (Hons) Audio & Music Technology
BA · 3 years
BA (Hons) Business & Organisational Psychology (Dual Award)
BA · 36 months
BA (Hons) Business Administration
BA · 3 years full-time
BA (Hons) Creative Business
BA (Hons) Digital Media & Strategic Communications (Dual Award)
BA (Hons) Economics
BA (Hons) Education Studies
BA (Hons) Game Design & Development
BA (Hons) in Film & Television Production
BA (Hons) International Affairs
BA (Hons) International Relations & Global Diplomacy (Dual Award)
BA (Hons) Law
BA (Hons) Marketing & Communications
BA (Hons) Sociology & Criminology
BA 3D Animation
BA Acting for Screen
BA Animation
BA Archaeology of Northern Britain
BA Architectural History
BA Art Direction for Film
BA Camera and Lens Craft
BA Comics Editing
BA Concept Art
BA Concert Tour Management
BA Creative Coding
BA Dance for Screen
BA Electronic Music
BA Fashion Communication
BA Film and Television
BA Game Design
BA Graphic Narrative
BA Illustration for Media
BA Interactive Media
BA Live Sound
BA Lyric and Topline Writing
BA Marketing for Creative Work
BA Motion Design
BA Music Production
BA Photography
BA Photography and Visual Story
BA Podcast and Audio Story
BA Primary Education with Scottish Studies
BA Production Design
BA Scots Private Law
BA Screen Acting
BA Set Decoration
BA Social Care Leadership
BA Songwriting
BA Songwriting and Composition
BA Songwriting and Production
BA Sound Design
BA Still Image Editing
BA Theatre Lighting
BA Visual Effects
BA Voice Acting
BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance
BSC · 3 years full-time
BSc (Hons) Computer Science
BSc (Hons) Computer Science & Cloud Systems (Dual Award)
BSC · 36 months
BSc (Hons) Cybersecurity
BSc (Hons) Data Analytics
BSc (Hons) Economics, Finance & Analytics (Dual Award)
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science
BSc (Hons) International Management & Sustainable Business (Dual Award)
BSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences
BSc (Hons) Psychology
BSc (Hons) Software Engineering & DevOps (Dual Award)
BSc Applied Geology
BSC · 3 years
BSc Business Management
BSc Computing and Software Development
BSc Creative Computing
BSc Cyber Security
BSc Environmental Chemistry
Certificate Festival Producing
CERTIFICATE · 9 months
Certificate Festival Programming
Certificate Heritage Interpretation
Certificate in Assistant Directing
Certificate in Digital Film & Post-Production
Certificate in Foley and Dialogue Edit
Certificate in Live Sound
Certificate in Location Sound
Certificate in Podcast Production
Certificate in Sound Engineering
Certificate in Studio Management
Certificate in Titles and End Credits
Certificate Location Sound
Certificate Post-Production Facility Management
Certificate Production Sound Mixing
DBA Applied Management
DBA · 36 months
DBA Doctor of Business Administration
DBA · 3–4 years
DBA Family Enterprise
DBA · 3 years
Diploma in 2D Animation & Concept Art
Diploma in Game Development
Graduate Certificate in AI for Managers
Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity
Graduate Certificate in Digital Marketing
Graduate Certificate in ESG Reporting
Graduate Certificate in Human Resources
Graduate Certificate in Project Management
LLB (Hons) Law
LLB · 3 years full-time
LLM Commercial Law
MA · 18 months
LLM Corporate Governance & Compliance
MA · 12 months
LLM Education and Qualifications Regulation (UK)
LLM International Commercial Law
LLM International Trade & Commercial Arbitration
LLM UK Data Protection & Information Law
LLM UK Employment and Professional Regulation
MA 3D Animation & Visual Effects
MA Advertising Film
MA Applied Ethics in Health
MA Applied Linguistics
MA Applied Psychology
MA · 24 months
MA Architectural Conservation
MA Archival Film Restoration
MA Artist and Repertoire
MA Arts Education
MA Audience Development
MA British and Scottish Historiography
MA Casting and Talent
MA Children's Media
MA Classical Heritage & World Antiquities
MA Colour and Finish
MA Comedy Writing and Performance
MA Commercials Directing
MA Community Music Leadership
MA Costume and Character Design
MA Creative Entrepreneurship
MA Creative Industries Management
MA Creative Producing
MA Creative Writing
MA Cultural Heritage & Digital Museum Studies
MA Cultural Management
MA Curating
MA Design for Brands
MA Digital Marketing
MA Directing & Cinematography
MA Documentary
MA Documentary Directing
MA Documentary Producing
MA Editing and Post-Production
MA Editing for Drama
MA Education Leadership
MA Education Studies
MA Esports Broadcast
MA Experimental Film
MA Festival and Cultural Events
MA Film Finance
MA Film Programming and Curation
MA Gaelic and Scots Academic Communication
MA Gaelic Broadcasting
MA Game Narrative
MA Global Cultural Heritage & Museum Leadership
MA Heritage and Cultural Management
MA Human Resource Management
MA in Scoring for Film & Visual Media
MA In-Post Education Studies (Non-QTS)
MA International Business
MA International Development & NGO Management
MA International Peacebuilding & Global Diplomacy
MA International Relations
MA Irish Contemporary Culture
MA Legal Studies
MA Literary Translation
MA Live Events and Touring
MA Magazine Practice
MA Motion Graphics
MA Museum & Gallery Studies
MA Museum Curation and Collections
MA Museum Learning
MA Museum, Archive and Digital Collections
MA Music Business
MA Music Business and Rights
MA Music Supervision
MA Narrative Design
MA Newsroom Practice
MA Photography
MA Podcast Networks
MA Psychology
MA Public Relations & Strategic Communications
MA Publishing & Digital Media
MA Publishing for Independent Presses
MA Radio and Audio Documentary
MA Radio and Digital Audio
MA Reformation and Church History
MA Rights and Royalties Management
MA Science Communication
MA Scottish Cultural Heritage
MA Screenwriting
MA Showrunner and Series Development
MA Showrunning
MA Sitcom Writers' Room
MA Sound for Picture
MA Stage Directing
MA Television Screenwriting
MA TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
MA Theatre Directing
MA Theatre Sound
MA Translation for Public Services
MA UX for Games
MA Virtual Production
Master of Business Administration
MBA · 18 months
Master of Public Administration (Scotland)
MSC · 18 months
MBA Digital Health & Healthcare Leadership (Dual Award)
MBA · 20 months
MBA Entrepreneurship & Venture Creation (Dual Award)
MBA Executive Master of Business Administration
MBA · 24 months
MBA Global Executive MBA (Dual UK/US Pathway)
MBA Professional Partnerships
MBA Strategy & Operations (Dual Track)
MSc Accessibility in Media Production
MSc Accounting and Financial Reporting
MSc Advanced Nursing Practice
MSc Applied AI for Public Services
MSC · 12 months
MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Systems (Dual Award)
MSc Artificial Intelligence
MSC · 24 months
MSc Artificial Intelligence for Professionals
MSc Audio Post-production
MSc Aviation Operations
MSc Behavioural Science for Policy & Business
MSc Biotechnology & Life Sciences Management
MSc Broadcast Engineering
MSc Building Pathology
MSc Business Analytics
MSc Business Analytics & Decision Science (Dual Award)
MSc Central Belt Export and SME Strategy
MSc Climate Policy and Just Transition
MSc Clinical Research & Trials Management
MSc Clinical Simulation in Education
MSc Cloud and Infrastructure
MSc Colour Science for Film
MSc Community Energy
MSc Computer Science
MSc Construction & Infrastructure Project Management
MSc Creative Technology
MSc Cyber Security and Privacy
MSc Cybersecurity
MSc Cybersecurity & Cloud Defense (Dual Award)
MSc Cybersecurity & Risk Governance (Dual Track)
MSc Data Analytics for Business
MSc Data for Public Services
MSc Data Science
MSc Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (Dual Award)
MSc Data Science & Product Management (Dual Track)
MSc Digital Health & Care Technology
MSc Distillation and Fermentation Science
MSc Dual-Pathway Quality and External Examining
MSc Economics & Policy
MSc Energy Transition & Net-Zero Grid Systems
MSc Energy Transition and Project Economics
MSc Enterprise Risk Management & Crisis Resilience
MSc Environmental Geosciences & Climate Solutions
MSc Experiential Design
MSc Family Firm Succession (Scotland)
MSc Festival Operations
MSc Finance & Investment
MSc Finance & Sustainability (Dual Track)
MSc Financial Crime & Compliance
MSc Financial Crime and Compliance
MSc Financial Services
MSc Financial Technology
MSc Financial Technology & Digital Banking (Dual Award)
MSc Financial Technology & Quantitative Analytics
MSc Food Manufacturing
MSc Game Audio
MSc Game Development & Technical Art
MSc Global Public Health & Epidemiology (Dual Award)
MSc Global Supply Chain & Smart Logistics (Dual Award)
MSc Harbour Management
MSc Health Data & Service Management (Dual Track)
MSc Health Informatics
MSc Health Service Leadership
MSc Health Service Management (UK/NHS)
MSc Heritage Practice
MSc Historic Building Conservation
MSc Hospitality Management
MSc Housing and Tenancy Studies
MSc Human Resource Management
MSc Immersive Audio
MSc Information Systems Management
MSc Insurance Claims
MSc Interactive Narrative
MSc International Business
MSc Land Survey
MSc LED Volume Operation
MSc Live Event Production
MSc Marine Spatial Planning
MSc Marketing & Brand Management
MSc North Sea Energy Systems
MSc North Sea Supply Chain and Decommissioning
MSc Nursing Leadership & Advanced Practice
MSc Operational Research & Analytics
MSc Optometry Studies
MSc Organisational Change
MSc Organizational Leadership & Change
MSc Pension Administration
MSc Pharmacy Operations
MSc Podcast and Audio Publishing
MSc Project Management
MSc Public Health
MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership
MSc Public Procurement
MSc Quantitative Finance & Algorithmic Trading
MSc Quantity Surveying Studies
MSc Railway Operations
MSc Railway Systems and Operations
MSc Real Estate & Asset Management
MSc Real-Time Animation Systems
MSc Renewable Energy Engineering
MSc Social Housing
MSc Social Work (Advanced Practice)
MSc Sound Design for Media
MSc Spirits Commerce
MSc Sports Management
MSc Supply Chain & Logistics
MSc Supply Chain and Logistics
MSc Sustainability & ESG Management
MSc Sustainable Business
MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering & Policy (Dual Award)
MSc Sustainable Tourism
MSc Technical Art
MSc UK Financial Conduct
MSc UK Graduate Outcomes and Employability Evidence
MSc UK SME Cyber and ICO-Facing Practice
MSc Urban Conservation Planning
MSc Urban Planning & Sustainable Cities
MSc Urban Sustainability
MSc User Experience for Games
MSc Virtual Production
MSc Water Treatment
MSc Workplace Health Practice
PGCert Charity Board Reporting
PGCert Higher Education Assessment
PGCert Identity-Checked Assessment (UK Distance)
PGCert Information Governance
PGCert Integrity and Generative AI (UK Dual Pathway)
PGCert Library Parity and Off-Campus Licences
PGCert Professional Body Liaison Practice
PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice
PGCert Storm Continuity and VLE Design
PGCert TESOL
CERTIFICATE · 6 months
PGDip Artist Management
PhD Business Administration
PHD · 3–5 years
PhD Computer Science
PhD Computer Science (Dual Award)
PHD · 48 months
PhD Data Science
PhD Digital and Dual-Pathway Higher Education
PHD · 3–4 years
PhD Doctor of Education (EdD)
PhD Education
PhD Education (Dual Award)
PhD Energy Geopolitics of the North Sea
PHD · 3 years
PhD Information Science
PhD Public Health
PhD Public Policy
PhD Scottish Constitutional Studies
PhD Sustainability (Dual Award)
